Arthur: The Man and The Legend

Legend has it that there once was a King named Arthur who allegedly lived in the late 5th and early 6th centuries and who, with his many companions, successfully fought off numerous enemies in Britain. But was there actually an historical Arthur of real flesh and blood? The Arthurian stories are arguably the greatest legends in Western history, and here in our 50th Episode we explore how the fabled Arthur compares with the historical one. Books: De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae by Gildas Historia Brittonum by Nennius The New Arthurian Encyclopedia Edited by Norris Lacy Historia Regum Britanniae by Geoffrey of Momouth Le Morte d’Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory Anglo-Saxon England by Sir Frank Stenton Film: Excalibur (1981) with Nigel Terry and Helen Mirren Monty Python and The Holy Grail (1975) with John Cleese and Eric Idle Camelot (1967) with Richard Harris and Vanessa Redgrave

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Arthur: The Man and The Legend is an episode from Historically Speaking Podcast by Rebecca Robbins & Kim Kimmel.

This episode is 31:36 long.

This episode was published on Aug 25, 2022.

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