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Myth or Fact
Category: Miscellaneous Asked by: angel_ag-ga List Price: $5.00 |
Posted:
30 Apr 2005 09:52 PDT
Expires: 30 May 2005 09:52 PDT Question ID: 516208 |
Do you think the story of Arthur(the king of Camelot)is myth or fact,and why? |
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Re: Myth or Fact
From: frde-ga on 01 May 2005 03:09 PDT |
The best version I've read is that Arthur was some sort of late Roman Count who scrapped with the invading Saxons. A novel by Alfred Duggan, who also wrote history books. Normally there is a grain of truth in myths. The real clincher is that 'chivalry', castles and the weoponry they were supposed to have used simply were not around in the dark ages in Britain (ie: after the Romans left Britain (about 400 AD) until about 800 AD when things started getting recorded again). They all came with the Normans. During that period, things were a bit primitive in Britain. If one envisages the 'knights' living in Roman ruins or wooden stockades, wearing rusty Roman armour and riding ponies, then they would have been a pretty scruffy bunch. Mallory (1404-1471) cooked up the tale while in prison. Of course, the myths are actually French, which is not so peculiar as Britain was taken over by the (sort of) French Normans. So Arthur could have been in France. If so one would expect a shred of evidence. |
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Re: Myth or Fact
From: myoarin-ga on 01 May 2005 06:41 PDT |
I quite agree! And don't worry about the story's being dressed up with chivalry, etc. Mideaval art assumed that people in the Middle East in Jesus's time were dressed in the style current when the painting, tapestries and stained glass windows were made. Here is one site to spend the day with: http://www.mystical-www.co.uk/king_arthur/ And there are many more with the search: "king arthur" fact And besides, the Round Table is hanging on a wall in a building near Winchester Cathedral. It looks just like the one in the movies, so you know it is the original .... ;) |
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Re: Myth or Fact
From: fp-ga on 01 May 2005 10:02 PDT |
"Historical basis for King Arthur": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_basis_for_King_Arthur |
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