Merlin The Early History Of King Arthur
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Author | : Geoffrey of Monmouth |
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Total Pages | : 146 |
Release | : 2014-07-15 |
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ISBN | : 9781941667026 |
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Geoffrey of Monmouth wrote his "Historia Regum Britanniae" (History of the Kings of Britain) in about 1136 AD. His book includes the first account of the Arthurian legend that survives, apart from very brief mentions of Arthur in earlier chronicles. This edition makes Geoffrey's history of Arthur accessible to a general audience for the first time. It includes only the parts of Geoffrey's "Historia" that are about Merlin or Arthur, omitting its lengthy histories of other kings, which do not interest today's readers. It breaks up Geoffrey's text into shorter chapters, and it adds subheadings that make the narrative easier to follow. Geoffrey lets us see King Arthur's place in history much more clearly than later versions of the legends, telling us that Arthur fought the Saxons after the Romans left Britain. He also includes stories of Merlin's early life that are left out of later accounts. This edition uses Aaron Thompson's 1718 translation of the "Historia," as revised and corrected by J. A. Giles in 1842. This edition also includes drawings by the famous illustrator, Howard Pyle, making it a beautiful book as well as a book that will fascinate anyone who is interested in the stories of King Arthur and wants to learn more about them.
Author | : Henry Benjamin Wheatley |
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Total Pages | : 642 |
Release | : 1865 |
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Author | : Henry Benjamin Wheatley |
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Total Pages | : 156 |
Release | : 1865 |
Genre | : Arthurian romances |
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Author | : Merlin |
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Total Pages | : 846 |
Release | : 1899 |
Genre | : Arthurian romances |
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Author | : Henry Benjamin Wheatley |
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Release | : 1869 |
Genre | : Arthurian romances |
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Author | : Henry Benjamin Wheatley |
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Total Pages | : 642 |
Release | : 1865 |
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Author | : Henry Benjamin Wheatley |
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Release | : 1875 |
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Author | : Merlin |
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Release | : 1969 |
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Author | : Anne Lawrence-Mathers |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 271 |
Release | : 2012-10-15 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 030018929X |
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A medieval historian examines what we really know about the man who was “Merlin the Magician” and his impact on Britain. Merlin has remained an enthralling and curious individual since he was first introduced in the twelfth century in Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia Regum Britanniae. But although the Merlin of literature and Arthurian myth is well known, his “historical” figure and his relation to medieval magic are less familiar. In this book Anne Lawrence-Mathers explores just who he was and what he has meant to Britain. The historical Merlin was no rough magician: he was a learned figure from the cutting edge of medieval science and adept in astrology, cosmology, prophecy, and natural magic, as well as being a seer and a proto-alchemist. His powers were convincingly real—and useful, for they helped to add credibility to the “long-lost” history of Britain which first revealed them to a European public. Merlin’s prophecies reassuringly foretold Britain’s path, establishing an ancient ancestral line and linking biblical prophecy with more recent times. Merlin helped to put British history into world history. Lawrence-Mathers also explores the meaning of Merlin’s magic across the centuries, arguing that he embodied ancient Christian and pagan magical traditions, recreated for a medieval court and shaped to fit a new moral framework. Linking Merlin’s reality and power with the culture of the Middle Ages, this remarkable book reveals the true impact of the most famous magician of all time. “The story of how the image of Merlin as political prophet, magician and half-demon evolved in the Middle Ages is as fascinating as any romance.”—Euan Cameron
Author | : Heinrich Oskar Sommer |
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Total Pages | : 548 |
Release | : 1894 |
Genre | : Early history of King Arthur |
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