{"product_id":"warriors-and-wilderness-in-medieval-britain-from-arthur-and-beowulf-to-sir-gawain-and-robin-hood-9781476668260","title":"Warriors and Wilderness in Medieval Britain: From Arthur and Beowulf to Sir Gawain and Robin Hood","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Robin Melrose\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Historical\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 Hood tales.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46475624906903,"sku":"9781476668260","price":1952.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781476668260.jpg?v=1766275332","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/warriors-and-wilderness-in-medieval-britain-from-arthur-and-beowulf-to-sir-gawain-and-robin-hood-9781476668260","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}