| Autor: |
Anindita Naha, Mirza Maqsood Baig |
| Rok vydání: |
2019 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Think India. 22:138-143 |
| ISSN: |
0971-1260 |
| DOI: |
10.26643/think-india.v22i2.8322 |
| Popis: |
The legend of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table is immemorial. The heroic knights and their king’s tales contribute western society a great literature that is still well- known today. King Arthur along with the theme of chivalry greatly impacted not only western civilization, but all of society throughout the centuries. King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table have been around for thousands of years but are only legends. The first reference to King Arthur was in the Historia Brittonum written by Nennius a Welsh monk around 830A.D. The fascinating legends however did not come until 1133 A.D in the work Historia Regum Britaniae written by a Welsh cleric, Geoffrey of Monmouth. His work was actually meant to be a historical document, but over time many other writers added on fictional tales. The Round Table was added in 1155 A.D by a French poet Maistre Wace. Both the English and French cycles of Arthurian Legend are controlled by three inter-related themes |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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