03906nam 2200733Ia 450 991081136490332120200520144314.01-134-61428-41-134-61429-21-280-10863-00-203-99402-710.4324/9780203994023 (CKB)1000000000004431(EBL)240573(OCoLC)264442977(SSID)ssj0000187512(PQKBManifestationID)11156800(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000187512(PQKBWorkID)10137153(PQKB)10762606(MiAaPQ)EBC240573(Au-PeEL)EBL240573(CaPaEBR)ebr10002258(CaONFJC)MIL10863(EXLCZ)99100000000000443120011129d2002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrKing Arthur myth-making and history /N.J. HighamLondon ;New York Routledge20021 online resource (313 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-48398-0 0-415-21305-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-295) and index.Front Cover; King Arthur; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; I. A King out of Time: Arthur in the twentieth century; Arthur comes of age; Arthur in the spotlight; Conclusion; II. The Genesis of Arthur; Being 'British': The political and ideological context; Alternative ideologues and British authority; Prototype Arthurs; Bears and gods; Conclusion; III.Contested Histories: Anglo-Saxons and Britons c. 730-830; Bede and the Britons; Welsh-Mercian interactions; Reclaiming the past: Writing British history in the early ninth centuryThe Historia Brittonum: Authorship and purposeBritons, Trojans and Romans; Vortigern and the adventus Saxonum; St Patrick and Arthur; Arthur and the Old Testament; Arthur's battles; The image of Arthur; The English historical framework; Conclusions; The Pillar of Eliseg; IV. Text in Context: The Annales Cambriae c. 954; England, Wales and the Vikings; Heroic poetry; Y Gododdin; Asser; The Armes Prydein; The Annales Cambriae; Conclusions; V. The Rise and Fall of the 'Historical' Arthur; The Arthurian legend to c. 1100; Arthur as cultural icon; Arthur as royal cult; Arthur in questionThe fall of King ArthurConclusion; VI. Postscript: The Rhetorical Arthur; Bibliography; IndexThis 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 in their present context than by such primary sourcesKing Arthur: Myth-making and History illuminates and discusses some central points of debate:* What role was BritonsKings and rulersFolkloreMythology, CelticGreat BritainHistoriographyGreat BritainArthurian romancesSourcesBritonsHistoriographyMythology, BritishGreat BritainHistoryTo 1066HistoriographyBritonsKings and rulersMythology, CelticHistoriographyArthurian romancesBritonsHistoriography.Mythology, British.942.01/4Higham N. J21818MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910811364903321King Arthur1689124UNINA