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Warriors and wilderness in Medieval Britain : from Arthur and Beowulf to Sir Gawain and Robin Hood
- Title
- Warriors and wilderness in Medieval Britain : from Arthur and Beowulf to Sir Gawain and Robin Hood / Robin Melrose.
- Author
- Melrose, Robin.
- Publication
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2017.
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Details
- Description
- vi, 252 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "This book explores Arthur's depiction as a wilderness figure, the descendant of the northern Romano-British hunter/warrior god. The earliest Arthur was a warrior but in the 11th century Welsh tale Culhwch and Olwen, he is less a warrior and more a leader of a band of rogue heroes. Three Arthurian tales link Arthur to medieval Robin Hood tales"--
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Resistance to Roman rule in Northern Britain and the hunter/warrior god -- The Kingdom of Northumbria: resistance to Anglo-Saxon rule in Northern Britain -- Arthur and his retinue in the earliest Arthurian texts -- Arthur and his retinue in the Welsh Arthurian tale Culhwch and Olwen: warriors in the wilderness -- Anglo-Saxon England: warriors, saints, exile and wilderness -- Beowulf, an Anglo-Saxon mythical hero -- The Arthur of the Normans: Geoffrey of Monmouth's History of the kings of Britain -- King Arthur in Medieval England: Layamon's Brut and the alliterative Morte Arthure -- An Arthurian hero in the wilderness: Sir Gawain and the green knight -- Three late medieval Arthurian romances: Arthur and Gawain in Inglewood Forest, Cumbria -- The wilderness hero: Robin Hood in the late Middle Ages (Part I) -- The wilderness hero: Robin Hood in the late Middle Ages (Part II).
- Call Number
- JFE 17-4384
- ISBN
- 9781476668260 (softcover : alk. paper)
- 1476668264 (softcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2017000882
- OCLC
- 959535516
- Author
- Melrose, Robin.
- Title
- Warriors and wilderness in Medieval Britain : from Arthur and Beowulf to Sir Gawain and Robin Hood / Robin Melrose.
- Publisher
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2017.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 17-4384