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Respond to: Arthur - Once and Future King,From 28 June 10am - 5pm, 2010, National Roman Legion Museum, Wales
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Arthur - Once and Future King
From 28 June 10am - 5pm
King Arthur
The History of the Kings of Britain, Geoffrey of Monmouth (c) Penguin
(c) Penguin
Who was King Arthur? Did he exist?
'Arthur - Once and Future King' is a temporary exhibition and video installation exploring the legend.
Was Arthur a real 6th Century warlord or a figment of a medieval author’s mind? No physical evidence has been found for him; (it is thought that the finding of King Arthur’s grave at Glastonbury was a medieval hoax).
We shall probably never know the answer to these questions; but in a way, does it matter if he existed or not?
Arthur has captured the imagination of a nation for over 1,000 years - the King that defended Britain in its hour of need and lies in waiting to do so again.
There are mentions of the name ‘Arthur’ as a war lord in some books dating back to the 8th and 9th centuries, but it is really with Geoffrey of Monmouth’s book, ‘History of the Kings of Britain’ around 1135 that the story ‘King Arthur’ starts.
Geoffrey says that Arthur held court and was crowned at Caerleon, and talks of him and Guinevere, who eventually became a nun at Caerleon, in his book.
After Geoffrey, many other authors wrote about King Arthur, adding their own ideas to the stories; weaving a complex tapestry in which there are noble knights, damsels in distress and magical quests.
Chrétien de Troyes in the 12th Century introduced Lancelot to the story, as well as Camelot and the Holy Grail. Others followed him, like Sir Thomas Malory’s ‘Morte D’Arthur’ in the 15th Century, or Alfred Lord Tennyson in the 19th Century, who wrote parts of his ‘Idylls of the King’ at the Hanbury Arms pub in Caerleon.
Arthur, Merlin, Camelot, the Holy Grail and all the other cast of characters and elements of the story have lost none of their fascination for modern audiences.
Most recently people have been gripped by the tale in the BBC series ‘Merlin’, and there are many other films, programmes and books that retell stories of Arthur. These inspire another generation to believe in the magic of King Arthur. Long live the King!
http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/whatson/?event_id=4384
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