Gildas and the ‘Age of Arthur’.

  • Published In: Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association, 2024, v. 20, n. 2. P. 167 1 of 3

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  • Authored By: Joyce, Stephen J. 3 of 3

Abstract

This article considers whether Gildas’ De excidio Britanniae—here viewed as a ‘call to arms’ rather than a ‘lamentation’—had political consequences in Britain. It will argue that Gildas’ immediate image of partition can be related to a temporary expansion of British political power remembered in the list of battles accorded to the figure of King Arthur in Historia Brittonum, sometimes termed the ‘Age of Arthur’. In this interpretation, Gildas, one of the earliest known theorists of medieval kingship, can be seen to be intimately attached to the deeds of Arthur, arguably regarded in the medieval period as the earliest and greatest exemplar of a medieval king. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association. 2024/12, Vol. 20, Issue 2, p167
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Social Sciences and Humanities
  • Publication Date:2024
  • ISSN:1449-9320
  • DOI:10.35253/JAEMA.2024.2.3
  • Accession Number:187959228
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