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King of the Celts: Arthurian Legends and Celtic Tradition
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King of the Celts: Arthurian Legends and Celtic Tradition
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by Jean Markale
Sales Rank : 735502
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Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Inner Traditions November 1, 1993
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0892814527
ISBN-13: 978-0892814527
Product Dimensions:
8.8 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
From Booklist
Markale opens with an argumentative introduction about historians' general reluctance to deal with myths and oral traditions. She moves directly into a discussion of how Arthurian lore in the medieval world was comcreated by ardent and undiscriminating propagandists of the courtly nobility who misappropriated Celtic legends and in the process betrayed and ridiculed them. Her survey of Arthurian legendry in Celtic history purports that through such Celtic notions of kingship, especially the king's obligation to the people, his role was clarified as more than one of personal gain or divine right. For serious students of Arthurian legends and history. Denise Perry Donavin
Product Review
"King Arthur fans, take note: your dreamy images of this rapturous medieval period will never be the same after you've read Markale's scholarly and luminous revision."
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NAPRA Trade Journal )
"No student or lover of Arthurian bravado and myth should pass up this book. You will immediately be caught up in Markale's telling of the familiar tale, and enchanted by the new twists on the old story."
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New Age Retailer )
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