King Arthur, king of kings / Jean Markale ; translated by Christine Hauch.
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TextLondon; Gordon & Cremonesi, 1977Description: 242p.; 27 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
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- 0860330443
- Roi Arthur et la sociéte celtique. English
- DA152.5.A7 M3713
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Translation of Le roi Arthur et la sociéte celtique.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [232]-233) and index.
Part I King Arthur in the medieval world. -- 1 Arthurian literature. -- 2 The political background. -- Part II King Arthur in the Celtic world. -- 3 Britain in the dark ages. -- 4 King Arthur in history. -- 5 The Arthurian myth. -- Part III Waiting for Arthur. -- 7 The specific qualities of the Celts. -- 8 Arthur's legacy
'By means of masterly historical, geographical and literary deduction he recreates the real three-dimensional King Arthur, the Celtic warrior-hero who organized the resistance to the Saxon onslaught in fifth-century England....In the Arthurian legends which subsequently rose around his person, he and the Round Table represent all our ideals of knightly virtue, chivalry and Christianity....Markale demonstrates that these powerful values and ideals belong to the Celtic heritage.'
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