Fall
2008
Welcome back! Yes, it's
been some time since my last update. Well,
not exactly. I have been sneaking in and
out to update several pages, but without
announcing it. Especially the articles by
August Hunt have
received rseveral additions and updates (that's
the advantage of internet publishing: if
you change your views, you can alter your
articles!) in March/April and September/October.
New in the Arthurian
Collection:
One novel by Sarah Zettel
(I really must get the other two parts in
this series!) and four children's
Books, one by Philip Reeve (a
nice historian novel), two by Kevin
Crossley-Holland, and a brilliantly-illustrated
new work by John Matthews: Arthur of
Albion. I've also got the chance to
interview him (look here
for the result), plus a review
of the book here.
March 4, 2007
Welcome back to this
Arthurian website for yet another year.
An overhaul in style and
other details, and of course some updates
in articles
New in the Arthurian
Collection for March:
- A
Children's
Book:
Kruijssen, Agave:
Lancelot, Ridder van de Ronde
Tafel, (Fontein, 2001).
October 10, 2006
New in the Arthurian
Collection for May:
- A
Children's
Book:
Green, Roger Lancelyn: Koning
Arthur en de Ronde Tafel, (Loeb
1983, repr. 2006).
- Hunt,
August: Shadows in the Mist, the
Life and Death of King Arthur, (Hayloft
2006).
- A
Movie:
Tristan &
Isolde, (20 century Fox 2006)
May 10, 2006
New in the Arthurian
Collection for May:
- A
Novel: Duggan,
Alfred: The Little Emperors,
(1951, repr. Phoenix 2005).
- A
Novel: Duggan,
Alfred: Conscience of the
King, (1951, repr. Phoenix
2005).
April 16, 2006
Welcome back to this
Arthurian website for yet another year.
New in the Arthurian
Collection for January-April:
- Lloyd,
Terry, Frances Doel and Geoffrey
Doel (2005): Worlds of
Arthur, (Tempus).
- Pryor,
Francis: Britain A.D., A Quest
for Arthur, England and the Anglo-Saxons,
(2004, repr. Harper 2005).
September 21, 2005
After a long time
of hibernation, I re-activated the Polls!
More of my VHS material was converted to
DVD format, another 3 added.
September 6, 2005
More of my VHS
material was converted to DVD format,
another 7 added.
New in the Arthurian
Collection for September:
- A
Novel:
McKenzie, Nancy: Prince
of Dreams, (Del Rey
Ballantine 2004).
- A
Classical
book: Wolfram
von Eschenbach: Parzival,
(13th century, Ambo Klassiek 2002)
August 1, 2005
More of my VHS
material was converted to DVD format, 6
added.
July 2, 2005
New in the Arthurian
Collection for July:
- A
Movie:
The Mists of
Avalon, (TNT 2001)
June 15, 2005
I've begun adding
images to the varioous items, to give the
accidental guest a better view of the
collection. Also, I've begun converting
all my VHS material to DVD format, 12 so
far.
New in the Arthurian
Collection for May-June:
- A
Book:
Ashley, Mike (2005):
The Mammoth Book of King Arthur,
(London, Robinson).
- A
Game:
King Arthur, trading
card game (Ravensburger).
April 3, 2005
Almost all articles by
August Hunt were either evised or
rewritten! The main reason for this is
the publication of a book by his hand on
the Arthurian matter. Stay tuned and I'll
keep you posted when it's due to be
published.
A new
article: a review of
the 'King Arthur' movie
by Graham Sumner.
New in the Arthurian
Collection for February-April:
- A
Book:
Alcock, Leslie (1972): 'By
South Cadbury is that Camelot...',
Excavations at Cadbury Castle
1966-1970, (London, Book Club
Associates).
- An
Article:
Hirst, S. and Philip. Rahtz (1996):
Liddington Castle and the battle
of Badon: excavations and
research 1976, in: Archaeological
Journal 153, pp. 1-59.
January 1, 2005
Welcome back to this
Arthurian website for yet another year.
