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Available
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Publication
London Gordon and Cremonesi 1977
Description
In a masterful blend of history, geography, and literature, Jean Markale re-creates the true King Arthur, the real-life Celtic warrior-hero who organized the resistance to the Saxon onslaught in fifth-century England. Markale's unsurpassed knowledge of Celtic history has enabled him to reconstruct for us the actual world in which King Arthur lived--its heros, its values, and its vicissitudes--and to define the position that Arthur occupied within it. * Explains how the Arthurian ideals of knightly virtue and chivalry are at the heart of Western literature and thought * Shows how the Celtic heritage continues to exert a unique formative power on our personal and moral concepts
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Awards
Prix Broquette-Gonin (1977)
Original publication date
1977
Physical description
27 cm
ISBN
0860330443 / 9780860330448
Other editions
King Arthur, King of Kings by Jean Markale (Paper Book)
King Arthur, King of Kings by Jean Markale (Hardcover)
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