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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 Arthur

The architrave is also significant because we know that it comes from before the major books and epics telling about arthur's reign. The images of arthur adorning churches in italy prove that there was some kind of tradition of stories about arthur passing on or ly in europe by the mid 11 hundreds. And for instance, just a while later, an english traveller, jervis of tilbury, travelled to sicily and said that he was told in sicily that arthur had an abode in the ase of mount etna. So all these stories about king arthur, his adventures, his court, they formed the core of what would

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