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NAN
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posted 06-29-2002 04:25 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for NAN   Click Here to Email NAN     Edit/Delete Message
heres something NOT from my friends!

I would like to know your opinion
on whether king aurthur of britain
is a legend or real!

[This message has been edited by NAN (edited 06-29-2002).]

Llywelyn
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posted 06-29-2002 07:08 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Llywelyn     Edit/Delete Message
Greetings,


Well, this is an interesting one. As the legends are told they are not true. Arthur was fighting the Danes, that would mean (according to history) he was Saxon. At that time people didn't have plate armour, so the knights in shining armour thing is false. Another thing is there were no "knights" at that time. They were called Thanes or Earls, and they were sort of were like nobles, there wasn't really a rank of knight. Several other things also don't ring true, but one person in history I think could be considered a "real Arthur". Alfred the Great was the first to unite most of Britain and drive back the Danes who had taken over a good portion of it. He was well educated and loved learning(which was rare at the time). He spent time in Rome where he studied and in other places in Europe. he was considered a hero by the British population and so that could be compared to the legend of King Arthur.

Don't know how this sounds, but thats a bit off the top of my head,

Llywelyn

Erik Schmidt
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posted 06-30-2002 03:42 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Erik Schmidt   Click Here to Email Erik Schmidt     Edit/Delete Message
The legend of king Arthur is just that, a legend. The legend is so full of impossiblities due to being updated regularly through history to suit the times, that as it exists today, he could not have existed.
However, there is no reason that it couldn't have been based on a real person and real events, but the historical fact and the events in the legend would have little in common.

Erik

Gordon
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posted 06-30-2002 09:36 AM           Edit/Delete Message
A large number of questions have already been answered on this topic. Use the search link below 'post a reply', just type in Arthur, and you will get lots of links and discussion on this very question.

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