Exploring the World of King Arthur - Softcover

Snyder, Christopher

 
9780500289044: Exploring the World of King Arthur
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0500289042 ISBN 13: 9780500289044
Verlag: Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2011

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King Arthur, Camelot, Excalibur, Merlin, the Holy Grail, Lancelot, and Guinevere—the names conjure up vibrant images of medieval Europe, of chivalry, and of romance. But did Arthur really exist, or is Camelot only a dream?Christopher Snyder examines the realities and the impact of the Arthurian legends. Medieval texts and archaeological discoveries are used to piece together a picture of the fifth and sixth centuries, when Arthur was believed to have reigned as champion of the Britons. Welsh and Breton bards sang the exploits of Arthur and his knights, in turn inspiring French poets like Chrétien de Troyes to compose the first chivalric romances of the Middle Ages. Snyder traces the development of Arthurian literature in medieval Europe, moving from Britain and France to Germany where writers brought the stories of the Grail and Tristan into association with Arthur. The nineteenth-century revival of interest in Arthur reached its height in the operas of Richard Wagner, while Camelot has found new adherents today through novels, movies, and Arthurian websites.With its spread-by-spread layout, sidebars, timeline, and directory of Arthurian sites, this is the most thorough exploration of King Arthur’s world ever published.

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Christopher Snyder is Professor of European History and Director of the National Celtic Heritage Center at Marymount University in Arlington, Virginia. He is the author of numerous books, including The Britons and An Age of Tyrants: Britain and the Britons, AD 400-600, and edited The Early Peoples of Britain and Ireland: An Encyclopaedia.

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In this lavishly illustrated and rich survey, Christopher Snyder examines the historical realities and impact of the Arthurian legends on history and the arts. Snyder traces the development of Arthurian literature in medieval Europe, moving from Britain and France to Germany where writers like Wolfram von Eschenbach brought the stories of the Grail and Tristan into association with Arthur. The book also offers a unique look at: the impact that Arthur had on European chivalry and monarchy

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Verlag
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum
2011
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0500289042
ISBN 13 
9780500289044
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
192
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