comealongpondd: HISTORY MEME [3/9 Kings/Queens] | Arthur Pendragon Arthur, legendary Brit
comealongpondd:HISTORY MEME [3/9 Kings/Queens] | Arthur PendragonArthur, legendary British king who appears in a cycle of medieval romances as the sovereign of a knightly fellowship of the Round Table. It is not certain how or where these legends originated or whether the figure Arthur was based on a historical person. The 9th-century Historia Brittonum, traditionally attributed to Nennius, records 12 battles fought by Arthur against the Saxons, culminating in a victory at Mons Badonicus. The Annales Cambriae also mention Arthur’s victory at Mons Badonicus (516) and record the Battle of Camlann (537), “in which Arthur and Medraut fell.” Early Welsh literature quickly made Arthur into a king of wonders and marvels. The 12th-century prose romance Kulhwch and Olwen associated him with other heroes, this conception of a heroic band, with Arthur at its head, doubtless leading to the idea of Arthur’s court. -- source link
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