http://www.grailcode.com/archives/looking-for-arthur-st-gildas-the-wise The Holy Grail in history and in modern culture Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:58:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 http://www.grailcode.com/archives/looking-for-arthur-st-gildas-the-wise#comment-19084 Thu, 31 May 2007 21:40:34 +0000 http://www.grailcode.com/archives/looking-for-arthur-st-gildas-the-wise#comment-19084 [...] Looking for Arthur: St. Gildas the Wise [...] […] Looking for Arthur: St. Gildas the Wise […]

]]> http://www.grailcode.com/archives/looking-for-arthur-st-gildas-the-wise#comment-63 Tue, 20 Jun 2006 20:03:39 +0000 http://www.grailcode.com/archives/looking-for-arthur-st-gildas-the-wise#comment-63 [...] This is the story of the boy Ambrosius, one of the strangest stories in a book filled with strange stories. But does this Ambrosius have anything to do with the Ambrosius in Gildas? And—more to the point, considering what we’ve been up to for the past few days—what does he have to do with Merlin? [...] […] This is the story of the boy Ambrosius, one of the strangest stories in a book filled with strange stories. But does this Ambrosius have anything to do with the Ambrosius in Gildas? And—more to the point, considering what we’ve been up to for the past few days—what does he have to do with Merlin? […]

]]> http://www.grailcode.com/archives/looking-for-arthur-st-gildas-the-wise#comment-55 Tue, 13 Jun 2006 14:00:55 +0000 http://www.grailcode.com/archives/looking-for-arthur-st-gildas-the-wise#comment-55 [...] 1. Gildas leaves an Arthur-shaped hole in history. He doesn’t mention Arthur’s name, but Gildas is not in the habit of mentioning names. We do know from Gildas that the battle of Badon was historical, because Gildas mentions that he was born in the very year that great battle took place. [...] […] 1. Gildas leaves an Arthur-shaped hole in history. He doesn’t mention Arthur’s name, but Gildas is not in the habit of mentioning names. We do know from Gildas that the battle of Badon was historical, because Gildas mentions that he was born in the very year that great battle took place. […]

]]> http://www.grailcode.com/archives/looking-for-arthur-st-gildas-the-wise#comment-54 Tue, 13 Jun 2006 13:02:41 +0000 http://www.grailcode.com/archives/looking-for-arthur-st-gildas-the-wise#comment-54 [...] The Britons were divided, and Arthur united them: all the traditions agree on that. If Britain was anything like the way Gildas painted it, then it’s most likely that the way Arthur united the Britons was by defeating the recalcitrant warlords in battle. In other words, Arthur was the winner in a civil war. [...] […] The Britons were divided, and Arthur united them: all the traditions agree on that. If Britain was anything like the way Gildas painted it, then it’s most likely that the way Arthur united the Britons was by defeating the recalcitrant warlords in battle. In other words, Arthur was the winner in a civil war. […]

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