King

Arthur
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 Arthur Pendragon
Arthur Pendragon is one of the most
controversial figures in history. Some
scientists believe that this is a mythical
character, others are sure that he had a
real prototype. However, no one can
give an exact answer.
 The Legends of King
Arthur
The ruler of the kingdom of Logres, the great leader of
the Britons and the most famous hero of the Celtic epic.
According to legend, King Arthur traveled to the Welsh
otherworld of Annun, defeated the conquering Saxons,
founded the Order of the Round Table and sought the
holy Grail.

Writers and cinematographers still decorate his

biography with victories in numerous battles and endow
the king with supernatural abilities. But historians have
not yet come to a consensus on whether this character
existed in reality.
"This is an eternal question, because there are different
versions of King Arthur's origin, his life. In fact, all that
is known is a beautiful, very picturesque, very vivid
legend from Welsh Celtic stories or sagas," said Sergey
Zasorin.
 Arthur in the
"History of the
Britons"
One of the first historical works about Arthur is the
manuscript of the late 8th century "History of the
Britons". Its author, the Welsh monk Nennius, took as a
basis folk legends about the 12 battles of Arthur. We
are talking about 12 battles with the Saxons, in which
King Arthur allegedly won.

The final battle took place at the Badon Hill. By the way, this
is a real battle between the British troops and the Anglo-
Saxon army, which took place at the beginning of the VI
century. References to him are found in many medieval
chronicles.
Monk Nennius wrote that the Britons were led by none other
than King Arthur. But, according to many researchers, the
elder simply changed the legend of the 12 exploits of Hercules.
 The prototype of King
Arthur
At the beginning of the 20th century, professor
and specialist in English literature Kemp Malone
hypothesized that the prototype of Arthur was a
Roman centurion named Lucius Artorius Castus.
He lived in the II century AD and fought against
the Picts, the northern tribes who inhabited the
largest kingdoms of Scotland in the Dark Ages.

"There are other assumptions about the origin of

King Arthur, that his name goes back to the
consonant name of one of the Roman legionaries,
that he was some kind of pagan priest among the
Britons," said Sergey Zasorin.
According to legend, Arthur forged the
greatness of Britain with the help of
Excalibur, a magic sword that he
received from the hands of the lady of
the lake. Excalibur is often confused
with another legendary king's blade, the
Clarent, or the Sword in Stone.

According to legend, Arthur managed

to confirm his royal origin by pulling a
sword out of a stone, which no one had
been able to do before him.
Such authors of courtly novels as Chretien de
Troyes (XII century), Wolfram von Eschenbach
(XII century), and anonymous authors of the
Vulgate cycle (XIII century) wrote about Arthur.
Most of them used Arthur's kingdom as a place
for the exploits of new heroes-knights – Gawain,
Lancelot, Galahal, Percival, etc. Arthur himself was
already relegated to the background in these
works.
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