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Before Malory : reading Arthur in later medieval England /

"Although most modern scholars doubt the historicity of King Arthur, parts of the legend were accepted as fact throughout the Middle Ages. Medieval accounts of the historical Arthur, however, present a very different king from the romances that are widely studied today. Richard Moll examines a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Moll, Richard J. (Richard James), 1966-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©2003.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: facts and fictions
  • The years of romance
  • The scalacronica of Sir Thomas Gray of Heton
  • Defending Arthur
  • History curiously dytit
  • Adventures in history
  • Making history: John Hardyng's metrical chronicle
  • Fifteenth-century scribes
  • Conclusion: reading about Arthur.