The Middle Ages: History, Legend, or Myth? Workshop - "The Legend of King Arthur"

Thursday, September 20, 2007

The fantasy of the medieval, in its inception and reception, is imbued by realities of the political—whether related to postcolonialism, multiculturalism, national identity, class and race conflict, or gender difference—and contextualized by the frames of its geographical and historical boundaries. The lecture series will focus on the points of historical and legendary or mythological intersection within the medieval as exemplified by the legend of King Arthur, the historical reign of Charlemagne, and the imaging of Thomas Aquinas.