Robert's ARTHURIAN Collection

Fall 2008
Welcome back! Yes, it's been some time since my last update. Well, not exactly. I have been sneaking in and out to update several pages, but without announcing it. Especially the articles by August Hunt have received rseveral additions and updates (that's the advantage of internet publishing: if you change your views, you can alter your articles!) in March/April and September/October.
New in the Arthurian Collection :
One novel by Sarah Zettel (I really must get the other two parts in this series!) and four children's Books, one by Philip Reeve (a nice historian novel), two by Kevin Crossley-Holland, and a brilliantly-illustrated new work by John Matthews: Arthur of Albion. I've also got the chance to interview him (look here for the result), plus a review of the book here.

March 4, 2007
Welcome back to this Arthurian website for yet another year.An overhaul in style and other details, and of course some updates in articles
New in the Arthurian Collection for March:

• AChildren's Book : Kruijssen, Agave: Lancelot, Ridder van de Ronde Tafel, (Fontein, 2001). This book is in Dutch

October 10, 2006
New in the Arthurian Collection for May:

• AChildren's Book : Green, Roger Lancelyn: Koning Arthur en de Ronde Tafel, (Loeb 1983, repr. 2006).
• Hunt, August: Shadows in the Mist, the Life and Death of King Arthur, (Hayloft 2006).
• AMovie :Tristan & Isolde, (20 century Fox 2006)

May 10, 2006
New in the Arthurian Collection for May:

• ANovel: Duggan, Alfred: The Little Emperors, (1951, repr. Phoenix 2005).
• ANovel: Duggan, Alfred: Conscience of the King, (1951, repr. Phoenix 2005).

April 16, 2006
Welcome back to this Arthurian website for yet another year.
New in the Arthurian Collection for January-April:

• Lloyd, Terry, Frances Doel and Geoffrey Doel (2005): Worlds of Arthur, (Tempus).
• Pryor, Francis: Britain A.D., A Quest for Arthur, England and the Anglo-Saxons, (2004, repr. Harper 2005).

September 21, 2005
After a long time of hibernation, I re-activated the Polls! More of my VHS material was converted to DVD format, another 3 added.

September 6, 2005
More of my VHS material was converted to DVD format, another 7 added.
New in the Arthurian Collection for September:

• ANovel: McKenzie, Nancy: Prince of Dreams, (Del Rey Ballantine 2004).
• AClassical book: Wolfram von Eschenbach: Parzival, (13th century, Ambo Klassiek 2002) This book is in Dutch

August 1, 2005
More of my VHS material was converted to DVD format, 6 added.

July 2, 2005
New in the Arthurian Collection for July:

• AMovie :The Mists of Avalon, (TNT 2001)

June 15, 2005
I've begun adding images to the varioous items, to give the accidental guest a better view of the collection. Also, I've begun converting all my VHS material to DVD format, 12 so far.
New in the Arthurian Collection for May-June:

• ABook :Ashley, Mike (2005): The Mammoth Book of King Arthur, (London, Robinson).
• AGame :King Arthur, trading card game (Ravensburger).

April 3, 2005
Almost all articles by August Hunt were either evised or rewritten! The main reason for this is the publication of a book by his hand on the Arthurian matter. Stay tuned and I'll keep you posted when it's due to be published.A new article: a review of the 'King Arthur' movie by Graham Sumner.
New in the Arthurian Collection for February-April:

• ABook :Alcock, Leslie (1972): 'By South Cadbury is that Camelot...', Excavations at Cadbury Castle 1966-1970, (London, Book Club Associates).
• AnArticle :Hirst, S. and Philip. Rahtz (1996): Liddington Castle and the battle of Badon: excavations and research 1976, in: Archaeological Journal 153, pp. 1-59.

