Evidence of Arthur : fixing the legendary king in factual place and time / Flint F. Johnson.

Includes bibliographies and index.

"The author explores the question of King Arthur's existence in several original approaches to the subject. Examining the extant literature and other evidence, the author searches for the truth of the who, when and where of King Arthur, concluding that Arthur was an historical entity, placing him in a specific area, narrowing his period of activity"--

Cover; Table of Contents; Source Abbreviations; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One: Historicity; 1. The Historicity of Arthur: The Evidence in Traditional Form; 2. The British Arthur: An Elusive Hero; 3. The Heroic Age Phenomenon; 4. Fionn macCumhail and Arthur; 5. Arthur and the Superbus Tyrannus; 6. Drutwas; 7. The Bards of the Fifth, Sixth and Early Seventh Centuries; 8. Conclusion: The Historicity of Arthur; Part Two: Geography; 9. Introduction to a Study of Arthur's Geography; 10. The Geographical Influence of Geoffrey of Monmouth.

11. Arthur, the Vitae and Glastonbury Abbey12. Arthur's Geography in the Pre-Galfridic Tradition; 13. Arthur's Men in the Early Welsh Sources; 14. Culhwch ac Olwen and the Location of Arthur; 15. Arthur in the Romances; 16. Carlisle-Camelot: A New Option; 17. The Location of Arthur; Part Three: Floruit; 18. The Chronological Tradition; 19. The Romanitas of Arthur's Era; 20. Bardic Chronology; 21. Caradoc of Llancarfan; 22. Gildasian Chronology; 23. Arthur's Expanding Orbit; 24. Rough Archaeological Dates for Arthur; 25. The Development of the Historical Horizon; Conclusion; Appendices.

Appendix A: The Location of GildasAppendix B: The Transformation of Praise Poetry into Medieval Romances; Appendix C: Origins of All Proper Nouns in Culhwch ac Olwen; Appendix D: The Dating of Badon; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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