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King ArthurWhy?
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Political Weapon
0Celts could/will rise again
0Arthur is not dead – King will come again and create the paradise of Britain
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Review
0Vortigen (5th century ruler of the Britons)0 Invites the Saxons (mercenaries) to help him fight
rivals0Saxons get a foot hold and decide to stay0 Britain /England0Angles/Saxons won – brought their tales of ancient
kings and battles0Celts had their own tales – King Arthur?...Will come
again and restore what was lost0 Video (14:30-15:10)
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Beginnings of King Arthur Legend:
0Vortigen (betrayer of the Britons) 0 Flees to the edge of the island0 Builds a castle0 Every morning, stones are scattered
0Advisors – land is cursed, need to find the golden-haired boy with no father, sprinkle his blood on the land
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Merlin0Find the boy, he offers a prophecy for his life0Dig for a jar; two dragons / red, white0Fight0White (Saxons) flees / Red (Britons) wins0Hero will appear and Britain will rise again
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Arthur = Poetry/HistoryArthur = King Ancient Ways020:00-20:450Sword in the Stone
(magic)
0Sword making
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Battle of Hastings
0William Duke of Normandy / 1066
0Some Britons had immigrated to the continent / Brittany
0Carried the Arthur stories
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History of the Kings of Britain
0 Geoffrey of Monmouth (1100’s) / Wales
0 Arthurs rests in Avalon (Glastonbury)
0 Henry II – to disprove0 11910 “Grave”
0 Explosion of interest0 Tourists0 Welsh (Celtic/Briton)
rallying cry
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King and Arthur and the Holy Grail
0Chritien de Troyes, late 1100’s
0French = courtly romance
0Spiritual values
0Perceval0 Fisher King0 Feast – vision0 Lance and Grail
0 Quest
31:00-40:00
Perfect…until it wasn’t…
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Le Morte d’Arthur
0Sir Thomas Malory (1400’s)0Continued the romance tales
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Victorian Arthur
0Symbol for Victorian Ideals0 Darwin (new ways – in / old ways - out)0 YET, ALSO, nostalgia for the old ways
0 Link British Empire to Arthurian identity
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The Once and Future King
046:00-51:500 Gaelic and Scottish Stories
051:50-56:36
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0 In Search Of Myths and Heroes - King Arthur