Was Arthur a king or just a battle commander?

King Arthur: A Man for the Ages ^ | undated | David White

[Hacksaw]

For anyone interested, the page this was posted from is heavily cross referenced and contains many links.

[Hacksaw]

I included your names since you were interested in the Templar thread I posted.

[billorites]

[Hacksaw]

Maybe he got his start cooking bread for the British troops.

[rintense]

Arturius!!!!

[Fiddlstix]

BTTT

[R. Scott]

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 wasn’t much difference between a “king”, and a “dux bellorum” or in Medieval Welsh “ameraudur” – from the Latin “imperator”

[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.

[Fintan]

 

I thought he was a drunk.

[InsureAmerica]

listen. I've seen every movie made about him and he was a king....

[dangus]

That's OK... I thought he was a hamster.

Didn't Richard Gere like Arthur alot?

[gcruse]

thanks for the ping

[cubreporter]

I LOVED that scene when the butler said: "I'll alert the media." Ha,ha. Soooooo funny.

[InsureAmerica]

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.............

[mtbopfuyn]

I thought he was a drunk.

Perhaps, but he made a king's ransom off the movie.

[infidel29]

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.

[InsureAmerica]

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"..

[infidel29]

That link is from Amazon, it is available.

[kalee]

ping

[infidel29]

...and "Knight" would be my dream job I think.