The book was widely accepted and popular , because Arthur was the image of medieval king. And soon it reflected in French versions of Arthurian legends. There are a lot of manuscripts and books about Arthur, which is written in quite difficult Latin language. The book of Geoffrey is different from others because he didn’t write about love and chivalry, but Arthur’s warfare, he described the king as if people could love him , like him. Apart Arthur’s military success he imitated idea of medieval monarch.
Geoffrey also used another character Medyred – Merlin. He was a great widzard. Legend crated him with many amazing points: transforming into different features, foreseeing the future. The name was given to him by Geoffrey and still remains …show more content…
Knights began the battle for reign. Country was in the serhed of destruction and finally the archibishob of London asked for help from Merlin. Using his magic power Merlin decided to united the country. They asked all the great men, dukes, and knight of England came to the Websmister to choose the right king of England. Behind the church there were big stone with beautiful sword stuck in it. There were writing on the stone: “Whoever draws this sword from the stone is the rightful king of England.” All the men tried to pull the sword out of stone, but no one can do it. Sir Key the son of ……… and Arthur were in the crowd, firstly Key tried to pull the sword from the stone , but he couldn’t do it. After all the men tried Arthur came near the stone and without any difficulty take the sword out of the stone, all men bowed and said you are the rightful king of …show more content…
One of the most important of them is Christian-de-Tour, with request of Countess Merry. She was found of love and beauty stories and asked him to write about Arthur. He wrote it in 1170-1180th stories of knights. There are some differences between Geoffrey and Christian’s books. Geoffrey described the story from political point of view , he wrote about round table knights about how they leave the table one-by-one. In his book we see political review of medieval ages , while in Christian’s book we observe the heroic model , individual Arthur. Besides with it there are chivalry, love and nobility. We see the life of knights , the sense of values , they can kill for values , they can die for it. The image of a lady, mystical , powerful woman is also one of the most interesting points
Geoffrey also used another character Medyred – Merlin. He was a great widzard. Legend crated him with many amazing points: transforming into different features, foreseeing the future. The name was given to him by Geoffrey and still remains …show more content…
Knights began the battle for reign. Country was in the serhed of destruction and finally the archibishob of London asked for help from Merlin. Using his magic power Merlin decided to united the country. They asked all the great men, dukes, and knight of England came to the Websmister to choose the right king of England. Behind the church there were big stone with beautiful sword stuck in it. There were writing on the stone: “Whoever draws this sword from the stone is the rightful king of England.” All the men tried to pull the sword out of stone, but no one can do it. Sir Key the son of ……… and Arthur were in the crowd, firstly Key tried to pull the sword from the stone , but he couldn’t do it. After all the men tried Arthur came near the stone and without any difficulty take the sword out of the stone, all men bowed and said you are the rightful king of …show more content…
One of the most important of them is Christian-de-Tour, with request of Countess Merry. She was found of love and beauty stories and asked him to write about Arthur. He wrote it in 1170-1180th stories of knights. There are some differences between Geoffrey and Christian’s books. Geoffrey described the story from political point of view , he wrote about round table knights about how they leave the table one-by-one. In his book we see political review of medieval ages , while in Christian’s book we observe the heroic model , individual Arthur. Besides with it there are chivalry, love and nobility. We see the life of knights , the sense of values , they can kill for values , they can die for it. The image of a lady, mystical , powerful woman is also one of the most interesting points