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King Arthur in Cornwall (Large Print)
The following pages present an attempt to bring together what may be accepted with regard to the personality and actual life of King Arthur, while putting aside everything that is obviously or probably fabulous. I have endeavoured to give due weight to the evidence, both positive and negative, rather than to work up to a pre-determined conclusion. With regard to the evidence of a positive kind, if so it may be called, I have given especial weight to the details of topography, more particularly in Cornwall, with the Arthurian localities of which I happen to be more familiar than with those elsewhere.The fame of Arthur as expressed by the association of his name with places is greater than that of any other personage save one who can claim this sort of connection with our island. On this showing, Julius Cæsar and Oliver Cromwell sink into insignificance as compared with the Cornish Chief. Only the Devil is more often mentioned in local association than Arthur
King Arthur in Cornwall
King Arthur in Cornwall by W. Howship Dickinson is about a legendary Celtic Briton who, according to medieval histories and romances, was the leader of the Celtic Britons in battles against Saxon invaders of Britain in the late 5th and early 6th centuries. Excerpt: "Ex nihilo nihil fit. For the story of King Arthur, there must be some foundation, however, the primary facts may have been distorted and exaggerated. Two rules may be safely laid down about tradition: it usually has some truth to rest upon; that truth is not accurately presented to us, but has been altered and probably magnified by verbal transmission."
