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History and the Historical Arthur
Early British Kingdoms Web Site
This is "the only Web Site
totally dedicated to the Early Celtic Kingdoms of
the Island of Britain & its diminutive
counterpart across the Channel. You'll find lots of
information here about the celebrated and not so
celebrated Kingdoms that flourished in Britain from
the time the Romans left until well into the eleventh
century."
These include "Kingdoms of
the West Country," "Kingdoms of Midland & Southern
Britain," "Kingdoms of Wales," "Kingdoms of Northern
Britain," "Kingdoms North of Hadrian's Wall," and
"Kingdoms of Brittany," and "The High-Kingdom of
Britain." In addition, the "Guest Articles" area
contains online essays about Arthur and history
contributed by various hands.
Moreover, there is an
excellent section on the Historical Arthur,
with information pertaining to the following: "Popular
Arthur," "Arthur the Myth," "Early References to
a Real Arthur," "Arthur the General," "Arthur
the King," "Arthur's Battles," "Arthur's
Genealogy," "Arthurian Literary Characters,"
"Arthurian Places to Visit," "Arthur and Archaeology,"
"Aspects of the Arthurian Legend," "An Arthurian
Bibliography," "Selected Arthurian Related Sites," and
"Arthurian Guest Articles."
Tom
Green's "Arthurian Resources"
Features a hefty
essay on "The Historicity and Historicisation of
Arthur" which "considers the possible historicity of
Arthur via a detailed discussion of the sources, ...
discusses historical prototypes for various features
of early Arthurian tradition and the methodology of
making such identifications, [and] ... looks at the
ultimate origins of Arthur in light of the
conclusions drawn earlier in the article."
The
Heroic Age
Online journal devoted to
"early medieval Northwestern Europe."
King
Arthur Pages at Britannia.com
Features two timelines,
one for Arthur, one for "Early British Kingdoms"; Historical
maps (Celtic Tribes, c. 50 AD; Saxon Shore,
c.370 AD; Saxon Britain, c.450 AD); an article on
"Arthurian Britain" in its Original Articles
section, as well as a "List of legendary British
kings from Geoffrey of Monmouth's History"
under Arthurian resources; and Other
History resources (for the British church,
monarchs, documents, timelines, time period indexes,
and bibliographies).
Celtic Twilight
Contains a section on
"Speculation and Background," including a monograph
called "Arthur, Cerdic, and the Formation of Wessex"
and information on "Gaul & the Charlemagne
Legends."
King
Arthur & the Matter of Britain
Well-designed site which
aims to provide links to the best Arthurian websites,
with an entry on "History & Archaeology."
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