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| | King Arthur (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | On the other hand, King Arthur has been heavily criticized for its historical inaccuracies — especially since it claims to be close to or even be the original story, as evidenced by its tagline. | | | The makers of the film claim to present a historically accurate version of the Arthurian legends, supposedly inspired by new archaeological findings. | | | During the sexual encounter, he is wearing the same outfit he wears during the briefing, and the scene where he is examining Pelagius's image is removed. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Arthur_(movie)
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| | King Arthur - definition of King Arthur in Encyclopedia |
| | King Arthur, a motion picture released on July 7, 2004, claiming to be more historically accurate about the legend with respect to new archaeological findings. | | | Other members suggest that Arthur should be identified as one Lucius Artorius Castus, a historical Roman of the 2nd century, whose military exploits in Britain may have been remembered for years afterward. | | | King Arthur in armor with visor raised and with jousting shield |
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http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/King_Arthur
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| | The Historical King Arthur King Arthur & The Knights of the Round Table |
| | Owain's son, Cuneglasus (known from Welsh pedigrees as Cynlas) was among the five Celtic Kings condemned in the writings of Gildas. | | | Constantine appears to have been the historical self-proclaimed British Emperor who took the last Roman troops from Britain in a vain attempt to assert his claims on the Continent in 407. | | | Nowhere is there any indication that these three were closely related to Arthur, nor that he had any claim on the Dumnonian Kingdom. |
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http://www.kingarthursknights.com/arthur/king.asp
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| | An Archeological Quest for the 'real' King Arthur |
| | This is where confusion starts to arise: Riothamus was said to have campaigned in Gaul and disappeared around 470 in Burgundy; however, the Welsh said Arthur died in Camlann fighting another Briton, Medraunt, in 539. | | | Further archaeological evidence supports that the Glastonbury countryside was periodically inundated with water--the Tor would have indeed been an island during these floods. | | | The scholarly world, on the other hand, has held nothing but skepticism towards King Arthur. |
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http://www.uidaho.edu/student_orgs/arthurian_legend/england/arch
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| | King Arthur |
| | But there is frequent confusion of who were Arthur's sisters and who was mother of Gawain in the mainstream Arthurian legend. | | | Cabal was killed when they went hunting against the wild boar Troynt (possibly Twrach Trwyth in Culhwch and Olwen?). | | | But in the Dream of Rhonabwy (Mabinogion), Medrawd (Modred) was his nephew and only his foster-son. |
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http://www.timelessmyths.com/arthurian/arthur.html
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| | King Arthur |
| | Arthur has certainly been involved in some protests in his time. | | | Many would have given up when it got cold and damp, but then, not everyone is the King of England. | | | She's the queen because the population of the country are told she's the Queen. |
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http://arthurpendragon.ukonline.co.uk/arthur.html
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| | The Legend of King Arthur |
| | This is a obscure part of British history because we do not know who was the leader of this combined Celtic force that defeated the Saxons. | | | This legend however is thought to have been based on an actual person. | | | This would have made him a Cornwall Celt. |
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http://www.battle1066.com/arthur.shtml
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| | Blackmore's King Arthur: Part I |
| | Return to the King Arthur Menu of The Camelot Project at the University of Rochester | | | And several Friends to Prince Arthur did very early convince me, that in several Instances the Descriptions, Digressions, and Similes, were lyable to the same Objection. | | | And find a Churchman is no vulgar Foe. |
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http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/blakka1.htm
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| | Clive Owen -- King Arthur |
| | BBC News video: (Look for watch/listen box on right) Ray Winstone gets Medieval in new King Arthur epic. | | | You can buy the KA soundtrack though this Amazon link - More information on the soundtrack HERE | | | His faith is called into question." King Arthur is ultimately "about how he begins to accept the place where he lives and the people who he's with. |
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http://www.murphsplace.com/owen/arthur/arthur.html
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| | King Arthur: The People of the Legends |