January 1, 2005
Welcome back to this Arthurian website for yet another year.
New in the Arthurian Collection for January:

• AComic :Chauvel, Lereculey and Simon: Arthur 6 - Gereint en Enid, (Talent 2004)

December 19, 2004
I added another page, or rather an advertisement - the Pythons are at it again! For February 2005, there's a new 'Arthurian' musical: SPAMALOT! New in the Arthurian Collection for December:

• TwoAction Figures, Disney knights from 'Sword in the Stone'.
• A DVD: King Arthur, the big movie that hit our theatres in 2004 (but what a disappointment!).

September 1, 2004
New in the Arthurian Collection for September:

• AComic: Arleston, Hubsch and Lebreton: Excalibur 3 - De Klauwen van Rome, (Talent 2002).
• AComic: Istin, Lambert and Stambecco: Merlin 3 - De Cromm-Cruach, (Talent 2003).
• AComic: Vandersteen: De Rode Ridder 41 - De Laatse Droom, (Standaard repr. 1990).

August 1, 2004
New in the Arthurian Collection for August:

• AChildren's Book :Crossley-Holland, Kevin: Arthur3 - Koning van de Middenmark, (Lemniscaat 2004, Rotterdam).
• ANovel: Borchardt, Alice: Guinevere 2 - The Raven Warrior, (2003, Bantam 2004).
• ANovel: Massie, Allan: Arthur the King, (2003, Phoenix 2004).
• ANovel: Ryder, Roxanna: Chasing the King, (2001, Jacobyte 2004).
• ANovel: Zettel, Sarah: Camelot's Shadow, an Arthurian Romance, (HarperCollins 2004).

May 15, 2004
Major revisions in several articles by August Hunt, such as: From Glein to Camlann: Arthur's Battles.
New in the Arthurian Collection for May:

• AnAnthology: Olton, Bert: Arthurian legends on Film and Television, (McFarland 2000).
• AComic: Arleston, Hubsch and Lebreton: Excalibur 4 - De Woede van Merlijn, (Talent 2003).
• AComic: Chauvel, Lereculey and Simon: Arthur 5 - Drystan en Esyllt, (Talent 2003).
• AComic: Istin, Lambert and Stambecco: Merlin 4 - Avalon, (Talent 2003).

April 1, 2004
A new article by August Hunt: Avalon: Questing for King Arthur's Otherworld: The tradition that the Arthur of legend was buried at Glastonbury is a well-established one, but it now seems unlikely that this is the real Isle of Avalon.
New in the Arthurian Collection for April:

• ANovel: Miles, Rosalind: Isolde, book 2; - The Maiden of the White Hands, (Pocket Books 2004).
• A new Action Figure : the assault tower from the Disney 'Sword in the Stone' collection.

January 21, 2004
OK, I took a bit long this year to get started. My apologies to those who are actually checking this page.. The article by August Hunt about Merlinhas been revised.
New in the Arthurian Collection for January:

• AChildren's Book :Fisher, Catherine: Corbenic, de Graalburcht, (Facet 2003, Antwerpen).
• SeveralAction Figuresfrom the Disney movie 'Sword in the Stone'.
• A VHS: Merlijn de Tovenaar (Dutch).
• A VHS: The Magic Sword (Dutch subtitles).

December 15, 2003
A more new article by August Hunt, about Arthur, Avalon and a New Theory on an Ancient Ogham Calender, an article about the ogham tree alphabet. This article proposes an answer to the ogham mystery that may explain the significance of Arthur's presence in the Otherworld Avalon.
New in the Arthurian Collection for December:

• no new items.

September 8, 2003
A new email address for August Hunt, prime contributor of Arthurian articles: Oghmius@aol.com. Several of his articles have been updated and revised.
New in the Arthurian Collection for September:

• Chauvel, Lereculey and Simon: Arthur 4 - Kulhwch en Olwen, (Talent 2001).

