Glastonbury Abbey And The Arthurian Tradition

Author : James P. Carley
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 9780859915724
Total Pages : 684 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Glastonbury Abbey and the Arthurian Tradition written by James P. Carley and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2001 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays in this volume, some reprinted in their original form and some extensively revised, are concerned with the Arthurian traditions associated with Glastonbury Abbey. Certain of the essays are analytic and others provide editions of hitherto unknown texts. They all examine ways in which legendary materials and historical facts interconnected in the process by which Glastonbury Abbey came to present itself, nationally and internationally, as the custodian of King Arthur's relics and the burial place of Joseph of Arimathea, and the importance, political and ecclesiastical, that it derived from the connection. Professor JAMES CARLEY is the author of Glastonbury Abbey: The Holy House at the Head of the Moors Adventurous and a past editor of Arthurian Literature. Topics: Glastonbury Legends (WATKIN, GRANSDEN), Legend of St Joseph of Glastonbury (LAGORIO), Guinevere at Glastonbury (WOOD), Vera Historia de Morte Arthuri (BARBER, LAPIDGE), Was Mordred buried at Glastonbury? (BARBER), Glastonbury in Welsh Vernacular Tradition (LLOYD-MORGAN), Second Exhumation of Arthur's Remains, 1278 (PARSONS), Abbey Memorial Plate (GOODALL), Arthur's Epitaph/s (CARLEY, BROWN, WRIGHT, WITHRINGTON), Hardyng and Holy Grail (KENNEDY, RIDDY), Henry V and Joseph of Arimathea's Bones, Holy Cross of Waltham at Montacute, Excavation of Arthur's Grave (CARLEY), Perlesvaus (Wells fragment), Quedam Narracio de nobili rege Arthuro, De Origine Gigantum (CARLEY, CRICK, EVANS), Glastonbury tablets (KROCHALIS), Relics in 14th Century (CARLEY, HOWLEY).

Author : Mary Bateman
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 1843846586
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Local Place and the Arthurian Tradition in England and Wales, 1400-1700 written by Mary Bateman and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2023-11-21 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first in-depth study of Arthurian places in late medieval and early modern England and Wales. Places have the power to suspend disbelief, even concerning unbelievable subjects. The many locations associated with King Arthur show this to be true, from Tintagel in Cornwall to Caerleon in Wales. But how and why did Arthurian sites come to proliferate across the English and Welsh landscape? What role did the medieval custodians of Arthurian abbeys, churches, cathedrals, and castles play in "placing" Arthur? How did visitors experience Arthur in situ, and how did their experiences permeate into wider Arthurian tradition? And why, in history and even today, have particular places proven so powerful in defending the impression of Arthur's reality? This book, the first in-depth study of Arthurian places in late medieval and early modern England and Wales, provides an answer to these questions. Beginning with an examination of on-site experiences of Arthur, at locations including Glastonbury, York, Dover, and Cirencester, it traces the impact that they had on visitors, among them John Hardyng, John Leland, William Camden, who subsequently used them as justification for the existence of Arthur in their writings. It shows how the local Arthur was manifested through textual and material culture: in chronicles, notebooks, and antiquarian works; in stained glass windows, earthworks, and display tablets. Via a careful piecing together of the evidence, the volume argues that a new history of Arthur begins to emerge: a local history.

Author : W R J Barron
Publisher : University of Wales Press
ISBN 13 : 1786837404
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Arthur of the English written by W R J Barron and published by University of Wales Press. This book was released on 2020-11-15 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This first comprehensive treatment of Arthurian literature in the English language up until the end of the Middle Ages is now available for the first time in paperback. English people think of Arthur as their own – stamped on the landscape in scores of place-names, echoed in the names of princes even today. Yet some would say the English were the historical Arthur’s bitterest enemies and usurpers of his heritage. The process by which Arthurian legends have become an important part of England’s cultural heritage is traced in this book. Previous studies have concentrated on the handful of chivalric romances, which have given the impression that Arthur is a hero of romantic escapism. This study seeks to provide a more comprehensive and insightful look at the English Arthurian legends and how they evolved. It focuses primarily upon the literary aspects of Arthurian legend, but it also makes some important political and social observations.

Author : Siân Echard
Publisher : University of Wales Press
ISBN 13 : 1783168552
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Arthur of Medieval Latin Literature written by Siân Echard and published by University of Wales Press. This book was released on 2011-03-15 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: King Arthur is arguably the most recognizable literary hero of the European Middle Ages. His stories survive in many genres and many languages, but while scholars and enthusiasts alike know something of his roots in Geoffrey of Monmouth's Latin History of the Kings of Britain, most are unaware that there was a Latin Arthurian tradition which extended beyond Geoffrey. This collection of essays will highlight different aspects of that tradition, allowing readers to see the well-known and the obscure as part of a larger, often coherent whole. These Latin-literate scholars were as interested as their vernacular counterparts in the origins and stories of Britain's greatest heroes, and they made their own significant contributions to his myth.

Author : R. F. Treharne
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 156 pages
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Download or read book The Glastonbury Legends written by R. F. Treharne and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Joseph Armitage Robinson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 102 pages
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Download or read book Two Glastonbury Legends written by Joseph Armitage Robinson and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : James P. Carley
Publisher : Glastonbury [England] : Gothic Image Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780906362235
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Glastonbury Abbey written by James P. Carley and published by Glastonbury [England] : Gothic Image Publications. This book was released on 1996 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Geoffrey Ashe
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
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Download or read book King Arthur's Avalon written by Geoffrey Ashe and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : S. Hayes-Healy
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137037067
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Medieval Paradigms: Volume II written by S. Hayes-Healy and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-09-23 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays in two volumes explores patterns of medieval society and culture, spanning from the close of the late antique period to the beginnings of the Renaissance. Volume 2 analyzes of forms of devotion, both popular movements and those practices and ceremonies limited to elite groups. The exploration of medieval paradigms comes to a close with a group of essays which follow the medieval patterns well past the Middle Ages, even into the present.

Author : Roberta Gilchrist
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108496547
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sacred Heritage written by Roberta Gilchrist and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-01-02 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forges innovative connections between monastic archaeology and heritage studies, revealing new perspectives on sacred heritage, identity, medieval healing, magic and memory. This title is available as Open Access.