king arthur
Saturday, July 30th, 2011In romance, King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table were the paragons of chivalry. [1]
King Arthur is a 2004 film directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by David Franzoni. [2]
A demystified take on the tale of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. [3]
Start reading King Arthur and his Knights on your Kindle in under a minute. [4]
In Wales, Cornwall, and Brittany, during the medieval period, there was a firm popular belief that Arthur was not dead but would return to deliver his people from their enemies. [1]
It stars Clive Owen as the title character, Ioan Gruffudd as Lancelot, and Keira Knightley as Guinevere. [...] Arthur soon discovers Marius has also immured pagans: a Woad, Guinevere (Keira Knightley), and a small boy, Lucan. [2]
‘Here lies Arthur, king that was, king that shall be’. [1]
King Arthur is a legendary British leader of the late 5th and early 6th centuries, who, according to Medieval histories and romances, led the defence of Britain against Saxon invaders in the early 6th century. [5]
These fragments suggest to learned commentators that the beginnings of the Arthurian character lay in British (i.e. Brythonic, antecedent to the modern Welsh) resistance to Saxon encroachments after the withdrawal of Roman forces (c.449′600). [1]
The 12th-century French writer Chr?tien de Troyes, who added Lancelot and the Holy Grail to the story, began the genre of Arthurian romance that became a significant strand of medieval literature. [5]
New Timeline of Arthurian History & Legend - From 63 AD - present. [6]
Lancelot: [voiceover] By 300 AD, the Roman Empire extended from Arabia to Britain. [3]
Although the themes, events and characters of the Arthurian legend varied widely from text to text, and there is no one canonical version, Geoffrey’s version of events often served as the starting point for later stories. [5]
In one of the earliest references to Arthur, namely the Historia Brittonum of Nennius, a ninth-century Welsh monk, he was described as dux bellorum, ‘leader of troops’. [1]
Sources:
[1] King Arthur: Biography from Answers.com
[2] King Arthur (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[3] King Arthur (2004) - IMDb
[4] Amazon.com: King Arthur and his Knights eBook: Maude L. Radford …
[5] King Arthur - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[6] King Arthur: History & Legend - Britannia: British History and Travel