The Arthurian Name Dictionary
Title | The Arthurian Name Dictionary PDF eBook |
Author | Christopher W. Bruce |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Pages | 624 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Family & Relationships |
ISBN | 9780815328650 |
A comprehensive encyclopedia of characters, places, objects, and themes found in the legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round table. Draws from all significant source between Gildas' De Excidio Britanniae written about 540 AD and Tennyson's 19th-century Idylls of the King, including versions from throughout Europe. The entries range from a short identifying sentence to nearly ten pages for the king himself. Each is referenced to a source, which are presented in a endtable showing author and tit date, form, and langua description; keywords from the entries; and recent editions, a vital bit of information such references usually neglect. The cross-referencing is fairly good, often done as a full entry identifying a name as a variant of another, so the lack of an index is not a problem. Distributed in the US by Taylor and Francis. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
An Arthurian Dictionary
Title | An Arthurian Dictionary PDF eBook |
Author | Ruth Minary |
Publisher | |
Pages | 117 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Arthurian romances |
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An Index of the Arthurian Names in Middle English
Title | An Index of the Arthurian Names in Middle English PDF eBook |
Author | Robert William Ackerman |
Publisher | New York, A.M.S. P |
Pages | 290 |
Release | 1952 |
Genre | Arthurian romances |
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An Index of the Arthurian Names in Middle English
Title | An Index of the Arthurian Names in Middle English PDF eBook |
Author | Robert W. Ackerman |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1967 |
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Index of the Arthurian Names in Middle English
Title | Index of the Arthurian Names in Middle English PDF eBook |
Author | Robert A. Ackerman |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1952-06 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780404518202 |
Local Place and the Arthurian Tradition in England and Wales, 1400-1700
Title | Local Place and the Arthurian Tradition in England and Wales, 1400-1700 PDF eBook |
Author | Mary Bateman |
Publisher | Boydell & Brewer |
Pages | 343 |
Release | 2023-11-21 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 1843846586 |
The first in-depth study of Arthurian places in late medieval and early modern England and Wales. Places have the power to suspend disbelief, even concerning unbelievable subjects. The many locations associated with King Arthur show this to be true, from Tintagel in Cornwall to Caerleon in Wales. But how and why did Arthurian sites come to proliferate across the English and Welsh landscape? What role did the medieval custodians of Arthurian abbeys, churches, cathedrals, and castles play in "placing" Arthur? How did visitors experience Arthur in situ, and how did their experiences permeate into wider Arthurian tradition? And why, in history and even today, have particular places proven so powerful in defending the impression of Arthur's reality? This book, the first in-depth study of Arthurian places in late medieval and early modern England and Wales, provides an answer to these questions. Beginning with an examination of on-site experiences of Arthur, at locations including Glastonbury, York, Dover, and Cirencester, it traces the impact that they had on visitors, among them John Hardyng, John Leland, William Camden, who subsequently used them as justification for the existence of Arthur in their writings. It shows how the local Arthur was manifested through textual and material culture: in chronicles, notebooks, and antiquarian works; in stained glass windows, earthworks, and display tablets. Via a careful piecing together of the evidence, the volume argues that a new history of Arthur begins to emerge: a local history.
Encyclopedia of Imaginary and Mythical Places
Title | Encyclopedia of Imaginary and Mythical Places PDF eBook |
Author | Theresa Bane |
Publisher | McFarland |
Pages | 203 |
Release | 2014-03-28 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1476615659 |
The heavens and hells of the world’s religions and the “far, far away” legends cannot be seen or visited, but they remain an integral part of culture and history. This encyclopedia catalogs more than 800 imaginary and mythological lands from all over the world, including fairy realms, settings from Arthurian lore, and kingdoms found in fairy tales and political and philosophical works, including Sir Thomas More’s Utopia and Plato’s Atlantis. From al A’raf, the limbo of Islam, to Zulal, one of the many streams that run through Paradise, entries give the literary origin of each site, explain its cultural context, and describe its topical features, listing variations on names when applicable. Cross-referenced for ease of use, this compendium will prove useful to scholars, researchers or anyone wishing to tour the unseen landscapes of myth and legend.