Introduction

This is the last lecture in a series about king arthur and the arthur cycle. The question of whether there was a real or historical king arthur behind the mythology. All through the mediaeval era, from the 800 s until the 14 hundreds, it was considered a settled fact that there was such a person. This presumption was called into question and even debunked during the renaissance by this humanist quest to trace and uncover the earliest, verifiable historical sources for stories and legends. Although one can make a case for historical arthur,  it's always going to be a far weaker case than for other historical figures, even including those like jesus. Who were obscure within their