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Mentioned in 4 episodes

Historia Britonum

Book • 1838

Author

Nennius

Mentioned by

Jean-Pierre Le Dantec

Mentioned in 4 episodes

Mentioned by

Tom Holland

as a crucial early source for the Merlin tradition and the oldest surviving text to name Arthur in a historical context.

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715. King Arthur: The Mysteries of Merlin (Part 3)

Mentioned by

Tom Holland

and

Dominic Sandbrook

as the earliest surviving text naming Arthur and the foundation of later Arthurian tradition.

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716. King Arthur: The Truth Behind the Legend (Part 4)

Mentioned by

Greg Jenner

as one of the earliest references to ball games in Britain.

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History of Football

Mentioned by Charles as an early 9th-century Welsh work where a version of the Levergavala Iran text appears.

The Fairies, Part 2

Mentioned by

Ken Dark

as the early ninth-century manuscript that presents Arthur as a historical figure and helped launch the later Arthurian tradition.

Tyrants and Traders: Tintagel, Arthur and the Lost Kings with Ken Dark (Bloomsbury, 2026)

Mentioned by

Ken Dark

as the ninth-century manuscript that presents Arthur as a historical figure and helped launch the Arthurian tradition.

Tyrants and Traders: Tintagel, Arthur and the Lost Kings with Ken Dark (Bloomsbury, 2026)

Mentioned by David Musgrove as the ninth‑century History of the Britons cited for Vortigern's genealogy.

The troubled birth of England

Mentioned by

Doug Metzger

as a ninth-century Latin history of Britain attributed traditionally, though uncertainly, to Nennius.

Episode 130: An Introduction to Early Medieval Literature

Mentionnée par

Jean-Pierre Le Dantec

dans une citation relatant les douze batailles d’Arthur contre les Saxons.

"La Matière de Bretagne" : aux sources des légendes arthuriennes 1/10 : La figure fondatrice du roi Arthur dans la littérature

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