New in the Arthurian
Collection for January:
- A
Comic:
Chauvel, Lereculey and Simon: Arthur
6 - Gereint en Enid, (Talent
2004)
December 19, 2004
I added another
page, or rather an advertisement - the Pythons
are at it again! For February 2005, there's
a new 'Arthurian'
musical: SPAMALOT! New
in the Arthurian
Collection for December:
- Two
Action
Figures, Disney
knights from 'Sword in the Stone'.
- A DVD: King
Arthur, the big movie that hit
our theatres in 2004 (but what a
disappointment!).
September 1, 2004
New in the Arthurian
Collection for September:
- A
Comic:
Arleston, Hubsch and Lebreton: Excalibur
3 - De Klauwen van Rome, (Talent
2002).
- A
Comic: Istin,
Lambert and Stambecco: Merlin
3 - De Cromm-Cruach, (Talent
2003).
- A
Comic:
Vandersteen: De Rode
Ridder 41 - De Laatse Droom, (Standaard
repr. 1990).
August 1, 2004
New in the Arthurian
Collection for August:
- A
Children's
Book:
Crossley-Holland, Kevin: Arthur3
- Koning van de Middenmark,
(Lemniscaat 2004, Rotterdam).
- A
Novel:
Borchardt, Alice: Guinevere
2 - The Raven Warrior, (2003,
Bantam 2004).
- A
Novel: Massie,
Allan: Arthur the
King, (2003, Phoenix 2004).
- A
Novel: Ryder,
Roxanna: Chasing the
King, (2001, Jacobyte 2004).
- A
Novel: Zettel,
Sarah: Camelot's
Shadow, an Arthurian Romance, (HarperCollins
2004).
May 15, 2004
Major revisions
in several articles by August Hunt, such as: From Glein to Camlann:
Arthur's Battles.
New in the Arthurian
Collection for May:
- An
Anthology: Olton,
Bert: Arthurian
legends on Film and Television,
(McFarland 2000).
- A
Comic:
Arleston, Hubsch and Lebreton: Excalibur
4 - De Woede van Merlijn, (Talent
2003).
- A
Comic: Chauvel,
Lereculey and Simon: Arthur
5 - Drystan en Esyllt, (Talent
2003).
- A
Comic: Istin,
Lambert and Stambecco: Merlin
4 - Avalon, (Talent 2003).
April 1, 2004
A new
article by August Hunt: Avalon: Questing
for King Arthur's Otherworld: The tradition
that the Arthur of legend was buried at
Glastonbury is a well-established one,
but it now seems unlikely that this is
the real Isle of Avalon.
New in the Arthurian
Collection for April:
- A
Novel: Miles,
Rosalind: Isolde, book
2; - The Maiden of the White
Hands, (Pocket Books 2004).
- A
new Action
Figure:
the assault tower from the Disney
'Sword in the Stone' collection.
January 21, 2004
OK, I took a bit long this
year to get started. My apologies to
those who are actually checking this page..
The article by August Hunt
about Merlin has
been revised.
New in the Arthurian
Collection for January:
- A
Children's
Book:
Fisher, Catherine: Corbenic,
de Graalburcht, (Facet 2003,
Antwerpen).
- Several
Action
Figures from
the Disney movie 'Sword in the
Stone'.
- A VHS: Merlijn
de Tovenaar (Dutch).
- A VHS: The
Magic Sword (Dutch subtitles).
December 15, 2003
A more
new article by August Hunt,
about Arthur,
Avalon and a New Theory on an Ancient
Ogham Calender, an article
about the ogham tree alphabet. This
article proposes an answer to the ogham
mystery that may explain the significance
of Arthur's presence in the Otherworld
Avalon.
New in the Arthurian
Collection for December:
September 8, 2003
A new email address for
August Hunt, prime contributor of
Arthurian articles: Oghmius@aol.com. Several of his
articles have been updated and revised.
New in the Arthurian
Collection for September:
- Chauvel,
Lereculey and Simon: Arthur
4 - Kulhwch en Olwen, (Talent
2001).
