The Green Knight: History, Myth, and Modern Shame -- A Historian's View
Historiansplaining: A historian tells you why everything you know is wrong
Gawayne and the Scavenger
In the film, gawayne encounters a scavenger who claims to have killed 960 of his enemies by his own hand. The reference comes from 9th century welsh historical chronicle written around 830 in north wales. Why did lowery and the movie makers drop in that reference into this little scene? You know, maybe it's to emphasize the violence, the bleakness of the middle ages. Perhaps to show how the supposed glories of war and of a hero like arthur always have this dark side,. which see vividly, or i should say, hazily, laid out before us.
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