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What language did Nennius write in?

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latin

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9th century

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Nennius the monk

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what did nennius do

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introduced the legend in a mixed legend - with two accounts of arthur

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12th century

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Geoffrey of Monmouth - monk
William of Malmsbury - monk
Wace

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What language did Geoffrey write in

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Latin

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what did Geoffrey do

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Linked Arthur to classical legends
introduced Merlin
added chapters including the sword in the stone

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What language did William write in

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Latin

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what did William do

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verified the existence of the legends and as a historian disproved some tales

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What language did Wace write in

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Norman French

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What did Wace do

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introduced courtly romance

added the Round Table

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13th century

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Layamon

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what language did Layamon write in

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Early English

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what did Layamon do

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returned the legend to the people, making it a folk legend filled with fervor for the Saxon people

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15th century

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Sir Thomas Malory

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language Thomas Malory

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middle English

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what did thomas malory do

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combined many legends from the continent, giving it unity

stressed chivalry in Le Morte D’Arthur

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where was Le Morte D’Arthur written

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prison

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19th century

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson
William Morris
Mark Twain

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Language Alfred, Lord Tennyson

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English

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what did Tennyson do

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wrote 12 long narrative poems based on Le Morte
stressed moral goodness of Arthur and the Round Table
Idylls of the King

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language William Morris

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English

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what did morris do

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wrote poems about Arthur and the knights with a more realistic approach than Tennyson

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language Mark Twain

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American English

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What did Twain do

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humorous approach to Merlyn and the Round Table

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court

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20th century

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Edwin Arlington Robinson
T.H. White
Mary Stewart
Marion Zimmer Bradley

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language Edwin Arlington Robinson

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American English

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what did Robinson do

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introduced psychological interpretation in poems

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language T.H. White

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English

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what did white do

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prose account - novel - based on Le Morte
showed Arthur with modernized problems
The Once and Future King

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Language Mary Stewart

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English/Scottish

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what did Stewart do

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trilogy based on Merlin's point of view
fourth novel form Modred's point of view
The Crystal Cave
Hollow Hills
Last Enchantment
Wicked Day
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language Marion Zimmer Bradley

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American English

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what did Bradley do

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found heroine in Morgause - mists of Avalon, Firebrand

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Pre rome england

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Celts - Old Ones, Gaels

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When did Rome invade

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55 B.C. after Celts

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When was the Roman occupation

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AD 43-410

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When was the Germanic tribe invasion

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AD 449

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who were the Germanic tribes

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Angles, Saxons, Jutes, etc

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When was the Viking/Danish invasion

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700s

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When was the Norman invasion and by whom

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1066 William the Conqueror Duke of Normandy

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What did the normans bring

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feudalistic society

Roman Catholic Church

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timeline of England

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Celts
Rome invasion
Roman Occupation
Germanic Tribal Invasion
Viking Invasion
Norman Invasion
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Social classes

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Nobility - men who fight
Clergy - men who pray
Peasants/serfs - men who work

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True Arthur

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6th Century Anglo Saxon

Celtic War chief

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When was the Anglo Saxon period

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449-1066

45
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reasons for a hero or legend’s endurance

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must be real to every generation
must be larger than life
part of a cultural heritage
accomplished storytellers retell their story

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How must the legend be real to every generation

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universal appeal

47
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How is a hero larger than life

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many mistakes, neither good nor bad

48
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Why is Arthur’s story enduring

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exciting
Camelot is the land of dreams
dreams - what a king could be

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Excitement of Arthur’s story

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conflict of good and evil
hero is a good man
story never completed

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How is Arthur a good man

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fights beasts, invaders, or the idea of evil corrupting

must win struggle

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Camelot…

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fairy-tale splendor

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Why do we go to Arthur

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not for history

what kind of dreams men dream

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What did Northrup Frye say

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not to find what a king could be but what we would like a king to be

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What is chivalry

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loyalty, humility, courage, service, and courtesy
code of behavior demanding that the knight be loyal to God first, king second, as ferocious on the battlefield as he was gentle off the battlefield

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