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UNLOCKED: Myth of the Month 12, Finale: The Historical King Arthur

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

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Mythecist Counterpoints to the Arthur Hypothesis

Theory of rheothemus as the original prototype for arthur is favored by darcy armstrong, an arthur scholar at perdo university. The main problem with this argument should be pretty clear if you've heard the lecture i did a few weeks ago about britain during the dark age. There is little to no evidence of warfare or of celto roman society being violently attacked and overrun. And the anglo saxon spread into the island was probably not really a spread of people. But more it was a movement of actices and styles, things like elaborate ceremonial burials with extensive grave goods. Those practices seem to have spread bit by bit and been adopted

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