Rodney Castleden

King Arthur (eBook, PDF)

The Truth Behind the Legend

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

King Arthur is often written off as a medieval fantasy, the dream of those yearning for an age of strong, just rulers and a contented kingdom. Those who accept his existence at all generally discard the stories that surround him. This exciting new investigation argues not only that Arthur did exist, as a Dark Age chieftain, but that many of the romantic tales - of Merlin, Camelot and Excalibur - are rooted in truth.
In his quest for the real King Arthur, Rodney Castleden uses up-to-date archaeological and documentary evidence to recreate the history and society of Dark Age Britain and its kings. He revives the possibility that Tintagel was an Arthurian legend, and proposes a radical new theory - that Arthur escaped alive from his final battle. A location is even suggested for perhaps the greatest mystery, the whereabouts of Arthur's grave.
King Arthur: The Truth Behind the Legend offers a more complete picture of Arthur's Britain and his place in it than ever before. The book's bold approach and compelling arguments will be welcomed by all readers with an interest in Arthuriana.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. März 2003
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134373772
• Artikelnr.: 42636295

Autorenporträt

Rodney Castleden has been researching landscape processing and prehistory for the last the 30 years. He is the author of The Making of Stonehenge, The Knossos Labyrinth, Minoans and Atlantis Destroyed.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Who this Arthur Was: The Once and Future King
Doubts about Arthur's Existence 2. The Documents: Constantius' Life of Germanus
Writings on Stones
Genealogies
Nennius' Historical Miscellany
Poetry
The Anglo-saxon Chronicle
Gilda's Book of Complaint
Geoffrey of Monmouth 3. The Archaeology: Background Problems
Strongholds of the North
strongholds of Wales and the Borders
Dark Age Dumnonia
Castle Dore and Other Sites 4. Arthur's Britain: St Germanus and Vortigern
Ambrosius Aurelianus
Christian Missionaries
The Saxons 5. Arthur: The Man. the King and the Kingdom: The Man
'The most powerful leader of the Britons'
Arthur's Power Base
Arthur as a Christian King 6. Camelot: Colchester, Cadbury and Caerlaverock, Tintagel, Viroconium, Killibury, The Hammerer 7. The Death of Arthur: The last battle
Arthur's Disappearance
Avalon
'The Wonder of the World'