| | Urien: husband of Morgan and king of Gore. | | | Anfortas: the Grail King/Fisher King according to Wolfram. | | | Pellam: King of Listinoise, he saw his brother killed by Balin and attacked the latter, knocking his sword free, and chased him around his castle. |
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http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/4186/Arthur/htmlpages/kingarthurlegendpeople.html
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| | BBC - Religion & Ethics - Arthur, King of the Britons |
| | The programme uses archaeological evidence and CGI technology to what Arthur's world would have been like. | | | Richard Harris who played Arthur in the famous 1967 film Camelot - unravels Arthur's story and finds evidence for a real flesh-and-blood hero, hidden away in one of the most obscure periods of British history. | | | Arthur - King Of The Britons goes on a quest to discover the true story behind the legend. |
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/arthur/index.shtml
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| | KING ARTHUR: TEXTS, IMAGES, BASIC INFORMATION |
| | Since there is no conclusive evidence for or against Arthur's historicity, the debate will continue. | | | Central to the myth is the downfall of Arthur's kingdom. | | | Arthur is a near mythic figure in Celtic stories such as Culhwch and Olwen. |
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http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/arthmenu.htm
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| | The Once And Future King |
| | He rashly condemns Guinevere to death, forcing Lancelot to rescue her. | | | Arthur is killed by his illegitimate son Mordred whom Arthur fathered in an incestuous relationship with his half-sister Morgan Le Fay. | | | And when the affair is revealed, Arthur’s impetuous actions begin the downfall of his court. |
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http://csis.pace.edu/grendel/projs2a/art001.html
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| | King Arthur (Xbox) |
| | For centuries most historians believed that King Arthur was only a legend, but that legend was based on a real hero whose actions changed the face of Britain and the world forever. | | | The movie tanked, but can the videogame do any better? | | | Based on the upcoming King Arthur motion picture from producer Jerry Bruckheimer, directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by David Franzoni, the King Arthur game lets players take control of the motion picture’s heroes. |
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http://games.teamxbox.com/xbox/931/King-Arthur
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| | Merrie Haskell's King Arthur Site: Arthur, King of Britain |
| | Below I will attempt to detail the historical sources and some of the other interesting theories. | | | This theory appeals to me for two reasons: Goodrich has amassed quite a pile of evidence (that I'm dying to see), and it's diametrically opposed (ridiculously so) to my tame little favorite. | | | Practically nothing is known about the character of this man; no one knows what he looked like, who he was really married to, even what his name really was. |
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http://www-personal.umich.edu/~merrie/Arthur/arthur.html
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| | Legends - King Arthur - Sources |
| | The Camelot Project at the University of Rochester includes a massive collection of Arthurian texts, images, and bibliographies, thoroughly indexed and accessible by subject. | | | Arthur: A Man for the Ages is David White's site on the history and legends of Arthur. | | | A Handlist of Arthurian Science Fiction and Fantasy, 1980-1989 by John J. Doherty, now at the Camelot Project., and its companion piece, Arthurian Fantasy, 1980-1989: An analytical and bibliographical survey, at Arthuriana. |
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http://legends.dm.net/kingarthur
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| | Movie-List - King Arthur Trailer Page |
| | Although I can’t wait for this film’s release, I have to say I’m not too partial on this first preview edit. | | | This film aims to tie the legend of Arthur into the realities of the time in which he would have ruled. | | | The details of the plot aren't known, but this film will likely depict the battles that led to Arthur's reign, and the issues that he would have dealt with. |
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http://www.movie-list.com/trailers.php?id=kingarthur
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| | Odin's Castle of Dreams & Legends |
| | I hope you will truly enjoy your visit to The Kings Chambers. | | | First of all, I felt that being the most famous and legendary of all the Kings, he deserved a place all his own. | | | Passages from The History of the Kings of Britain |
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http://www.odinscastle.org/odin6.html
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| | King Arthur's Legends |
| | Since many of the early Dark Age heroes were real men | | | Many historians believe that Arthur very likely did exist, if not quite as the romantic hero he has become. | | | upon whom mythical ability and position were often thrust by storytellers, it is very likely that Arthur was a Dark Age warrior, perhaps even a petty king or war-leader of the Celts upon whom all the rest of the mythological superstructure was formed. |
