21473 - | | | 22397 - Reply from Peter (GBR) - 2013-10-31
| Hi,
Ye, I agree, the mediaeval period is exciting and interesting, from every aspect.
Only, King Arthur etc did not live in the Middle Ages, If he existed at all,he was a Romano British Leader (maybe a 'petty king' as they are sometimes called. and was around
in the time just after the collapse of Roman rule in Britannia (as it was called then).
No 'knights' in shining plate armour, or round tables etc, All that was a myth started by
much later mediaeval writers like Mallory and Chretien de Troyes, and then polished up by
Victorian imagination. Films like 'Excalibur' are just fun entertainment. |
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