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King Arthur - Re Artu
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Posted by irene (U2450323) on Sunday, 7th January 2007
Further to the previous discussion as to whether our King Arthur was real, I have recently received news via an Italian magazine I prescribe to that there is an exposition of 15 frescoes featuring King Arthur Sir Lancelot & Co dating back to the 14th century in the town of Alessandria in Piemont, Italy. Apparently they were only discovered in 1971. So the plot thickens. What was he doing in Italy? Even Camelot in mentioned in the article. The exposition is called Le Stanze di Artu (King Arthur's Chambers). As I wrote in my previous note on this subject, he is also well-known in South Italy too. Any ideas?
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Message 2
Posted by U2280797 (U2280797) on Sunday, 7th January 2007
Same reason James Bond might be mentioned in an Italian magazine - literature. The Normans probably took the Arthur stories there, I should think.
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Message 3
Posted by Mick_mac (U2874010) on Sunday, 7th January 2007
The 14th century is nearly 1000 years after the time in which Arthur supposedly lived (if he lived)!
Arthur and Arthurian tales were the Hollywood blockbusters of the Middle Ages and were appreciated all over Europe.
Arthur wasn't in southern Italy in the 14th century, or any century for that matter, but people who were big into Arthuriana were.
That is all that your frescoes prove - the popularity of the Arthurian legends. -
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Posted by Dai Bath (U2444609) on Thursday, 11th January 2007
The 14th century is nearly 1000 years after the time in which Arthur supposedly lived (if he lived)!Β
Certainly 700 hundred! -
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Posted by Dai Bath (U2444609) on Thursday, 11th January 2007
For centuries the romances of Arthur and his court dominated the imaginative literature of Europe in many languages. The roots of this vast flowering of the Arthurian legend are to be found in early Welsh tradition. Rachel Bromwich's volume gives an account of the Arthurian literature produced in Wales, in both Welsh and Latin, during the Middle Ages.Β
Arthurian Legend in Welsh Medieval literature
edited by Rachel Bromwich
The book to read but apparently out of print and a very high price with book dealers. -
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Posted by Dai Bath (U2444609) on Thursday, 11th January 2007
In fact UWP University of Wales Press sells the cheaper version at Β£19.99 online with your card.
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