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http://www.2020site.org/kingarthur
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| | King Arthur |
| | Delve into the legend, find out how it developed and | | | Caerleon has long been associated with King Arthur. |
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http://www.caerleon.net/history/arthur
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| | Arthur |
| | Excavations in England claim to have found Camelot. | | | The question is still debated as to whether he actually existed or is merely a myth. | | | During the Renaissance King Arthur's place in history was vigorously defended due in part to the fact that the Tudor monarchs traced their lineage back to King Arthur. |
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http://www.twingroves.district96.k12.il.us/Renaissance/Castles/Arthur.html
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| | MCN: King Arthur |
| | Contact Us Report broken links and other web problems to | | | Historians have thought for centuries that King Arthur was only a myth, but the legend was based on a real hero, torn between his private ambitions and his public sense of duty. | | | King Arthur Gets A Website Of His Own |
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http://www.moviecitynews.com/arrays/king_arthur.html
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| | The Ultimate King Arthur Web Guide |
| | Certainly, it would have been a choice site for a court. | | | There is some evidence that Sir Lancelot was a Pictish warrior, the son of the King of the Lothians. | | | Thomas the Rhymer appears to a horse-dealer in the tale of the Fian warriors and shows him a secret cave in the Eildon hills where sleep an army of ancient ghostly warriors headed by King Arthur. |
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http://www.magicdragon.com/Wallace/arthur.html
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| | King Arthur: knight falls. By David Edelstein |
| | This is all pretty revisionist: no court, no jousts, no chivalry, no religiosity. | | | Arthur goes where his superiors tell him to go and fights with manly honor, mostly against native guerrilla units of "Woads," led by one Merlin (Stephen Dillane). | | | Although Arthur is supposed to protect only this noble Roman family, he knows that "Saxons only claim what they kill" and decides he can't leave the Scottish peasants—men, women, and kids—behind. |
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http://www.slate.com/id/2103544
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| | King Arthur Books |
| | This novel about the court of King Arthur, was the basis for the play and movie "Camelot." After White's death, a conclusion to The Once and Future King was found among his papers; it was published in 1977 as | | | Try Michael D. Miller's Camelot The True Story, a view of Camelot through the eyes of 102 people who were regressed to their past lives there. | | | This lush retelling of the legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table is a dark and engrossing tale. |
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http://www.kingarthurbooks.com
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| | Movie Info for King Arthur on MSN Movies |
| | Arthur (Clive Owen), a heroic knight and devoted Christian, is torn between his desire to travel to Rome to serve his faith and his loyalty to the land of his birth. | | | In time, Arthur and his men join forces with Merlin (Stephen Dillane), a shaman whose band of renegade knights were often pitched in battle against Roman forces. | | | As England falls into lawlessness, Arthur throws in his lot with a band of knights who hope to restore order to their fair and pleasant land and hopes to win freedom for his comrades, among them Lancelot (Ioan Gruffudd), Galahad (Hugh Dancy), Tristan (Mads Mikkelsen), Gawain (Joel Edgerton), Bors (Ray Winstone), and Dagonet (Ray Stevenson). |
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http://entertainment.msn.com/movies/movie.aspx?m=546733
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| | Metromix. Movie review: 'King Arthur' |
| | This "King Arthur's" idea of an idealistic, humane touch is to hand a bow to Guinevere. | | | This is not a movie that I would recommend to King Arthur fans. | | | This glum Arthur suits the glum landscape and overall atmosphere of sadism and imminent death. |
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http://metromix.chicagotribune.com/movies/mmx-040706-movies-review-mw-kingarthur,0,663864.story?coll=mmx-movies_top_heds
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| | King Arthur & The Knights of the Round Table |
| | Arthur represents a man who was the epitome of good against evil, light against darkness, and that eternal, never-ending struggle between what is right and that which is wrong. | | | Was Arthur a true, historical figure or only a hero of legend? | | | He lived a long time, raised a boy to be a king, propped up a Utopian empire with his magic and wisdom, and then watched as it all crumbled under such banal forces as vengeance and betrayal. |
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http://www.kingarthursknights.com
