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Dr. Fishman
English Regular 11B
1/1/2015
Historicity of King Arthur
Almost everyone’s childhood is filled with some kind of magical and heroic tales of the legendary King Arthur. These tales come in various versions from different time periods of our history. Some are passed down through folktales and some are specially crafted by poets for purposes such as moral lessons or tourism. Due to the varieties of the tales about King Arthur, scholars have been debating whether King Arthur was a real person or merely just a made up superhero. Throughout the last two centuries many researches had been conducted by scholars who wish to prove or disprove the authenticity of King Arthur.
During the nineteenth century some scholars such as Sharon …show more content…
S. That Hideous Strength. New York: Macmillan, 1946. Print.
Loomis, Roger Sherman. Celtic Myth and Arthurian Romance. New York: Columbia UP, 1927. Print.
Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, and C. H. Firth. The History of England from the Accession of James the Second. London: Macmillan, 1913. Print.
Oman, Charles. A History of England: Before the Norman Conquest. London: Studio Editions, 1993. Print.
Petrie, W. M. Flinders. Neglected British History. London: Pub. for the British Academy by H. Milford, Oxford UP, 1918. Print.
Phillips, Graham, and Martin Keatman. King Arthur: The True Story. London: Arrow, 1993. Print.
Reed, Trelawney Dayrell. The Battle for Britain in the Fifth Century; an Essay in Dark Age History. London: Methuen, 1944. Print.
Rhys, John. Studies in the Arthurian Legend. New York: Russell & Russell, 1966. Print.
Snyder, Christopher A. The World of King Arthur. New York: Thames & Hudson, 2000. Print.
Turner, P. F. J. The Real King Arthur: A History of Post-Roman Britannia, A.D. 410-A.D. 593. Alaska: SKS Pub., 1993. Print.
Turner, Sharon, Samuel John Neele, A. J. Dove, William D. Richardson, and Flora Richardson. The History of the Anglo-Saxons: Comprising the History of England, from the Earliest Period to the Norman Conquest. London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster-row, 1820.
Dr. Fishman
English Regular 11B
1/1/2015
Historicity of King Arthur
Almost everyone’s childhood is filled with some kind of magical and heroic tales of the legendary King Arthur. These tales come in various versions from different time periods of our history. Some are passed down through folktales and some are specially crafted by poets for purposes such as moral lessons or tourism. Due to the varieties of the tales about King Arthur, scholars have been debating whether King Arthur was a real person or merely just a made up superhero. Throughout the last two centuries many researches had been conducted by scholars who wish to prove or disprove the authenticity of King Arthur.
During the nineteenth century some scholars such as Sharon …show more content…
S. That Hideous Strength. New York: Macmillan, 1946. Print.
Loomis, Roger Sherman. Celtic Myth and Arthurian Romance. New York: Columbia UP, 1927. Print.
Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, and C. H. Firth. The History of England from the Accession of James the Second. London: Macmillan, 1913. Print.
Oman, Charles. A History of England: Before the Norman Conquest. London: Studio Editions, 1993. Print.
Petrie, W. M. Flinders. Neglected British History. London: Pub. for the British Academy by H. Milford, Oxford UP, 1918. Print.
Phillips, Graham, and Martin Keatman. King Arthur: The True Story. London: Arrow, 1993. Print.
Reed, Trelawney Dayrell. The Battle for Britain in the Fifth Century; an Essay in Dark Age History. London: Methuen, 1944. Print.
Rhys, John. Studies in the Arthurian Legend. New York: Russell & Russell, 1966. Print.
Snyder, Christopher A. The World of King Arthur. New York: Thames & Hudson, 2000. Print.
Turner, P. F. J. The Real King Arthur: A History of Post-Roman Britannia, A.D. 410-A.D. 593. Alaska: SKS Pub., 1993. Print.
Turner, Sharon, Samuel John Neele, A. J. Dove, William D. Richardson, and Flora Richardson. The History of the Anglo-Saxons: Comprising the History of England, from the Earliest Period to the Norman Conquest. London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster-row, 1820.