Evidence of Arthur

Flint F. Johnson is an independent scholar whose academic areas of interest include post–Roman British history, Heroic Age Greek and Norse history, and the cultures existing before the first river valley civilizations. He lives in Hudson, Wisconsin.

• Table of ContentsSource AbbreviationsPreface and AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart One : Historicity1. The Historicity of Arthur: The Evidence in Traditional Form 2. The British Arthur: An Elusive Hero3. The Heroic Age Phenomenon4. Fionn macCumhail and Arthur5. Arthur and the Superbus Tyrannus6. Drutwas7. The Bards of the Fifth, Sixth and Early Seventh Centuries8. Conclusion: The Historicity of ArthurPart Two : Geography9. Introduction to a Study of Arthur’s Geography10. The Geographical Influence of Geoffrey of Monmouth11. Arthur, the Vitae and Glastonbury Abbey12. Arthur’s Geography in the ­Pre-Galfridic Tradition13. Arthur’s Men in the Early Welsh Sources14. Culhwch ac Olwen and the Location of Arthur15. Arthur in the Romances16. ­Carlisle-Camelot: A New Option17. The Location of ArthurPart Three : Floruit18. The Chronological Tradition19. The Romanitas of Arthur’s Era20. Bardic Chronology21. Caradoc of Llancarfan22. Gildasian Chronology23. Arthur’s Expanding Orbit24. Rough Archaeological Dates for Arthur25. The Development of the Historical HorizonConclusionAppendicesA: The Location of GildasB: The Transformation of Praise Poetry into Medieval RomancesC: Origins of All Proper Nouns in Culhwch ac OlwenD: The Dating of BadonNotesBibliographyIndex