Whatever the truth, the influence of Arthur has echoed down through the centuries. In 1485, England’s King Henry VII seized power from Richard III by landing in Wales from his exile in Brittany ...
Who was King Arthur and how Welsh was he? These are two of the questions up for debate at a new exhibition at the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth. From ancient Brythonic warlord to mythical ...
So Arthur was taken far away where no one could find him to keep him safe. Merlin then took a sword and placed it inside a stone and cast a spell on it so that only the true King of England could ...
The King Arthur that we know today is a collection of different legends ... Then, with the marriage of Henry II of England to Eleanor of Aquitaine, the stories of Arthur began to bloom in the courts ...
The first mention of King Arthur occurs in the Historia Brittonum, a 9th-century early history of Britain written by the Welsh monk, Nennius. In the book, Arthur is treated as a real figure who ruled ...
An alternative version of the King Arthur legend. As a boy, Arthur is left orphaned after his father, King Uther Pendragon, and mother are killed in a war waged against them by Vortigern ...
Examines the significant impact the Arthurian legend has had on Western culture, with the exploits of King Arthur, England's first pop culture superhero, inspiring the worlds and stories of Middle ...