{"product_id":"tales-of-king-arthur-and-his-knights-of-the-round-table-9781528980685","title":"Tales of King Arthur And His Knights of the Round Table","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Margery Hargest Jones\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Austin Macauley\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Austin Macauley\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends \u0026amp; Mythology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Since the appearance of Geoffrey of Monmouth's 'Historia Regum Britanniae' around 1135, The Arthurian legends had rapidly acquired popularity in England as well as in France, where Chrétien de Troyes and Marie de France developed the tradition at a highly sophisticated level.\u003cbr\u003eIn no time at all, King Arthur had come to embody every contemporary ideal of knighthood and kingship. Many stories were told, most of them mythical, but in their day they were accepted as historical fact and eagerly retold by writers and poets.\u003cbr\u003eWhilst Geoffrey of Monmouth had collected old Celtic legends and written the first popular account of King Arthur, Robert Wace was the first to mention the Round Table, where no one Knight had precedence.\u003cbr\u003eBy the 1170s, as a result of royal interest, the Arthurian legends had become enormously popular, both at Court and throughout England, and indeed Christendom. It became fashionable for knights and ladies to emulate the chief characters, whose Chivalric ethic reflected the aristocratic values of the twelfth century.\"\u003cbr\u003eAdapted and taken from the book by Alison Weir called 'Eleanor of Aquitaine, By the Wrath of God, Queen of England', published by Jonathan Cape.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Austin Macauley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45032805040279,"sku":"9781528980685","price":758.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781528980685.webp?v=1767633651","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/tales-of-king-arthur-and-his-knights-of-the-round-table-9781528980685","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}