The Historic King Arthur: Authenticating the Celtic Hero of Post-Roman Britain Book

	Acknowledgments
	List of Illustrations
	List of Abbreviations of Works Cited in the Text
	Preface	1
Ch. 1	Introduction	5
Ch. 2	The Ancient Manuscripts	19
	Gildas Badonicus	20
	The Annales Cambriae	26
	Nennius	38
	The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle/Genealogical Preface	51
Ch. 3	The Cardinal and Ordinal Years for the Arthurian Chronology	66
	Systems of Calibration	69
	Cardinal Years for the Arthurian Chronology	72
	Ordinal Years of the Arthurian Chronology	116
	Summary of Cardinal and Ordinal Years, Arthurian Chronology	120
Ch. 4	Hillforts and Roman Roads	124
	The Roman Empire and Conquest of Britain	124
	The Vestigial Remnants of a Civilization	128
Ch. 5	The Geography of Mount Badon	140
	General Geography	140
	Badon: Badbury Possibilities	146
	Badon: Bath Possibilities	158
Ch. 6	The Geography of Camlann	179
	The Heartland	179
	The Annales Cambriae	183
	Gildas, Nennius, John of Glastonbury	187
	The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle	190
	Literary Tradition	193
	Conclusion	195
Ch. 7	Other Sites: Camelot and Tintagel	202
	Camelot	202
	Tintagel	215
Ch. 8	The Isle of Avalon: Arthur's Resting Place	221
	Glastonbury as an Island	222
	Archaeological Evidence: The Abbey and the Tor	228
	Arthurian Connectios with Avalon/Glastonbury	230
	Arthurian Connections with the Continental Avallon	256
	Conclusions	258
Ch. 9	Ambrosius Aurelianus: History and Tradition	263
	Ambrosius Aurelianus in History and Tradition	263
	The Assessment of Ambrosius Aurelianus	283
Ch. 10	Riothamus: The Briton from Across the Ocean	286
	The Historical Chronology of Riothamus	286
Ch. 11	Arthur: Historical and Literary Data	293
	The Historical Arthur	293
	Literary Data on Arthur	295
	The Mabinogion	300
	Arthur in The History of the Kings Britain	307
	Poetry of Arthur's Period	311
	The Collation of Information	315
Ch. 12	The Phoenix Arises	326
	Statement of Hypothesis	326
	Titles of Rank and Royalty	327
	Ambrosius as Riothamus	334
	Riothamus as Arthur	337
	Arthur as Ambrosius Aurelianus	339
	Arthur	341
	The Triumvirate Chronology	354
App. A	The Arthurian Chronology	365
App. B	Harleian Manuscript 3859	369
	Glossary	371
	Notes	385
	Selected Bibliography	413
	Index	421