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Overview
In a masterful blend of history, geography, and literature, Jean Markale re-creates the true King Arthur, the real-life Celtic warrior-hero who organized the resistance to the Saxon onslaught in fifth-century England. Markale's unsurpassed knowledge of Celtic history has enabled him to reconstruct for us the actual world in which King Arthur lived--its heros, its values, and its vicissitudes--and to define the position that Arthur occupied within it. - Explains how the Arthurian ideals of knightly virtue and chivalry are at the heart of Western literature and thought - Shows how the Celtic heritage continues to exert a unique formative power on our personal and moral concepts
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780892814527
- ISBN-10: 0892814527
- Publisher: Inner Traditions International
- Publish Date: November 1993
- Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.95 pounds
- Page Count: 320
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