The Realm of King Arthur
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The Arthurian LegendsThe greatest figure in the folklore of Britain is the fabulous King Arthur. According to legend he lived in the late-5th and early-6th centuries at a time when this island was the scene of a tremendous bloody struggle for domination between the Britons and the invading Saxon tribes, and their allies the Picts and the Scots. Arthur is considered to have been a man ta the forefront of the Britons' heroic defence of their homeland and heritage, the dux bellorum - or military commander - in the south-west and possibly at a national level.Was there ever such a man as Arthur and is there substance behind all the folklore? Modern research has uncovered behind the figure of legend a real person of historical significance in those troubled times.
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The Realm of King Arthur, Graham Ashton
- Idioma
- Publicado en
- 1974
- Encuadernación
- (A caballete)
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- Título
- The Realm of King Arthur
- Idioma
- Inglés
- Autores
- Graham Ashton
- Editorial
- J. Arthur Dixon
- Publicado en
- 1974
- Formato
- A caballete
- Serie
- Etiquetas
- Tema histórico, Literatura inglesa, Leyendas artúricas, Rey Arturo
- Descripción
- The Arthurian LegendsThe greatest figure in the folklore of Britain is the fabulous King Arthur. According to legend he lived in the late-5th and early-6th centuries at a time when this island was the scene of a tremendous bloody struggle for domination between the Britons and the invading Saxon tribes, and their allies the Picts and the Scots. Arthur is considered to have been a man ta the forefront of the Britons' heroic defence of their homeland and heritage, the dux bellorum - or military commander - in the south-west and possibly at a national level.Was there ever such a man as Arthur and is there substance behind all the folklore? Modern research has uncovered behind the figure of legend a real person of historical significance in those troubled times.