Cover illustration: King Arthur (from the Heroes Tapestries), South Netherlandish, ca. 1400–1410. The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Cloisters): Munsey Fund, 1932; Gift of John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1947 (https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/467528, last accessed 28 September 2023).
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Blacker, Jean, 1952- author.
Title: Arthur, origins, identities and the legendary history of Britain / by Jean Blacker.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2024]. | Series: Explorations in medieval culture, 2352-0299 ; volume 25 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2023053054 (print) | LCCN 2023053055 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004691032 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004691889 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Arthur, King–In literature. | Arthurian romances–History and criticism. | Geoffrey, of Monmouth, Bishop of St. Asaph, 1100?-1154. Historia regum Britanniae. | Wace, approximately 1100-approximately 1175. Roman de Brut. | Gaimar, Geffrei, active 1136-1137. Estoire des Engleis. | Great Britain–In literature
Classification: LCC PN686.A7 B53 2024 (print) | LCC PN686.A7 (ebook) | DDC 820.9/351–dc23/eng/20231219
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023053054
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023053055
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ISSN 2352-0299
ISBN 978-90-04-69103-2 (hardback)
ISBN 978-90-04-69188-9 (e-book)
DOI 10.1163/9789004691889
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