The Swords of King Arthur

Scholar Minor

English - February 17, 2021 19:00 - 15 minutes - 11 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
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Our first little adventure into the lore of this mythical king!

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Music: "Wonderland" by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com)
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Arthur: A Short Sketch of His Life and History in English Verse of the First Half of the Fifteenth Century. United Kingdom: Early English Text Society, 1869.

The Editors of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. "King Arthur." Encyclopaedia Britannica. July 10, 2020. Accessed February 15, 2021. britannica.com/topic/King-Arthur

The Editors of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. "Nennius." Encyclopaedia Britannica. March 6, 2013. Accessed February 15, 2021. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nennius#ref165538

Golgowski, Nina. "Girl Pulls Sword From Legendary Lake Of King Arthur's Excalibur." Huffington Post. September 5, 2017. Accessed February 15, 2021. www.huffpost.com/entry/sword-found-in-excalibur-lake_n_59ae946ee4b0b5e53100b997

Lozon, Emily. "Excalibur: Origins and Evolution." Hanover. Accessed February 15, 2021. https://vault.hanover.edu/~battles/arthur/excalibur

Malory, Thomas. Le Mort D’Arthur. Edited by John Rhys. United Kingdom: Dent, 1967. Available to read for free through Google Books!

Mark, Joshua J. "Excalibur." Ancient History Encyclopedia. May 17, 217. Access February 1, 2021. https://www.ancient.eu/Excalibur/

Rise, Brian Edward. "Excalibur." Encyclopedia Mythica. September 6, 1998. Accessed February 15, 2021. https://pantheon.org/articles/e/excalibur.html

"Was King Arthur a real person?" History.com. August 29, 2018. Accessed February 15, 2021. https://www.history.com/news/was-king-arthur-a-real-person

Wight, Ed. "The sword in the stone: Archaeologists discover medieval weapon dubbed 'Excalibur' embedded in rock at bottom of Bosnian lake." Daily Mail. October 2, 2019. Accessed February 15, 2021. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7605165/Archaeologists-discover-medieval-weapon-dubbed-Excalibur.html