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Was Arthur a king or just a battle commander?
King Arthur: A Man for the Ages ^
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| David White
Posted on 11/06/2005 7:31:28 AM PST by Hacksaw
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posted on
11/06/2005 7:31:29 AM PST
by
Hacksaw
To: gcruse; larryjohnson; Lorianne; SunkenCiv; VOA; Peanut Gallery
I included your names since you were interested in the Templar thread I posted.
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posted on
11/06/2005 7:33:20 AM PST
by
Hacksaw
(Real men don't buy their firewood.)
To: Hacksaw
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posted on
11/06/2005 7:35:19 AM PST
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: billorites
Maybe he got his start cooking bread for the British troops.
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posted on
11/06/2005 7:37:32 AM PST
by
Hacksaw
(Real men don't buy their firewood.)
To: Hacksaw
Arturius!!!!
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posted on
11/06/2005 7:38:15 AM PST
by
rintense
To: Hacksaw; blam
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posted on
11/06/2005 7:44:11 AM PST
by
Fiddlstix
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To: Hacksaw
There's an invading army in France now. Only question is what to do about it.
From what I have read, in 5th Century AD Briton there wasnt much difference between a king, and a dux bellorum or in Medieval Welsh ameraudur from the Latin imperator
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posted on
11/06/2005 7:47:57 AM PST
by
R. Scott
(Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
To: R. Scott
Ignore the "There's an invading army in France now. Only question is what to do about it." It was a left over from a previous post.
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posted on
11/06/2005 7:48:53 AM PST
by
R. Scott
(Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
To: Hacksaw
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I thought he was a drunk. |
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posted on
11/06/2005 7:51:45 AM PST
by
Fintan
(I'm planting my tagline bulbs for the spring.)
To: Hacksaw
listen. I've seen every movie made about him and he was a king....
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posted on
11/06/2005 7:59:20 AM PST
by
InsureAmerica
(Evil? I have many words for it. We are as dust, to them. - v v putin)
To: Fintan
That's OK... I thought he was a hamster.
Didn't Richard Gere like Arthur alot?
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posted on
11/06/2005 7:59:24 AM PST
by
dangus
To: Hacksaw
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posted on
11/06/2005 8:02:07 AM PST
by
gcruse
(http://gcruse.typepad.com/)
To: Fintan
I LOVED that scene when the butler said: "I'll alert the media." Ha,ha. Soooooo funny.
To: rintense
Good entertainment, that film. I liked it because he is portrayed more as a battle commander than the stereotypical king and I've always thought that was the case.............
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posted on
11/06/2005 8:03:07 AM PST
by
InsureAmerica
(Evil? I have many words for it. We are as dust, to them. - v v putin)
To: Fintan
I thought he was a drunk.Perhaps, but he made a king's ransom off the movie.
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posted on
11/06/2005 8:14:40 AM PST
by
mtbopfuyn
(Legality does not dictate morality... Lavin)
To: InsureAmerica; Hacksaw
HERE IS A LINK to a portion of the index in the book "The History of the Kings of Britain" by Geoffrey of Monmouth. Not saying this is the be all end all on the Arthur discussion, but we read this book in my "Medieval Studies" class back in college. I wish I still had the book to post something more than just an index page.
My own opinion of the Arthur legend is somewhere between the classical romantic view of Camelot and the Knights of the round table and the film. (great flick BTW)
The book cited above tends toward the romanticized view, but does reference historical facts.
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posted on
11/06/2005 8:19:34 AM PST
by
infidel29
("We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid." --Benjamin Franklin)
To: infidel29
I'll have to find that book. I love medieval history. My ancestor, Charles, came from Ireland in the 1300's to England and his occupation was listed as "Knight"..
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posted on
11/06/2005 8:24:10 AM PST
by
InsureAmerica
(Evil? I have many words for it. We are as dust, to them. - v v putin)
To: InsureAmerica
That link is from Amazon, it is available.
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posted on
11/06/2005 8:25:08 AM PST
by
infidel29
("We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid." --Benjamin Franklin)
To: TR Jeffersonian
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posted on
11/06/2005 8:26:34 AM PST
by
kalee
To: InsureAmerica
...and "Knight" would be my dream job I think.
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posted on
11/06/2005 8:27:29 AM PST
by
infidel29
("We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid." --Benjamin Franklin)
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