Tales Of King Arthur
Since the romanticizing of the Arthurian legends by Geoffery of
Monmouth, the historian, during the twelfth century, the legendary 'king
of England' has been the source of inspiration for kings, poets, artists
and dreamers alike. The most famous work is probably Sir Thomas Malory's
Le Morte d'Arthur, completed around 1470, and published in many abridged
and complete versions. Malory's work contains in one the legend that had
been continually added to over the years by many different writers who
introduced such elements as Sir Galahad, and the ill-fated love affair
between Lancelot and Guinevere. Geoffery of Monmouth had been the first
to put the legends surrounding Arthur into literary form in his History
of the Kings of Britain. He described Arthur's genealogy as the son of
Uther Pendragon and Igerna, or Igraine, wife of the Duke of Cornwall,
and brought in Merlin the magician, who disguised Arthur as the Duke in
order to romance Igerna at Tintagel Castle while the real Duke was away.
Geoffery also introduced Arthur's famed court (placed at
Caerleon-on-Usk) and his final battle and defeat at the hands of Modred,
his treacherous nephew.
Artos Of The Celts
It is almost certain that Arthur did exist, although it is unlikely he
was a king. He is more likely to have been a warrior and Celtic cavalry
leader. The Saxon invaders, who were unmounted, would have been at a
considerable disadvantage against the speed with which the Celtic
company were able to move around the country, which would make possible
the dozen victories up and down the country that have been attributed to
the shadowy figure of Arthur. Around the fifth century, a resistance
movement against Britain's invaders, including Saxons and Angles from
the continent, Picts from the North, and Irish from the West, was being
led which maintained a British hold on the South and West. Around this
time, a man named Artos was beginning to be written of as a powerful
soldier who united the leaders of the small British kingdoms against the
invading armies. It seems likely that he was a noble Celt. The first
mention of his victory in battle was written down around 600 AD, in a
set of church annals called the Annales Cambriae. He must have been a
glimmer of hope to the Britons, and it is not surprising that he might
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The flooding was later brought under control, and by the time of the
late fourteenth century poem, Le Morte Arthur, Avalon was referred to as
a vale.
According to the legend, Arthur's nephew or son, Modred, used the
exposed affair of Lancelot and Guinevere to begin civil war, and Arthur
himself was seriously wounded at the battle of Camlan. He was carried
away to Avalon to have his wounds tended. Here can be seen the strongest
remaining influence of the other, older story that became confused with
the legend of Arthur; that of a Celtic god who was said to lay sleeping
in a cave on a remote Western Island. This god had once ruled over a
peaceful and happy kingdom, but had been overthrown. One day he would
rise again and return to rule. There are stories of this ilk that
explicitly name Arthur, such as the Wizard of Alderley edge, in which
Merlin the magician guards Arthur and his knights, who lay sleeping in a
cavern there until England once again needs them. Malory writes that
after Arthur sailed for Avalon, he died, and was buried in some other
place - but that over his grave is written the words, Here lays Arthur:
the once and future king.
Who was King Arthur? Most people would tell of a great King; a devoted circle of heroic knights; mighty castles and mightier deeds; a time of chivalry and courtly love; of Lancelot and Guinevere; of triumph and death. Historians and archaeologists, especially Leslie Alcock, point to shadowy evidence of a man who is not a king, but a commander of an army, who lived during the late fifth to early sixth century who may perhaps be the basis for Arthur. By looking at the context in which the stories of King Arthur survived, and the evidence pertaining to his castle Camelot and the Battle of Badon Hill, we can begin to see that Arthur is probably not a king as the legend holds.
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