{"product_id":"warriors-and-wilderness-in-medieval-britain-9781476668260","title":"Warriors and Wilderness in Medieval Britain","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   Tracing the development of the King Arthur story in the late Middle Ages, this book explores Arthur''s depiction as a wilderness figure, the descendant of the northern Romano-British hunter\/warrior god. The earliest Arthur was a warrior but in the 11th century Welsh tale \u003ci\u003eCulhwch and Olwen\u003c\/i\u003e, he is less a warrior and more a leader of a band of rogue heroes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   The story of Arthur was popularized by Geoffrey of Monmouth, in his Latin \u003ci\u003eHistory of the Kings of Britain\u003c\/i\u003e, and was translated into Middle English in Layamon''s \u003ci\u003eBrut\u003c\/i\u003e and the later alliterative \u003ci\u003eAlliterative Morte Arthure\u003c\/i\u003e. Both owed much to the epic poem Beowulf, which draws on the Anglo-Saxon fascination with the wilderness. The most famous Arthurian tale is \u003ci\u003eSir Gawain and the Green Knight\u003c\/i\u003e, in which the wilderness and themes from Beowulf play a leading role. Three Arthurian tales set in Inglewood Forest place Arthur and Gawain in a wilderness setting, and link Arthur to medieval Robin Hoo\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040414171479,"sku":"9781476668260","price":14.24,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476668260.jpg?v=1750946670","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/warriors-and-wilderness-in-medieval-britain-9781476668260","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}