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Myth of the Month 12: The Arthur Cycle -- pt. 1: Creating "King Arthur"

Historiansplaining: A historian tells you why everything you know is wrong

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The History of Bretanu

Arthur is just one episode among many in the historia bretana. But most of the figures mentioned were soon forgotten and have fallen into deep obscurity. Arthur is the only one that persisted, that people continued to talk about,. probably sing about and write. So for all these reasons, this figure or character of arthur persists and gets a whole second and third and fourth life after the history of britanum.

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