Author: Amy Louise Blaney
(MENAFN - The Conversation) Justice League director Zach Snyder has said he is interested in working on a faithful retelling of Arthurian myth. Cut to a small horde of Arthurian scholars (myself included) entering stage left to loudly proclaim that there is no such thing as a faithful retelling of the King Arthur myth. King Arthur is one of the most pervasive legends of all time . What scholars call the Arthurian mythological concept has developed over several centuries – and over several cultures. Indeed, what makes the Arthur legend so enduring is its very lack of fidelity.
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DOI: 10.1093/obo/9780195396584-0284
The English chronicler John Hardyng (b. 1378–d.
c. 1465) had a colorful career before settling down to write his two versions of British history in the 1450s and 1460s. Born in Northumberland, he served in the household of Sir Henry Percy (b. 1364–d. 1403) from the age of twelve, where he learnt the art of warfare and fought in numerous battles, including the Battle of Shrewsbury (1403). Later, he served Sir Robert Umfraville, fighting alongside him in Scotland and in the first years of Henry V’s French campaign (1415–1416). In 1418 Henry V sent Hardyng to Scotland to survey the topography of the realm and seek out evidence of English overlordship. Promised a substantial gift for his espionage, Hardyng returned after three and a half years, but Henry V’s untimely death deprived him of his prize. He remained unrewarded until the 1440s, when Henry VI honored the late king’s promise and granted Hardyng an annuity. By this time Hard
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People have yearned for the end of 2020 more than just about any other year in modern memory.
A global pandemic that has killed more than 340,000 Americans and limited the way everyone lives there lives, along with a hotly contested election and the near-mainstreaming of conspiracy theories leaves little to look back on with fondness.
The turning of the calendar comes with no guarantees, but it does bring that rare commodity of hope for new beginnings, and better days to come.
As is our tradition, we share some words of wisdom on the dawning of a new year.
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âRing out, wild bells, to the wild sky / The flying cloud, the frosty light / The year is dying in the night / Ring out wild bells and let him die. / Ring out the old, ring in the new / Ring, happy bells, across the snow / The year is going, let him go / Ring out the false, ring in the true.â â Alfred, Lord Tennyson, âIn Memoriamâ
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