August 1, 2003
New in the Arthurian Collection for August:

• Borchardt, Alice: The Dragon Queen, The Tales of Guinevere, (Bantam 2002)
• Avonturen in Camelot, (DVD 2003) This book is in Dutch
• First Knight, (DVD 2003)
• Monty Python and the Holy Grail, (DVD 2003)

June 10, 2003
Two more new articles by August Hunt, about The Love of Tristan, an article about the two Tristans were known to Welsh tradition and tended to become conflated: Tristan son of March son of Meirchiawn and Tristan son of Tallwch. , and An Identification of the Three Guineveres, A short listing of the three women called Guinevere. The article about Merlinwas slightly revised.
New in the Arthurian Collection for June:

• Manfredi, Valerio Massimo: The Last Legion, (Macmillan 2002)
• McKenzie, Nancy: Grail Prince, (Del Rey Ballantine 2003)

May 1, 2003
Two more new articles by August Hunt, about The three Prisons of Arthur, an article about Triad 52 of the Trioedd Ynys Prydein, which concerns itself with the "Three Exalted Prisoners of the Island of Britain", and The Stone of Enloch and Arthur's Sword, an article about Arthur's sword, Caledbwlch.
New in the Arthurian Collection for May:

• Huybrechts, Luc: Het Vijfde Testament (2): Arthur van Avalon, (Arbeiderspers 2003) This book is in Dutch

April 1, 2003
Two new articles by August Hunt, about the views of two leading historians, David Dumville and Oliver Padel, towards Arthur and Arthurian studies.
New in the Arthurian Collection for April:

• no new items.

February 2, 2003
I've added the last of the Arthurian articles by August Hunt, with the latest vesion of Arthur's Battles and a new one, the Cauldron of Arthur .
New in the Arthurian Collection for February:

• no new items.

January 15, 2003
Finally, it has taken me long enough. After about 4 years after starting this first of my websites, I finally came to doing something about the still disappointing layout. 'Faces of Arthur' reflects the new integrated concept of the Collection and Arthurian articles. Furthermore, it also reflects the essence of the Collection, namely Arthur in all his different guises, written down by as many authors.

I've added the Arthurian articles (mostly) by August Hunt as a second part of this site and intergrated the book about History of Britain, 407-597 by Fabio Barbarbieri as a third. Both parts provide a challenging new line of thought towards the studies of the so-called 'Arthurian period'.
New in the Arthurian Collection for January:

• no new items.

September 2, 2002
A few new books:

• A Children's Book :Crossley-Holland, Kevin: Arthur 2 - In het Tussenland, (Lemniscaat 2002). A Dutch translation of the sequel to the already well-known first part.
• A Novel :Miles, Rosalind: Isolde - Queen of the Western Isle, (Pocket Books 2002). Not a sequel to the trilogy, but a separate book.
• A Classical Text :Rawie, Jean-Pierra and Driek van Wissen: De Korte Mantel- Een Arthurverhaal uit de dertiende eeuw, (Bert Bakker 2001). A Dutch translation of a Medieval French tale.

July1, 2002
Patsy's here! The indomitable servant of Arthur and his band of silly knights, as featured in movie. See him here!

April 2, 2002
I've added a link to the BBC quiz about Arthur, as well as three new pages for the new Late Roman version of Excalibur, the Military Models of Arthurian soldiers and of course the new Monty Python Action Figures.
New in the Arthurian Collection for April:

• A Comic :Istin, Lambert and Stambeco: Merlin 2 - Het Ontwaken van het Kunnen, (Talent 2002).
• 5 Action Figures : Mothy Python & the Holy Grail heroes!
• A sword : 'Excalibur', a Late Roman Spatha.

• A documentary : Arthur, King of the Britons, (BBC 2002) A link here

January 2, 2002
A new chapter in the history of this site; in its fourth season, the Arthurian Collection has become a full part of Vortigern Studies, with its own Sitemap, Whatsnew, Links and Search pages.
In time, this Arthurian part of Vortigern Studies will move away from simply being a collection, and incorporate aritcles about Arthurian subjects as well.
Also, I will start adding reviews of all the books presently in the Collection.
New in the Arthurian Collection for January:

• no new items.