Dr Morris examines how the legend grew through the retelling of
what medieval writers believed was the story of an historical
figure, based not on some lost Welsh biography, but on Geoffrey of
Monmouth's History of the Kings of Britain, the authorised' version
of Arthur's career. She looks at his antecedents, the story of his
conception and birth, and his accession, moving on to discuss his
warfare, his role in peacetime, his relationships with his family,
his personal attributes, and his problematical death, showing how
Arthur remains a distinct character in medieval literature despite
appearing in an infinite variety of guises. Arthur appears in
medieval literature in an infinite variety of different guises, yet
remains a distinct character. Medieval writers, however freely they
treat their sources, respected the traditions of the past, and Dr
Morris, in writing the 'biography' of Arthur, is concerned to show
the complex intelinking of different versions of his story. Her
approach is through the sequence of events which make up Arthur's
career. She looks in turn at his antecedents, the story of his
conception and birth, and his accession, the initial 'facts' and
the discusses his warfare, his role in peacetime, his relationships
with his family, and his personal attributes. The problems
surrounding Arthur's death are examined in the final chapter.
Throughout the book, Dr Morris is concerned to 'use Arthur tro find
out about the sources rather than vice versa' and in so doing
illustrates both how medieval writers retold what they believe to
be the story of a real historical figure and how the familiar story
of Arthur gradually took shape over the centuries, based not on
some lost Welsh biography, but on Geoffrey of Monmouth's
l>History of the Kings of Britain/l> the 'authorised' version
of Arthur's career for almost all medieval writers
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