Horrible--but is it history? (Readers' Forum).Margaret Willis's review of David Bintley's Arthur, Part II [see Reviews, Dance Magazine, August, page 77] states that it contains "chilling scenes of child slaughter and a rape--[that are] all historically accurate." No doubt there was a lot of child slaughter and rape in early Britain's tempestuous tem·pes·tu·ous adj. 1. Of, relating to, or resembling a tempest: tempestuous gales. 2. Tumultuous; stormy: a tempestuous relationship. times, but what this has to do with the legend of Arthur is Arthur I, 1187–1203?, duke of Brittany (1196–1203?), son of Geoffrey, fourth son of Henry II of England and Constance, heiress of Brittany. Arthur, a posthumous child, was proclaimed duke in 1196, and an invasion by his uncle King Richard I of England was problematic. Despite the continued fascination of "The Matter of Britain The Matter of Britain or the Arthurian legend is a name given collectively to the legends that concern the Celtic and legendary history of the British Isles, especially those focused on King Arthur and the knights of the Round Table. ," as the tales of Arthur and his Round Table are called, Arthur's very existence is a subject of vigorous debate, and nobody truly knows exactly where "Camelot" was, although many historic sites in England and Wales England and Wales are both constituent countries of the United Kingdom, that together share a single legal system: English law. Legislatively, England and Wales are treated as a single unit (see State (law)) for the conflict of laws. claim the honor. Judith Judson Arlington, Virginia |
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