Arthur, High King of Britain

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Padel, O. J. (Fall 1995), "Recent Work on the Origins of the Arthurian Legend: A Comment", Arthuriana, 5 (3): 103–14, doi: 10.1353/art.1995.0040, S2CID 32369325 .

The Historia Brittonum, a 9th-century Latin historical compilation attributed in some late manuscripts to a Welsh cleric called Nennius, contains the first datable mention of King Arthur, listing twelve battles that Arthur fought. These culminate in the Battle of Badon, where he is said to have single-handedly killed 960 men. Recent studies question the reliability of the Historia Brittonum. [7] Andrew Breeze has recently argued that Arthur was historical, and claimed to have identified the locations of his battles as well as the place and date of his death (in the context of the extreme weather events of 535–536), [24] but his conclusions are disputed. [25] Other scholars have questioned his findings, which they consider are based on coincidental resemblances between place-names. [26] Nicholas Higham comments that it is difficult to justify identifying Arthur as the leader in northern battles listed in the Historia Brittonum while rejecting the implication in the same work that they were fought against Anglo-Saxons, and that there is no textual justification for separating Badon from the other battles. [27]Arthur himself is super unlikeable. I realize there are parts of the Arthur story that will inevitably be a little problematic, but they just were not handled well here, ESPECIALLY considering the fact that this is supposed to be a children's book- I felt there was way too much sexual content and violence for a book meant for 10-12 year olds. Also there were some grammar issues that shouldn't have made it past the editors. For me, the greater part of writing is daydreaming, dreaming the dream of my story until it hatches out - the writing down of it I always find hard. But I love finishing it, then holding the book in my hand and sharing my dream with my readers." Merriman, James Douglas (1973), The Flower of Kings: A Study of the Arthurian Legend in England Between 1485 and 1835, Lawrence: University of Kansas Press, ISBN 978-0-7006-0102-8 .

See Jones & Jones 1949 for accurate translations of all three texts. It is not entirely certain what, exactly, the relationship is between these Welsh romances and Chrétien's works, however: see Koch 1996, pp.280–288 for a survey of opinions Johnson, Flint (2002), The British Sources of the Abduction and Grail Romances, University Press of America . Jankulak, Karen (2000). The Medieval Cult of St Petroc. Boydell & Brewer. ISBN 0-85115-777-7 . Retrieved 6 January 2010. Ashe, Geoffrey (1985), The Discovery of King Arthur, Garden City, NY: Anchor Press/Doubleday, ISBN 978-0-385-19032-9 . Lacy, Norris J. (1996d), "Popular Culture", in Lacy, Norris J. (ed.), The New Arthurian Encyclopedia, New York: Garland, pp.363–364, ISBN 978-1-56865-432-4 .Koch, John T. (1996), "The Celtic Lands", in Lacy, Norris J. (ed.), Medieval Arthurian Literature: A Guide to Recent Research, New York: Garland, pp.239–322, ISBN 978-0-8153-2160-6 . Koch, John T.; Carey, John (1994), The Celtic Heroic Age: Literary Sources for Ancient Celtic Europe and Early Ireland and Wales, Malden, MA: Celtic Studies Publications, ISBN 978-0-9642446-2-7 .

Smith, C.; Thompson, R. H. (1996), "Twain, Mark", in Lacy, Norris J. (ed.), The New Arthurian Encyclopedia, New York: Garland, p.478, ISBN 978-1-56865-432-4 . Charles-Edwards 1991, p.15; Sims-Williams 1991. Y Gododdin cannot be dated precisely: it describes 6th-century events and contains 9th- or 10th-century spelling, but the surviving copy is 13th-century. Simko, Jan (1993). "Modernity of the Middle English Stanzaic Romance Le Morte Arthur". In Noguchi, Shunʼichi; Suzuki, Takashi; Mukai, Tsuyoshi (eds.). Arthurian and Other Studies: Presented to Shunichi Noguchi. Boydell & Brewer. pp.153–168. ISBN 0859913805.Gamerschlag, K. (1983), "Tom Thumb und König Arthur; oder: Der Däumling als Maßstab der Welt. Beobachtungen zu dreihundertfünfzig Jahren gemeinsamer Geschichte", Anglia (in German), 101 (101): 361–391, doi: 10.1515/angl.1983.1983.101.361, S2CID 163284336 .