tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post4813625444095116130..comments2024-03-18T07:44:25.387+00:00Comments on Pop Classics: King Arthur: Stories of the Knights of the Round Table (by Vladimir Hulpach)Juliettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00203399623895589924noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-46631175457135962902012-01-27T02:03:45.628+00:002012-01-27T02:03:45.628+00:00no more like part of a country that's old enou...no more like part of a country that's old enough to have had to deal with them laddieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-7785674688091004182011-05-31T21:18:06.348+01:002011-05-31T21:18:06.348+01:00It wasn't a radio series, it was a TV series, ...It wasn't a radio series, it was a TV series, a series for children shown at Christmas, I think in the same slot as Narnia and The Borrowers. But I'm pretty certain it was based on the Mary Stewart books.Juliettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00203399623895589924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-44119204438571238832011-05-31T20:24:36.687+01:002011-05-31T20:24:36.687+01:00That radio series probably was based on Mary Stewa...That radio series probably was based on Mary Stewart. I think she may have been the first to connect Merlin and Ambrosius like that. Since then, it's become sort of a staple. She was also pretty much the first to have tried to put Arthur in anything like a 5th/6th century post-Roman setting. Up to then it was all Malory or T.H. White (who was just Malory one step removed).<br /><br />I did a little looking around about the Brutus legend. It looks like it was fairly popular in medieval Europe. There were a couple of lais and <i>Brut</i> appears to have come to mean a chronicle of the kings of Britain for awhile. Then they all jumped on the Arthur/grail bandwagon.DemetriosXnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-88189422273018853342011-05-31T15:53:25.911+01:002011-05-31T15:53:25.911+01:00I always liked the version from an old BBC series ...I always liked the version from an old BBC series about Merlin, which I think was based on Mary Stewart's The Crystal Cave and sequels, where Aurelius Ambrosius was Merlin's father and was an initiate of Mithras, that was rather fun.Juliettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00203399623895589924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-65032023290953092952011-05-30T22:56:22.422+01:002011-05-30T22:56:22.422+01:00Oh yes, this is the old idea of associating onesel...Oh yes, this is the old idea of associating oneself with Ancient Rome to seem more awesome. I wish I could get away with that too!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730513615909994019.post-75617658833857863092011-05-28T22:58:05.613+01:002011-05-28T22:58:05.613+01:00Ah, the Brutus legend. It was made popular by Geof...Ah, the Brutus legend. It was made popular by Geoffrey of Monmouth, who was the major source for Arthur prior to Malory. He seems to have gotten it from Nennius, who actually had several Bruti founding various northern European peoples. It was a nice bit of nationalistic folk etymology trying to explain the name of the island and giving Britain a respectable pedigree.<br /><br />Arthurian legend has a couple of classical tie-ins. Malory has him go off and become Roman Emperor, most likely conflating him with Magnus Maximus or maybe one of the minor breakaway emperors. Maximus himself managed to get firmly established in Welsh legend.DemetriosXnoreply@blogger.com