King Arthur & the Knights of the Round Table [antikvár]

he legend of King Arthur is a bewitching blend of history and myth. The story we know today has been added to by generations of storytellers. It tells of a king who drew a sword from a stone to claim power, vanquished all on the battlefield and held court in Camelot, before eventually being betrayed by his knight Lancelot and Queen Guinevere. There is little evidence to back up this story, but a few early texts speak of a great warrior king that existed between 400-600 AD. This figure may have been the real king behind the myth ofHistoria BrittonumKing Art)the first mention of arthurThe Gododdin was written by the British poet Aneirin around600 AD. In it, he praises a courageousman who died battling the Angles, but says that "he was no Arthur." Aneirin is making a comparison between this soldier and a great warrior called Arthur. Another piece of writing that speaks of a warrior who might be the legendary king is the Historia Brittonum. Written around 830 AD by a monk from North Wales called Nennius, it states that "Arthur was leader of battles."words from the churchIn the 6th Century AD, a monk called Gildas wrote a stinging attack on British society called De Excidio Britanniae [On the Ruin and Conquest of Britain). In it, Gildas mentions the Batde of Badon, a battle that appears in most Arthurian stories. Some historians even think that the monk names King Arthur. He writes about "the bears stronghold," and in Welsh, the word Arth means bear.