king arthur

Okay, people like to quibble with the term “Dark Ages” for this era, but it does seem to be the case that historical records for the broad period of late Antiquity through the early Middle Ages are often rather spotty, perhaps as a result of periods of instability. For that reason, there are...

Christians of the North: A Tale of Celtic Christianity Prologue: They Are Barbarians *** Little antlered one, little belling one, melodious little bleater, sweet the lowing that you make in the glen. Apple tree, little apple tree, violently everyone shakes you. Rowan, little berried one...

What if England did have an actual king Arthur? By this, I mean the real life people named Arthur who could have taken the throne of England. What if either Arthur, Duke of Brittany or Arthur, Prince of Wales became a real king Arthur?

Now I Have two PODs in this timeline. The first and foremost is that Rome does not demilitarize the Celtic locals of Britain and instead use them in the legions thus leading to the preservation of the ancient Celtic warlike traditions are not lost during the Roman British Era. With most of the...

Legacy of the Dragons Cadbury Castle, one of the more popular sites claimed to have been Arthur's court Hello all, and welcome to a timeline ten years in the making. For years now, I've wanted to put together an alternate history where, instead of the Anglo-Saxons, the Welsh (or, to be more...

Let's create a Romanno British King Arthur, based on the original idea, first I gonna write some rules on the OP, and then we can discuss if it is possible or not. 1- Arturius, Arthur, Artor of whatever we call him, must be a roman-british, as in the legend. He also needs to be christian. 2-...

Arthurian legend and the assorted myths and invented stories surrounding it are an attempt at painting a grandiose past for the native Britons, who were supplanted by the Anglo-Saxons. On it's face, it essentially casts King Arthur as an alternative to Charlemagne. The capital of Camelot (though...

THE DARK AGES THE LAND WAS DIVIDED AND WITHOUT A KING (CUE THE WAGNER) (click here to Camelot-size) = BOOK I: THE HISTORY OF BRITAIN PREFACE 1, 2, 3 4, 5, 6 7, 8, 9 BOOK II: THE GROANS OF THE BRITONS 1, 2, 3 4, 5, 6 7, 8, 9 BOOK III: THE TWELVE BATTLES OF ARTHUR 1, 2, 3 4, 5, 6 7...

It is foremost important to know this one single thing. I am a writer, my ventures into history are a passion, not a profession, so and I cannot stress this enough: this is NOT a timeline. This will be a story, a written narrative about an entirely fictional British (Cornish-Welsh specifically)...

EPILOGUE THE DARK AGES. THE LAND WAS DIVIDED AND WITHOUT A KING. OUT OF THOSE LOST CENTURIES THERE ROSE A LEGEND. OF THE SORCERER, MYRDDIN; OF THE COMING OF A PRINCE; OF THE SWORD OF POWER… = “Arthur.” “Myrddin?” “Arthur.” “Myrddin! I am the strongest! I am the one!” The...

Very implausible idea that won't leave my head. Suppose the Roman Britons managed to hold on in the British Isles, maybe even expanding by marriage alliances into Scotland and Ireland and repelling the Saxon waves (some version of King Arthur or whatever). They manage to hold off any threats...

THE DARK AGES THE LAND WAS DIVIDED AND WITHOUT A KING (CUE THE WAGNER) (click here to Camelot-size) Shield of Arturius Aurelianus, Dux Britanniarum (Leader of all Britannia) 516-537AD. ======= Well, that was fast. What can I say? I'm feeling inspired. Anything to get out of writing...