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King Arthur and the Battle for Britannia (ePub)

Dux Bellorum and the Kings of the Britons

P&S History > Social History

By Tony Sullivan
Imprint: Pen & Sword History
File Size: 6.4 MB (.epub)
Pages: 264
ISBN: 9781399048705
Published: 7th June 2024

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King Arthur and the Battle for Britannia is the last in a series of three books. The first, King Arthur: Man or Myth, weighed the evidence for and against a historical figure. The second, The Battles of King Arthur, looked in detail at the famous battle list from the Historia Brittonum. Having looked at the questions of whether and where, this final book takes on the different question of who was Arthur? The book is intended to save readers time and money wading through the scores of competing theories. It explains the problems with many of these theories to date, their failure to gain widespread support and why many historians remain sceptical about the existence of a historical Arthur.

There is however a reasonable consistency in medieval genealogies and a good reason why Arthur does not appear in any of the list of kings of early kingdoms. Instead he is placed in the context of a fragmenting post-Roman provincial structure, alongside the emergence of petty kingdoms with new cultural identities. A heroic Brythonic culture in the west and north and a Germanic culture in the east and south.

The book looks at the evolution of the legend comparing the chivalric French Romances with the Arthur of the darker Welsh tradition. A mythical figure may have emerged from the mead halls and war band culture of the sixth century. However the book describes how a historical figure may have been mythologised and who such a warrior may have been.

A simply fascinating read from start to finish, "King Arthur and the Battle for Britannia: Dux Bellorum and the Kings of the Britons" is exceptionally well written and impressively 'reader friendly' in organization and presentation. A model of historical research, "King Arthur and the Battle for Britannia: Dux Bellorum and the Kings of the Britons" also features twelve pages of Notes, a seven page References & Bibliography, four page Index. While also available for personal reading lists in a digital book format (Kindle, $18.99), this outstanding edition of Tony Sullivan's "King Arthur and the Battle for Britannia: Dux Bellorum and the Kings of the Britons" is a very highly rated and unreservedly recommended addition to community and college/university library Arthurian Studies and Welch History collections.


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About Tony Sullivan

Tony Sullivan lives in South East London with his wife and three children. His first book, King Arthur: Man or Myth? was published in 2020. Three further books followed in 2022: The Battles of King Arthur investigating the famous battle list from the Historia Brittonum; The Real Gladiator, looking at the historical reality behind the 2000 film; and The Roman King Arthur?: Lucius Artorius Castus, which dismantles the Artorius-Arthur theory and places this historical Roman officer in the reigns of Severus and Caracalla.

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