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King of the Celts by Jean Markale

King of the Celts

Arthurian Legends and Celtic Tradition

Jean Markale

Inner Traditions/Bear & Company · Print & ebook · November 1, 1993

In a masterful blend of history, geography, and literature, Jean Markale re-creates the true King Arthur, the real-life Celtic warrior-hero who organized the resistance to the Saxon onslaught in fifth-century England.

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Who it’s for
Jean Markale reconstructs Arthur’s historical world through Celtic history, geography, and literature.
Themes
Arthurian chivalry and knightly virtue, Celtic heritage and moral ideals, Celtic resistance to Saxon conquest
Genres
Early Medieval Britain (to 1066), Folklore & Mythology, Medieval Warfare

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About this book

In a masterful blend of history, geography, and literature, Jean Markale re-creates the true King Arthur, the real-life Celtic warrior-hero who organized the resistance to the Saxon onslaught in fifth-century England. Markale's unsurpassed knowledge of Celtic history has enabled him to reconstruct for us the actual world in which King Arthur lived--its heros, its values, and its vicissitudes--and to define the position that Arthur occupied within it.

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• Explains how the Arthurian ideals of knightly virtue and chivalry are at the heart of Western literature and thought • Shows how the Celtic heritage continues to exert a unique formative power on our personal and moral concepts

Arthur’s Celtic World

Jean Markale reconstructs Arthur’s historical world through Celtic history, geography, and literature.

Come here for

  • Arthur as a fifth-century Celtic leader resisting the Saxon onslaught
  • The Celtic world of heroes, values, and historical pressures

Expect

  • A discussion of chivalry’s place in Western literature and thought
  • An account of Celtic heritage’s influence on moral concepts

Where it sits

Early Medieval Britain (to 1066)93%
Folklore & Mythology41%
Medieval Warfare26%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • The Occult
  • Celtic Spirituality
  • Folklore & Mythology
Authors
Jean Markale
Publisher
Inner Traditions/Bear & Company
Published
November 1, 1993
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Arthurian chivalry and knightly virtue · Celtic heritage and moral ideals · Celtic resistance to Saxon conquest
Reading lane
The Occult