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100 1  Syvänne, Ilkka,|eauthor. 
245 10 Britain in the Age of Arthur :|bA Military History /
       |cIlkka Syvänne. 
264  1 [Place of publication not identified] :|bPen & Sword Books,
       |c[2020] 
264  4 |c©2020 
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520    "[The] well known historian... attempts to find the 
       elusive King Arthur through a study of the military of the
       period following the Fall of Rome." -- Firetrench King 
       Arthur is one of the most controversial topics of early 
       British history. Are the legends based on a real 
       historical figure or pure mythological invention? Ilkka 
       Syvänne's study breaks new ground, adopting a novel 
       approach to the sources by starting with the assumption 
       that Arthur existed and that Geoffrey of Monmouth's 
       account has preserved details of his career that are based
       on real events. He then interprets these by using "common 
       sense" and the perspective of a specialist in late Roman 
       military history to form a probable picture of what really
       happened during the period (roughly AD 400-550). This 
       approach allows the author to test the entire literary 
       evidence for the existence of Arthur to see if the 
       supposed events of his career match what is known of the 
       events of the period, the conclusion being that in general
       they do. Arthur's military career is set in the context of
       the wider military history of Britain and Europe in this 
       period and along the way describes the nature of armies 
       and warfare of the period. "Anything about Arthur is worth
       a read in my opinion, and this is a great addition to the 
       growing body of work on the mythical King." -- Books 
       Monthly"--|cProvided by Freading. 
588 0  Publisher metadata. 
600 00 Arthur,|cKing|xMilitary leadership. 
650  7 HISTORY / Military / Medieval.|2bisacsh 
651  0 Great Britain|xHistory, Military|y55 B.C.-449 A.D. 
651  0 Great Britain|xHistory, Military|y449-1066. 
651  0 Great Britain|xHistory|yAnglo-Saxon period, 449-1066. 
655  0 Electronic books. 
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