320 Pages
39 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
316 Pages
by
Routledge
316 Pages
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Routledge
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This seminal new study explores how and why historians and writers from the Middle Ages to the present day have constructed different accounts of this well-loved figure.
N. J Higham offers an in-depth examintaion of the first two Arthurian texts: the History of the Britons and the Welsh Annals . He argues that historians have often been more influenced by what the idea of Arthur means... Read more
Introduction 1. A King out of Time: Arthur in the twentieth century 2. The Genesis of Arthur 3 . Contested Histories: Anglo-Saxons and Britons c.730-830 4. Text in Context: The Annales Cambriae c. 954 5. The Rise and Fall of the Historical Arthur 6. Postscript: The Rhetorical Arthur
Biography
N.J. Higham
'This thought-provoking volume is worth reading' - Guy Halsall, THES
'Higham's survey is an admirably measured and wide-ranging contribution.' - Ecclesiastical History
