Bernard Mees has taught history, linguistics and business at the University of Melbourne, Australia, RMIT University, Australia and the University of Tasmania, Australia, and is currently an academic visitor at Uppsala University, Sweden. His most recent book is The English Language Before England (2023) and he is a member of the editorial board of NOWELE.

The question people always ask about King Arthur is if he really existed. Historians say that complicated surviving evidence in manuscripts written centuries later is worthless, but Mees shows that some of it was accurately copied from Arthur’s time. Anyone who wants to know about Arthur from now on will have to read this book.

• 1. Arthur and the historians2. Picts and Scots, Romans and Britons3. Roman Britain and the Germanic invasions4. Gildas and Vortigern5. The Northern Arthur6. The Welsh Annals and the Northern Chronicle7. Arthur’s Twelve Battles8. Geoffrey of Monmouth9. ConclusionAppendicesIndex

Bernard Mees has taught history, linguistics and business at the University of Melbourne, Australia, RMIT University, Australia and the University of Tasmania, Australia, and is currently an academic visitor at Uppsala University, Sweden. His most recent book is The English Language Before England (2023) and he is a member of the editorial board of NOWELE.

The question people always ask about King Arthur is if he really existed. Historians say that complicated surviving evidence in manuscripts written centuries later is worthless, but Mees shows that some of it was accurately copied from Arthur’s time. Anyone who wants to know about Arthur from now on will have to read this book.

• 1. Arthur and the historians2. Picts and Scots, Romans and Britons3. Roman Britain and the Germanic invasions4. Gildas and Vortigern5. The Northern Arthur6. The Welsh Annals and the Northern Chronicle7. Arthur’s Twelve Battles8. Geoffrey of Monmouth9. ConclusionAppendicesIndex