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Arthur and the Kings of Britain
- The Historical Truth Behind the Myths
Engelsk
Bogcover for Arthur and the Kings of Britain af Dr Miles Russell, 9781445682822
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
320
ISBN-13:
9781445682822
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
1445682826
Udg. Dato:
15 jun 2018
Størrelse i cm:
12,9 x 19,6 x 3,2
Oplagsdato:
15 jun 2018
Forfatter(e):

Arthur and the Kings of Britain

- The Historical Truth Behind the Myths
Engelsk
Paperback 2018
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Written in 1136 by Geoffrey of Monmouth, the Historia Regum Britanniae (History of the Kings of Britain) purported to chronicle the British monarchy from the arrival of the Trojan Brutus, grandson of Aeneas, through to the seventh century AD. The Historia was a medieval best-seller, and copies spread across the whole of western Europe. It was the first work to outline the story of King Arthur.The Historia has long been dismissed as an unreliable piece of medieval propaganda. A new examination of the text, however, shows that it is very much more than that. Miles Russell explains how individual elements can be traced back to the first century BC, a time when Britain was making first contact with Rome. Geoffrey of Monmouth’s skill was to weave these early traditions together with material culled from post-Roman sources in order to create a national epic. In doing so, he also created King Arthur, a composite character whose real origins and context are explained here.This important work establishes Geoffrey of Monmouth as no mere peddler of historical fiction, but as the man who preserved the earliest foundation myths of Britain. It is time to re-evaluate the Historia Regum Britanniaeand shine a new light into the so-called ‘Dark Ages’.
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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
320
ISBN-13:
9781445682822
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
1445682826
Udg. Dato:
15 jun 2018
Størrelse i cm:
12,9 x 19,6 x 3,2
Oplagsdato:
15 jun 2018
Forfatter(e):
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