Historical Textual Evidence

It is here where we must try to answer the question of whether or not Arthur, king or otherwise, actually did have a historical existence using factual evidence. Arthur is mentioned in various texts of which the following are the most frequently referred to.

Historical Writers and texts and their contribution to what we know of Arthur

Gildas

Nennius

Annales Cambriae

William of Malmesbury and Henry of Huntingdon

Geoffrey on Monmouth

 

 

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