{"product_id":"9781476627588","title":"Warriors and Wilderness in Medieval Britain: From Arthur and Beowulf to Sir Gawain and Robin Hood","description":"Tracing the development of the King Arthur story in the late Middle Ages, this book explores Arthur’s depiction as a wilderness figure, the descendant of the northern Romano-British hunter\/warrior god. The earliest Arthur was a warrior but in the 11th century Welsh tale \u003ci\u003eCulhwch and Olwen\u003c\/i\u003e, he is less a warrior and more a leader of a band of rogue heroes.    The story of Arthur was popularized by Geoffrey of Monmouth, in his Latin \u003ci\u003eHistory of the Kings of Britain\u003c\/i\u003e, and was translated into Middle English in Layamon’s \u003ci\u003eBrut\u003c\/i\u003e and the later alliterative \u003ci\u003eAlliterative Morte Arthure\u003c\/i\u003e. Both owed much to the epic poem “Beowulf,” which draws on the Anglo-Saxon fascination with the wilderness. The most famous Arthurian tale is \u003ci\u003eSir Gawain and the Green Knight\u003c\/i\u003e, in which the wilderness and themes from Beowulf play a leading role. Three Arthurian tales set in Inglewood Forest place Arthur and Gawain in a wilderness setting, and link Arthur to medieval Robin Hood tales.","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Company, Incorporated Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47171690725616,"sku":"9781476627588","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781476627588_p0.jpg?v=1763608972","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781476627588","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}