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In medieval novels, Merlin the Magician was far stranger than he appears in modern pop culture. Archivists have discovered new stories about him.
Part of a 13th century manuscript containing rare stories about Merlin and King Arthur has been discovered at Cambridge ...
A fragment of manuscript found in the book binding of a 16th-century archival register was actually a famed King Arthur ...
The legend of King Arthur has been told to children around ... archival practices in 16th-century England. It’s a piece of history in its own right,' said Dr Fabry-Tehranchi.
Arthur, Prince of Wales was the Tudors' great golden hope. The elder brother of the notorious King Henry VIII, Arthur was supposed to lead his country into glory. Instead, fate dealt him one of the ...
He will then reappear as a balding child who issues edicts to King Arthur wearing no underwear ... and that gives you a greater understanding of the history of the item," says Deblauwe.
Roughly 700 years ago, a French-language sequel to the legend of King Arthur known as the Suite Vulgate du Merlin became a "medieval best seller." Its first half tells the story of how Sir Gawain, ...
From Arthur’s birth to his ascension to king and eventually his presumed death ... It’s a piece of history in its own right.” Fabry-Tehranchi and the research team will continue to trace ...
“The more you know about history, the more you know about yourself ... grounds of the U.S. Open in Queens were named after King; Arthur Ashe had a stadium named after him, and a statue ...
Fifty years after Monty Python and the Holy Grail redefined comedy, stars Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam look back on the ...