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PLEASE NOTE: NOT TO BE PUBLISHED BEFORE THE FILM'S RELEASE IN FEBRUARY 2017
At least in the locations of King Arthur, the legend of the sword, inspired by the legend and directed by Guy Ritchie, released in March 201, but the Scots have now the opportunity to rectify what they consider an identity theft. Because Arthur was not Welsh, worst English, was a Scot. The Holy Grail, the kingdom of Camelot, The Knights of the Round Table and the magical sword Excalibur are all key ingredients of the legends surrounding King Arthur. But who was he really, where did he come from, and how much of what we read about him in stories that date back to the Dark Ages is true? So far historians have failed to show that King Arthur really existed at all, because they have been looking in the wrong place.
In the fascinating and thought-provoking book, Arthur and the Lost Kingdoms, Alistair Moffat shatters all existing assumptions and with reference to literary sources, historical documents and archaeology he builds up a thesis which enables him to reveal the location and identity of the real Arthur, arguing that he was not a king but a cavalry general chosen around 500AD to lead a coalition army.
As with many legends it’s nearly impossible discover the real locations and this reportage is a visual pilgrimage on places connected to the movie locations, places of Scotland that speak of the Holy Grail, like Rosslyn Chapel, of Merlin, like the Glasgow’s cathedral of St Mungo his historical christian adversary and the tiny island of Iona in the Hebrides, where for the legends are buried 84 kings, between them Macbeth. For some rearchers this could be also the Avalon where has been buried King Arthur. Also the earliest report of a monster associated with the vicinity of Loch Ness appears in the Life of the Irish monk St. Columba written in the 7th century. Many images also speak of old Iron Age forts, Chieftains stones, rugged cliffs and a mystical atmosphere where every legend come true.
At least in the locations of King Arthur, the legend of the sword, inspired by the legend and directed by Guy Ritchie, released in March 201, but the Scots have now the opportunity to rectify what they consider an identity theft. Because Arthur was not Welsh, worst English, was a Scot. The Holy Grail, the kingdom of Camelot, The Knights of the Round Table and the magical sword Excalibur are all key ingredients of the legends surrounding King Arthur. But who was he really, where did he come from, and how much of what we read about him in stories that date back to the Dark Ages is true? So far historians have failed to show that King Arthur really existed at all, because they have been looking in the wrong place.
In the fascinating and thought-provoking book, Arthur and the Lost Kingdoms, Alistair Moffat shatters all existing assumptions and with reference to literary sources, historical documents and archaeology he builds up a thesis which enables him to reveal the location and identity of the real Arthur, arguing that he was not a king but a cavalry general chosen around 500AD to lead a coalition army.
As with many legends it’s nearly impossible discover the real locations and this reportage is a visual pilgrimage on places connected to the movie locations, places of Scotland that speak of the Holy Grail, like Rosslyn Chapel, of Merlin, like the Glasgow’s cathedral of St Mungo his historical christian adversary and the tiny island of Iona in the Hebrides, where for the legends are buried 84 kings, between them Macbeth. For some rearchers this could be also the Avalon where has been buried King Arthur. Also the earliest report of a monster associated with the vicinity of Loch Ness appears in the Life of the Irish monk St. Columba written in the 7th century. Many images also speak of old Iron Age forts, Chieftains stones, rugged cliffs and a mystical atmosphere where every legend come true.
