LEADER 03914oam 2200733I 450 001 9910782942003321 005 20230607214739.0 010 $a1-134-61428-4 010 $a1-134-61429-2 010 $a1-280-10863-0 010 $a0-203-99402-7 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203994023 035 $a(CKB)1000000000004431 035 $a(EBL)240573 035 $a(OCoLC)264442977 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000187512 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11156800 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000187512 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10137153 035 $a(PQKB)10762606 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC240573 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL240573 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10002258 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL10863 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000004431 100 $a20180331d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aKing Arthur $emyth-making and history /$fN.J. Higham 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2002. 215 $a1 online resource (313 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-48398-0 311 $a0-415-21305-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 275-295) and index. 327 $aFront 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 century 327 $aThe 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 question 327 $aThe fall of King ArthurConclusion; VI. Postscript: The Rhetorical Arthur; Bibliography; Index 330 $aThis 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 606 $aBritons$xKings and rulers$vFolklore 606 $aMythology, Celtic$zGreat Britain 606 $aHistoriography$zGreat Britain 606 $aArthurian romances$vSources 606 $aBritons$xHistoriography 606 $aMythology, British 607 $aGreat Britain$xHistory$yTo 1066$xHistoriography 615 0$aBritons$xKings and rulers 615 0$aMythology, Celtic 615 0$aHistoriography 615 0$aArthurian romances 615 0$aBritons$xHistoriography. 615 0$aMythology, British. 676 $a942.01/4 700 $aHigham$b N. J.$021818 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782942003321 996 $aKing Arthur$91689124 997 $aUNINA