August 1, 2003
New in the Arthurian
Collection for August:
- Borchardt,
Alice: The Dragon
Queen, The Tales of Guinevere,
(Bantam 2002)
- Avonturen
in Camelot, (DVD 2003)
- First
Knight, (DVD 2003)
- Monty
Python and the Holy Grail, (DVD
2003)
June 10, 2003
Two more
new articles by August Hunt,
about The Love
of Tristan, an article
about the two Tristans were known to
Welsh tradition and tended to become
conflated: Tristan son of March son of
Meirchiawn and Tristan son of Tallwch. ,
and An
Identification of the Three Guineveres, A
short listing of the three women called
Guinevere. The article about Merlin was
slightly revised.
New in the Arthurian
Collection for June:
- Manfredi,
Valerio Massimo: The
Last Legion, (Macmillan 2002)
- McKenzie,
Nancy: Grail Prince,
(Del Rey Ballantine 2003)
May 1, 2003
Two more new
articles by August Hunt,
about The three
Prisons of Arthur, an article
about Triad 52 of the Trioedd Ynys
Prydein, which concerns itself with the
"Three Exalted Prisoners of the
Island of Britain", and The Stone
of Enloch and Arthur's Sword, an article
about Arthur's sword, Caledbwlch.
New in the Arthurian
Collection for May:
- Huybrechts,
Luc: Het Vijfde
Testament (2): Arthur van Avalon,
(Arbeiderspers 2003)
April 1, 2003
Two new
articles by August Hunt,
about the views of two leading historians,
David Dumville and Oliver Padel, towards Arthur
and Arthurian studies.
New in the Arthurian
Collection for April:
February 2, 2003
I've
added the last of the Arthurian
articles by August Hunt,
with the latest vesion of Arthur's
Battles and a new one, the Cauldron
of Arthur.
New in the Arthurian
Collection for February:
January 15, 2003
Finally, it has taken me
long enough. After about 4 years after
starting this first of my websites, I
finally came to doing something about the
still disappointing layout. 'Faces of
Arthur' reflects the new integrated
concept of the Collection and Arthurian
articles. Furthermore, it also reflects
the essence of the Collection, namely
Arthur in all his different guises,
written down by as many authors.
I've
added the Arthurian
articles (mostly) by
August Hunt as a second part of this site
and intergrated the book about History of Britain,
407-597 by Fabio Barbarbieri as a
third. Both parts
provide a challenging new line of thought
towards the studies of the so-called 'Arthurian
period'.
New in the Arthurian
Collection for January:
September 2, 2002
A few new books:
- A
Children's
Book:
Crossley-Holland,
Kevin: Arthur 2 - In
het Tussenland, (Lemniscaat
2002). A Dutch translation of the
sequel to the already well-known
first part.
- A
Novel:
Miles, Rosalind: Isolde
- Queen of the Western Isle, (Pocket
Books 2002). Not a sequel to the
trilogy, but a separate book.
- A
Classical
Text:
Rawie, Jean-Pierra
and Driek van Wissen: De
Korte Mantel- Een Arthurverhaal
uit de dertiende eeuw, (Bert
Bakker 2001). A Dutch translation
of a Medieval French tale.
July1, 2002
Patsy's here! The
indomitable servant of Arthur and his
band of silly knights, as featured in
movie. See him here!
April 2, 2002
I've added a link to the BBC quiz
about Arthur, as well as three new pages for the new
Late Roman version of Excalibur,
the Military Models of Arthurian
soldiers and of course the new
Monty Python Action
Figures.
New in the Arthurian
Collection for April:
January 2, 2002
A new chapter in the
history of this site; in its fourth
season, the Arthurian Collection has
become a full part of Vortigern Studies,
with its own Sitemap, Whatsnew, Links and Search pages.
In time, this Arthurian part of Vortigern
Studies will move away from simply being
a collection, and incorporate aritcles
about Arthurian subjects as well.
Also, I will start adding reviews of all
the books presently in the Collection.
New in the Arthurian
Collection for January:
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