Pendragon: Arthur and His Britain | Topics for Discussion & Projects

Pendragon: Arthur and His Britain Topics for Discussion

1. Did three centuries of Roman rule benefit the native British? What have been the effects of modern colonial rule in places such as Africa and India? Is there any similarity between Roman rule of Britain and British rule of its colonial states?

2. What part do the circumstances of Arthur's early life and education, as Clancy sees them, play in Arthur's role as a future ruler?

3. Whenever a legend reappears, its form is molded by the period's problems.

Thus, Sir Thomas Malory's Arthur confronts fifteenth-century problems; Alfred, Lord Tennyson's Arthur confronts nineteenth-century problems; and T. H. White's Arthur confronts twentieth-century problems. To what extent does this phenomenon alter the "facts" of a legend?

4. Do we learn as much about important historical events from historical fiction as we do from straight history books? What do we learn from studying history...
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