1. King Arthur Why?

2. Political Weapon 0 Celts could/will rise again 0 Arthur is not dead – King will come again and create the paradise of Britain

3. Review 0 Vortigen (5 th century ruler of the Britons) 0 Invites the Saxons (mercenaries) to help him fight rivals 0 Saxons get a foot hold and decide to stay 0 Britain /England 0 Angles/Saxons won – brought their tales of ancient kings and battles 0 Celts had their own tales – King Arthur?...Will come again and restore what was lost 0 Video (14:30-15:10)

4. Beginnings of King Arthur Legend: 0 Vortigen (betrayer of the Britons) 0 Flees to the edge of the island 0 Builds a castle 0 Every morning, stones are scattered 0 Advisors – land is cursed, need to find the golden- haired boy with no father, sprinkle his blood on the land

5. Merlin 0 Find the boy, he offers a prophecy for his life 0 Dig for a jar; two dragons / red, white 0 Fight 0 White (Saxons) flees / Red (Britons) wins 0 Hero will appear and Britain will rise again

6. Arthur = Poetry/History Arthur = King Ancient Ways 0 20:00-20:45 0 Sword in the Stone (magic) 0 Sword making

7. Battle of Hastings 0 William Duke of Normandy / 1066 0 Some Britons had immigrated to the continent / Brittany 0 Carried the Arthur stories

8. History of the Kings of Britain 0 Geoffrey of Monmouth (1100’s) / Wales 0 Arthurs rests in Avalon (Glastonbury) 0 Henry II – to disprove 0 1191 0 “Grave” 0 Explosion of interest 0 Tourists 0 Welsh (Celtic/Briton) rallying cry

9. King and Arthur and the Holy Grail 0 Chritien de Troyes, late 1100’s 0 French = courtly romance 0 Spiritual values 0 Perceval 0 Fisher King 0 Feast – vision 0 Lance and Grail 0 Quest 31:00-40:00 Perfect…until it wasn’t…

10. Le Morte d’Arthur 0 Sir Thomas Malory (1400’s) 0 Continued the romance tales

11. Victorian Arthur 0 Symbol for Victorian Ideals 0 Darwin (new ways – in / old ways - out) 0 YET, ALSO, nostalgia for the old ways 0 Link British Empire to Arthurian identity

12. The Once and Future King 0 46:00-51:50 0 Gaelic and Scottish Stories 0 51:50-56:36

13. 0 In Search Of Myths and Heroes - King Arthur