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Slide 1 Arthurian Legend The Basics Slide 2 Who is King Arthur? Warrior? King? Legend? Slide 3 Records What is Arthur famous for? Geoffrey on Monmouth? –History of Britain…
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Slide 1 The Myth of the Fisher King Archetypes of the myth and its appearance in Ron Rash’s The World Made Straight by Jane McClain by Jane McClain Slide 2 THE ACCOUNT…
Slide 1 The Middle Ages 476 – 1500 Version 3 Slide 2 Before the Middle Ages … THE ROMAN EMPIRE THE ROMAN EMPIRE 27 BCE – 476 CE 27 BCE – 476 CE Largest Empire of…
Slide 1 Slide 2 Who is King Arthur? Slide 3 Slide 4 Arthur, Legendary King of Britain ~May have ruled Britain in the 5th and 6th centuries, although his existence is debated…
Slide 1 King Arthur Is there a real man behind the myth? Slide 2 What did Arthur look like? Slide 3 Who was King Arthur? Despite, or perhaps because of, so many authors’…
Slide 1 English 12 - Mr. Rinka Lesson #6 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Slide 2 King Arthur http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Arthur http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Arthur…