The Real History of the King Arthur Legend

The familiar medieval Arthurian myths of a noble King ruling over his kingdom from Camelot, supported by his Round Table of loyal and brave knights who seek for the Holy Grail and slay dragons, is a legend that has been engaged with by English kings ever since the 13th Century. By the 14th Century, these tales provided a model for their kingship.

What you may not know about, is the clash of cultures that occurred in the 12th Century, that led to the making, breaking and redefining of Arthur's story.

Join author and medieval historian Matt Lewis as he delves deep into the historical context of the Arthurian legend, visiting Glastonbury Abbey and Winchester Cathedral along the way. Featuring historians Dr Cindy Wood and Dr Katherine Weikert.

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[makwilson]

This has to be one of the better documentaries on the legend of Arthur.

[KefkaPalazzo]

I'm a 40yo autistic who LOVES king arthur and just wants to say, the man explaining is AMAZING. Love and peace!!!! I hope you are blessed. Thhis is an AMAZING presentation of the true story of King Arthur

[spankflaps]

Arthur: I am Arthur, King of the Britons.
Peasant: Well I didn’t vote for you.

[kboarderman]

This presentation doesn’t mention the Welsh King Owain Ddantgwyn whose battle name “Arthur” means the bear', coined from Brythonic Celtic word 'Arth', and the Latin word 'Ursus' - both meaning 'bear' - thereby 'Arthursus' and later being shortened to 'Arthur'. He ruled Gwynedd and Rhôs in Wales, circa 500 AD. His fathers battle name was Uther Pen Dragon (The terrible head dragon in welsh), as in the popular Arthurian tales. In the tv series “Forbidden History” Jamie Theakston interviews historian Graham Phillips, who makes a compelling case for the battle names of Arthur and his father. He also claims to have identified the ford where Arthur died which is approximately one mile from a fort as in the legend and a burial mound which ground penetrating radar shows a shield shaped object that Arthur would have been buried under. You can view the program on UKTV Play series 3 episode 6.

[SandraNelson]

Arthur is a title, The Bear. Welsh war leader. He was a war leader for Uthyr Pen Dragon. The Dragon. A tough bunch of fighters. Of course, Wales was simply CRAWLING with bards. Who knew how to embellish. And spin out a tale. Bless them.

[speakupriseup]

1981 Excalibur was my favourite movie as a kid, and I still love it.

[Andy_Babb]

Matt Lewis is easily one of, if not my favorite presenters on HH. I like them all a lot but everyone who focuses on dark age to medieval and prior is on my short list of favs haha

[terryhayward]

King Arthur will never die. King Arthur is an idea, a legend of the good king, and ideas never die.

[cynthiaschultheis]

"CAMELOT" with Richard Harris as Arthur, will always be my vision❤❤❤❤👍👍👍👍👍

[notsure]

Mary Stewart's The Crystal Cave and the Hollow Hills are the best ever stories of this!

[grahamnash]

The story of King Arthur has inspired, and fascinated my since I was a little boy in the early 70s. The thrill of fining out any new piece to add to the puzzle and slowly make up the whole picture, never leaves me. His tale has been told many times in films, myths, and poems, some quire comical in the telling, others can almost have us believe that their version is the true story. And other just pass it all off as just a fable to tell kids in front of the fire. The biggest missing piece of the puzzle is of course that most famous of swords. How that would throw new light on the whole story.
Great video. Thank you for making it.

[Kamamura]

"We are the knights of Camelot, we eat jam and ham and spam a lot..." (I have to push the pram a

[michaelkean]

King Arthur and Ragnar Lothbrok are pretty much the same type of figure, they where both semi-mythological figures of which both their origins and their backstories are completely speculative on if both ever existed to begin with and both figures are most likely an amalgamation of the deeds of different lords, kings and warriors from the time period.

[williamrobinson]

Matt Lewis strikes again! A fascinating account, and one which stops a few gaps in my own knowledge of the links between Arthurian legend and the subsequent kings.. Thanks Matt & team! 👍⭐

[Garwfechan-rylk]

Up till 1878 Welsh Children were Taught about King Arthur in History lessons and had been for more than a Thousand years, Yther Penddraig was a Grandson of Meurig King of Glamorgan Buried at Lyswyrnwy in the Vale of Glamorgan, his Son was Arthur the Second killed in Battle at Mynydd Baiden against the Saxons in 489 or 499 the Battle date is probably the earlier one where the Saxon King Hengist was killed, the 499 Battle was another defeat for the Saxons at Coed y Mwstyr ( Pen y Bont ) Bridgend Mid Glamorgan, there was also a Saxon Defeat at the same place Two Centuries Later.

