Arthurianism in early Plantagenet England : from Henry II to Edward I / Christopher Michael Berard.
The precedent of empire and the promise of return lay at the heart of King Arthur's appeal in the Middle Ages. Both ideas found fullness of expression in the twelfth century: monarchs and magnates sought to recreate an Arthurian golden age that was as wondrous as the biblical and classical worl...
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