Dr Mary Bateman

No.

No.

Yes, and we know this based on people who visited and tell us that they were shown Arthur and Guinevere's chamber, Garwain's skull and his bones because he dies in Dover, according to Geoffrey.

Yes, and we know this based on people who visited and tell us that they were shown Arthur and Guinevere's chamber, Garwain's skull and his bones because he dies in Dover, according to Geoffrey.

Yes. Edward III built it? I think Edward I, we think possibly to do with a grand tournament. And it's still hanging there. You can go and see it. Clearly not authentic in any way. Henry VIII had it repainted as well. Beautiful. So it's been continually an object of royal propaganda. Sure.

Yes. Edward III built it? I think Edward I, we think possibly to do with a grand tournament. And it's still hanging there. You can go and see it. Clearly not authentic in any way. Henry VIII had it repainted as well. Beautiful. So it's been continually an object of royal propaganda. Sure.

Yeah, this is kind of a period that we call the Arthurian revival when interest in Arthur just explodes again. And there's various reasons for this. Arthur is, you know, a powerful Christian imperial symbol. You can see how he might be appealing to certain Victorians.

Yeah, this is kind of a period that we call the Arthurian revival when interest in Arthur just explodes again. And there's various reasons for this. Arthur is, you know, a powerful Christian imperial symbol. You can see how he might be appealing to certain Victorians.

Yeah. Helpful. Yeah, all of that. He's a morally upright figure at a time when people are being more thoughtful about morals and particularly morals among the upper classes as well.

Yeah. Helpful. Yeah, all of that. He's a morally upright figure at a time when people are being more thoughtful about morals and particularly morals among the upper classes as well.

Some of the more dodgy bits of the medieval Arthur, like things like the incest story where Arthur kills a load of babies because he doesn't want Mordred to come and overthrow him, his incest child. The Victorians don't like that very much.

Some of the more dodgy bits of the medieval Arthur, like things like the incest story where Arthur kills a load of babies because he doesn't want Mordred to come and overthrow him, his incest child. The Victorians don't like that very much.

Yeah, it's very King Herod.

Yeah, it's very King Herod.

Mallory is actually republished. It's censored, like some of the nastier bits are tweaked for Victorian tastes. And then Tennyson. So Tennyson actually kind of rediscovers a lot of the Arthurian stories, partly through Mallory, but also partly through the Welsh tales that by that point had been translated by Lady Charlotte Guest. and by other people that he knew.

Mallory is actually republished. It's censored, like some of the nastier bits are tweaked for Victorian tastes. And then Tennyson. So Tennyson actually kind of rediscovers a lot of the Arthurian stories, partly through Mallory, but also partly through the Welsh tales that by that point had been translated by Lady Charlotte Guest. and by other people that he knew.

And he's really well known for his rewrites of the Arthurian story. You've got his poem, The Lady of Shalott, which is very, very famous. And also his grand Arthuriad, which is called The Idols of the King.

And he's really well known for his rewrites of the Arthurian story. You've got his poem, The Lady of Shalott, which is very, very famous. And also his grand Arthuriad, which is called The Idols of the King.

Yeah, and actually I would suggest that we can partly thank women for the Arthurian revival. Only partly though. You know, they were interested in the Arthurian stories even when people were passing them off as kind of frivolous and not valuable. I mentioned already Lady Charlotte Guest.

Yeah, and actually I would suggest that we can partly thank women for the Arthurian revival. Only partly though. You know, they were interested in the Arthurian stories even when people were passing them off as kind of frivolous and not valuable. I mentioned already Lady Charlotte Guest.