| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 368 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
"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 wide variety of historical texts to explore the relationship between the Arthurian chronicles and the romances. He demonstrates how competing and conflicting traditions interacted with one another, and how writers and readers of Arthurian texts negotiated a complex textual tradition."--Jacket. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Arthur, King.
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Arthur, King. |
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Malory, Thomas, Sir, active 15th century. Morte d'Arthur -- Sources.
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Malory, Thomas, Sir, active 15th century -- Knowledge and learning -- History.
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Malory, Thomas, Sir, active 15th century. |
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History. |
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Arthur, King -- In literature.
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Arthur, King. |
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Malory, Thomas, Sir, active 15th century. |
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Arthur, roi. |
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Arthur, roi. |
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English literature -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- History and criticism.
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Historiography -- Great Britain -- History -- To 1500.
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Historiography. |
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Great Britain. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1500 |
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Britons -- Kings and rulers -- Romances -- Sources.
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Britons -- Kings and rulers. |
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Romances. |
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Britons. |
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Arthurian romances -- Sources.
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Arthurian romances -- Sources. |
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Romances, English -- Sources.
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Romances, English. |
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Britons -- Historiography.
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Britons -- Historiography. |
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Britons -- Sources.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Romances.
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Romances.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Moll, Richard J. (Richard James), 1966- Before Malory. Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©2003 9786612023231 (DLC) 2004298524 (OCoLC)52071195 |
| ISBN |
9781442671225 (electronic book) |
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144267122X (electronic book) |
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1282023233 |
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9781282023239 |
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0802037224 (bound) |
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9780802037220 |
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