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| | King Arthur (2004) |
| | Goofs: Continuity: During Arthur and Lancelot's discussion before they leave on their mission, the lighting falls on the left side of Arthur's face in close up, and the left side of Lancelot's, despite the fact they are facing each other. | | | Not the privileged elite who volunteered their services to a king. | | | I have seen this movie and would like to comment on it |
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0349683
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| | IGN: King Arthur Review |
| | King Arthur the videogame adheres to the storyline in the movie, specifically that the fictional legend is actually based on real events that transpired during the Dark Ages. | | | Developer Krome Studios has done a respectable job of bringing what was an unremarkable movie license to the videogame arena. | | | Gamers will be able to control Arthur himself, or one of four other key characters, and battle it out with armies of primitive enemies. |
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http://ps2.ign.com/articles/567/567739p1.html
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| | Arthurian Resources on Britannia |
| | A survey of the known facts about the burial cross of King Arthur that was allegedly found along with his grave at Glastonbury Abbey in 1191. | | | While the rest of the world was silent, the legends of Arthur were preserved in Wales, where the bards memorialized him in their poems and songs. | | | Early texts & documents pertaining to the history of Arthur or the development of his legend |
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http://www.britannia.com/history/artpage.html
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| | The Quest |
| | Arthur: What Do Modern Historians Think About Him - A series of quotations from historians, all relating to Arthur and whether or not he was a real person | | | Timeless Myths: Age of Chivalry- Background on the tales of King Arthur | | | The Truth in the Tale: The Legends of King Arthur - An analysis of the legends and how they were developed |
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http://www.moraga.k12.ca.us/JM/Resources/ArthurWeb/Quest.htm
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| | Camelot & Arthurian Legend |
| | Because of the belief that Arthur will return, he is sometimes called The Once and Future King and Camelot itself has come to not only be viewed as a place, but as a state of mind or a reflection of a lost ideal. | | | The mythology of Camelot, and the story of King Arthur has been told and retold over the centuries, hence there are many versions. | | | Tennyson, in the Idylls of the King writes that it is symbolic of "the gradual growth of human beliefs and institutions, and of the spiritual development of man." |
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http://www.eliki.com/ancient/myth/camelot
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| | King Arthur: A Man for the Ages |
| | The scholarly conception of Arthur is of a war leader in post-Roman Britain, fighting against the encroachment of Saxon settlers. | | | People have been singing war songs in his honor for probably more than 1,500 years. | | | This site voted Best of the Web by the |
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http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/4186/Arthur/htmlpages/kingarthur.html
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| | Legends - King Arthur - Merlin |
| | Merlin's position in the popular imagination as a great seer was secure from Geoffrey's time onward; political "prophecies of Merlin", tuned to the times, were still being published well into the seventeenth century, the best known perhaps being The Life of Merlin, Sirnamed Ambrosius. | | | 1135 in Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regnum Britanniae or History of the Kings of Britain; Geoffrey also wrote a Vita Merlini (Life of Merlin) and added a sequence of "Merlin's Prophecies" to later versions of his Historia. | | | Arthurian Passages from the History of the Kings of Britain by Geoffrey of Monmouth, edited and translated by J.A. Giles, D.C.L., at the Camelot Project. |
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http://www.legends.dm.net/kingarthur/merlin.html
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| | King Arthur Uther Pendragon - front page |
| | This site is dedicated to the living, breathing, People's King, not the myth of legend. | | | o help you understand why King Arthur has been incarnated in our time we present an interview with The Once and Future King, the myth, the man, his mission and the background to the problems he addresses. | | | n this site we will promote The King's ideals of truth, justice and the conservation of the planet for our children and the children of our children. |
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http://arthurpendragon.ukonline.co.uk
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| | GameSpy: King Arthur Review |
| | King Arthur uses the same face button layout as the LotR games, including a parry button that hardly comes into play (you really have to think about wanting to use it in order to do so, which kind of defeats the purpose). | | | It could be argued that the release of Jerry Bruckheimer's summer film King Arthur aimed -- and mostly failed -- to capitalize on the sword-and-sorcery-crazed audience enchanted by Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy. | | | Like Return of the King, King Arthur includes a few levels that you might find impossible the first few times you try them out. |
