Arthurian Legend

[hrriphic]

Here from the Wired video featuring this fascinating woman. She’s been doing this for a hot minute. Very cool.

[SweetSpringFarmer]

We "discovered" Professor Armstrong via our library's Kanopy subscription which presents many of the Great Courses - and what a treasure!
We've gone through the Black Death and Arthurian lectures and are currently absorbing "The Year That Changed History 2015" of 24 lectures.
As history aficionados, my wife and I are enthralled by Dr. Armstrong's knowledge and excellent presentations.
History is seldom better taught!

[paulydad]

Interesting lecture. Professor Armstrong is a fine lecturer. For more in-depth on the Middle Ages, listen to The Medieval World on the Great Courses. She is the lecturer in that one and does a great job.

[ChimozuFu]

Such a wonderful lecture. Been looking for something like this on YouTube for a while now, no-nonsense, just sorting through the facts and history of Arthur. So interesting

[clothmommybe]

She is such an amazing speaker! I can listen to her lectures all day!

[canuyarveingilizce]

Very nice lecture indeed. I wish our lecturers were like that!

[dukeon]

Dr. Armstrong is a very friendly person and a great lecturer (IMO). I’ve watched all three of her lecture courses (~12+ hours each) on The Great Courses Plus. One was a vastly expanded version of this lecture; incidentally, she’s the editor of the chief journal of research about Arthur legends, called Arthuriana (if I remember correctly). Just as interesting if not more so was her course about The Black Death, the plague(s) that devastated much of Asia and especially Europe in the 14th century. And the third course was about important and notable people throughout the Middle Ages. The only quibble I have with some of these filmed talks on YouTube is that it sounds like someone recorded them with a potato. Seriously I have my iPad volume almost maxed out and it’s still pretty darned quiet. I have some headphones and a headphones amplifier that I could put it through to crank it up, but then YouTube would definitely to cut to a loud ad and obliterate my head. For God’s sake, please normalize the volume on these videos!

[chriskingsley]

need to show the map and the slides to see what she is talking about

[catmom]

50 years ago or so I might have been sitting in that lecture hall. Hail Purdue!

[christopherbell]

Excellent lecture, Prof Armstrong knows her stuff

[KittyHerder]

She mentions how the Monty Python movie "King Arthur and the Holy Grail" stood the test of time. (Possibly tongue in cheek). True fact is that Terry Jones was a medievalist and wrote books on Chaucer.

[larnregis]

3:15 Merlin, also known as Myrddin, is actually named Moros in ancient times, back when he was the last high councillor of Atlantis, before the Lanteans fled from the Pegasus Galaxy due to the lost Lantean-Wraith war. Moros later ascended, then upon realising the Ori threat made himself mortal again and created the legend of King Arthur, by inviting a few trusted humans into the small circle of people who knew about the threat the Ori posed.

[BayushiGemma]

It disturbs me that she doesn't mention the greatest King Arthur movie of all time Excalibur???

[korkacover]

wonderful oratorical story based on a rewritten history.

[BenjWarrant]

I read all of Malory, when I was at school. Because I could, I suppose. I too have a special place for him in my love of literature. Dorsey really, _really, _ loves King Arthue, doesn't she?

[AnimeMusic]

I love the Arthurian legendary, but her speech is so exaggerated, because there are many historical characters and mythological characters are much popular than King Arthur.

[robertjones-yoql]

Wilson and Blackett have all the details on both Arthurs . Common knowledge to most Welsh people . no mystery at all . The books have been written in great Detail . an Excellent read .

[shotjohnny]

@ 7:00 "They needed tin _for whatever reason_ ..." LOL! It's because tin is used to make bronze which was an important material at that time; that's why. Just fyi. ; )

[chriskingsley]

not showing the slides, like it is audio only

[gofiodetrigo]

pity for the sound from the very place the talk is about Madron is one of those places they say it's not everything Tintadel