NBC’s broadcast of the BBC series Merlin begins primetime Sunday June 21.
Archive for the ‘King Arthur’ Category
3 Feb
FB: Tintagel
Tintagel is one of the most impressive fortress sites in Britain. It takes the Celtic headland fortress to its fullest extent, perhaps even too far. Its inaccessibility would have been a problem for those actually living there. Pearched out upon the sea it would have had a commanding view of the sea but it would [...]
31 Jan
LKM: Dumnonia
Dumnonia can be a frustrating place to study. There are several concrete records of Dumnonia in the Late Antique-Early Medieval period, and yet when you try to study beyond those few references and archaeological finds you quickly move into legend. It is particularly frustrating considering how long the kingdom of Dumnonia survived against constant Gewisse [...]
11 Jan
FB: Dinas Emrys
The fortress that couldn’t be built.
The story of Merlin and Vortigern was first recorded in the Historia Brittonum (c. 825) given here from the Medieval Sourcebook:
40. But soon after calling together his twelve wise men, to consult what was to be done, they said to him, “Retire to the remote boundaries of your [...]
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