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http://xbox.gamespy.com/xbox/king-arthur/566606p1.html
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| | King Arthur Faire |
| | The King Arthur Faire is an event unlike any other. | | | The King Arthur Faire Experience is unique in scope and goals as it shows the real and legendary King Arthur. | | | Beyond this, we allow our guests to become a part of the event and influence the plot, not just observe the show. |
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http://www.kingarthurfaire.com
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| | Welcome to the Krewe of King Arthur! |
| | The Krewe also holds its annual Bal Masque (masked ball) where King Arthur and Queen Guenevere are presented to fellow krewe members as well as the carnival community. | | | A printable application can be found online or one can be obtained by contacting any Krewe member. | | | Each year, the Krewe of King Arthur's 250+ members are best known for their afternoon parade on the first Sunday of |
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http://www.kreweofkingarthur.com
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| | The Mystic Realm of King Arthur |
| | There are books, films and numerous web sites that deal with this question in depth. | | | Was Arthur a Roman Centurian, a Celtic Warlord, or indeed the son of a king? | | | This single question will keep historians fighting with each other well into the afterlife. |
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http://www.public.iastate.edu/~camelot/arthur.html
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| | Amazon.co.uk: King Arthur: Books |
| | If you're looking to find out more about possible Arthurian theories and the history behind the film star, read Arthur: King of The Britons and The Discovery of King Arthur, by Daniel Mersey and Geoffrey Ashe respectively. | | | A vastly outnumbered Arthur and his knights are sent by the Roman Empire to defeat a bloodthirsty Saxon conqueror and his powerful army, a mission that takes a romantic turn when Arthur, Lancelot, and the knights rescue the beautiful Guinevere. | | | In what is essentially a prequel to Knights of the Round Table, Arthur has been appointed by the Roman Empire to defeat a bloodthirsty Saxon conqueror and his army, which is a dozen times the size of Arthur's own. |
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0786890835
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| | King Arthur |
| | "A line from The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, goes, “When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.” And while King Arthur may be closer to fact, I prefer the legend. | | | "King Arthur offers a revisionist portrait of the legendary leader and warrior that expends almost all its energy on one bloody battle sequence after another." | | | "'The untold true story that inspired the legend' -- you know, the version in which Arthur is a brooding bore and Guinevere is a half-naked post-feminist warrior hottie." |
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http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/king_arthur
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| | FALLEN KNIGHTS - [a King Arthur fansite] |
| | All are now archived in the forum on the Vicus Tuscus - King Arthur Fanfiction board. | | | Well it's been awhile (and it certainly took awhile to remember my log-in information to post news!) However a few updates simply could not be procrastinated any longer: | | | Now's a great time to either create an original character or claim a movie character and jump in! |
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http://crescent-stars.net/fallenknights
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| | Arthurian - Arthurian Legend |
| | The Second Coming of Arthur - Retelling the Arthurian Myth | | | Arthurian Home Page by Douglas Johnston Arthuriana (a scholarly journal) Guide to Arthurian Resources on the Internet (Includes access to film database) | | | Selective list of Arthurian sites on the internet, by John J. Doherty, Cline Library, Northern Arizona University. |
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http://king-arthur.recommendlist.com/rl/king-arthur-arthurian.htm
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| | Merrie Haskell's King Arthur Site |
| | An incomplete list of nonfiction books related to Arthur | | | A brief list of the early sources of the Arthurian legend | | | An incomplete list of fiction books related to Arthur |
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http://www-personal.umich.edu/~merrie/Arthur
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| | King Arthur - ENCYCLOPEDIA - The History Channel UK |
| | THE HISTORY CHANNEL and BIOGRAPHY are trademarks of AandE Television Networks used under license ©2004 AandE Television Networks. | | | Our search facility includes over 50,000 fully cross-referenced historical entries. | | | King Arthur - ENCYCLOPEDIA - The History Channel UK or LOGIN |
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