Mynydd Baiden above the Villages of Ffordd y Gyfraith and Llangynwyd is also the place of the Early 6th Century Bodvoc Stone which is a stone Commemorating the Victory over the Saxons in 489, this stone is in the Margam Abbey Stones Museum, Bodvoc in name terms is the Cymric Brythonic name for Victory " Buddug" in latin or English Boadocaea Boudicca, the O in that written Cymric of Bodvoc is sounded as a U so it is Bud the V is a double dd so Buddu C in old Cymric was a G so Buddug, by the way the Buda in Buda pest means victory also, it is Celtic.

The area at Mynydd Baiden is full of History three large Hillforts dating from 4000BC till 1000 AD, Four Roman Forts within five Miles, one actually on Mynydd Baiden, even the Ordnance survey maps show " British Entrenchments that are all over Mynydd Baiden and Margam Mountain.

So if you want to look for Arthur and the Museum of Wales is looking for his burial, you will have to look in the Graves of 167 British Cymric Kings that are in Britain, Ireland and France, these Kings predate the Romans by about a 1000 Years and they are dated up till 1048 AD, I can tell you that Arthurs burial has been located and is being kept Secret, I would opine that he is in the Grave of Meurig in Lyswyrnwy so to Yther Arthmael Arthur the First Cadfan and possibly Caradoc a King from 29AD up till his return from Rome in 57 AD, but his Grave is in an Extremely Large Burial Mound at Caer Caradoc on Mynydd y Mynwent (Mountain of the Burials), above the Ancient Village of Brynnau Gwynion in Glamorgan.

They are opening up Burials all over Britain 16 in Scotland 115 in Wales 7 in Ireland and there are another 39 sites in England but many of the Old Cymric Burials were not destroyed by the Romans but were by the Saxons who robbed them, there are still 4 Surviving around the London area that are from the Bronze age, Burials in Brittany but also in Gallia ( Northern France) from Normandy at Caen and Carentan to Calais and Ypres there are Cymric Burials that are from Pre Roman Times, they were Kings in their own rights, most of France spoke the same Language as Britons.

This was British History and not the Bullshit of the Unvenerable Bede, Arthur is mentioned in Three Poems and not one poem, Taliesin in the 7th Century wrote a number of lines to the Man who was a Known King, Mabinogi names him along with Trystan and Ysyllt so to Gwenfer and Yther, there are small Early Christian texts in Latin by the Monks of Llancarfan a 5th Century Monastic College also in writings of the Collegiate at Llanilltyd Fawr of Arthur.

It is a Fact that the 12th Century Destroying of these ancient Colleges by the Normans was not done on a whim, they also Destroyed the 4th Century Church on Mynydd Baiden, why to cover up the History of the British, yet the Plantagenet knew of the Britons from France they were of the same genes in Part, many Historians look at the name Plantagenet and try to find its beginnings, it Certainly is NOT Norse, but the Cymric word Plant means " Child" a Genet Child of Genet in Brythonic Cymric it is Cenydd, he was a British King in the 9th Century in what is Morlais near Dieppe he is buried with the the Ancestors of William the Bastard.

Arthur in Cymric means " long Bear" many of the early Coats of Arms of the Kings of Celtic Britain had a Bear . Also it must be told that Many Romans in Britain were Britons, with the leaving very quickly of the Romans it is understandable they stayed, it is also a great possibility that Marcus Aurelius was a Briton, so Magnus Maximus who is called Macsen Wledig in Brythonic. More and More we are now searching our Lost Heritage, I am extremely Certain in the near future your answer to the Arthur question will be forthcoming, perhaps we will claim Lloegr ( Lost Lands)back.

Prynhawn da, pob Hwyl.

[julieholden]

King Arthur is a Celtic king who is first mentioned in the Mabanogion and altered by the English to claim him

[colin.d]

A fascinating "what if" should Arthur Tudor not have died young, we might have been spared Henry 8th and all that entailed.

[nancyM]

🌟Love King Arthur's tales🌟
Tyvmuch

[oldmanfromscenetwentyfour]

Alan Wilson and Baram Blackett for years did research and exploration to find Arthur. They found Arthur, both of them!

[CarlosGarcia-fiyu]

While England tried to create a Mythical Arthur, we in Spain have Don Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, "El Cid, " and his Tomb and Swords are been displayed at the Cathedral of Burgos along his tomb.