The King Arthur of History? Hah!

A few quick thoughts on Arthur's place in British History.

In truth, the story of King Arthur is better told by literature than by history, for it is in literature that you will find all of the famous stories. It is there that you will find the search for the holy grail, the round table, and Camelot. Only in the stories will you find the names Lancelot, Morgan le Fey, Mordred, or Genevieve. History has none of these things.

And yet, King Arthur, or probably just Arthur, is still an important name in the history of Britain. It is a name that has become synonymous with a brief period of the British Dark Ages, that short span between the end of Rome and the conquest of the Anglo-Saxons. It is in this shadowy time that we will find but a few scant clues as to the man who names and deeds would still cause stories to be written a millennium and a half later.