Warriors and Wilderness in Medieval Britain
Tracing the development of the King Arthur story in the late Middle Ages, this book explores Arthur''s depiction as a wilderness figure, the descendant of the northern Romano-British hunter/warrior god. The earliest Arthur was a warrior but in the 11th century Welsh tale Culhwch and Olwen, he is less a warrior and more a leader of a band of rogue heroes.
The story of Arthur was popularized by...
Tracing the development of the King Arthur story in the late Middle Ages, this book explores Arthur''s depiction as a wilderness figure, the descendant of the northern Romano-British hunter/warrior god. The earliest Arthur was a warrior but in the 11th century Welsh tale Culhwch and Olwen, he is less a warrior and more a leader of a band of rogue heroes.
The story of Arthur was popularized by...
