The Age of Arthur
Bernard MeesThe Age of Arthur showcases the most recent research on the Arthurian and early Anglo-Saxon period.
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The origin of King Arthur’s name
King Arthur dictating to a scribe (British Library MS Royal 14 E III, fol. 140r.)
In the seventeenth century, the poet John Milton published six books of a History of Britain subtitled That Part Especially, Now Call’d England. Milton exten...
The war-god Tiw and the Red Horse of Tysoe
Týr and the Fenris Wolf (C.E. Brock)
The Vale of the Red Horse in Warwickshire is named after a figure formerly cut into the red clay near the village of Tysoe. The figure of the horse has long since been lost, planted over by local farmer...
The Celtic gods of Hadrian’s Wall
Was Cocidius an early form of Brân the Blessed?
I send out an additional post each month that is behind a paywall. I do this partly to say thank-you to paid subscribers, but also to foreshadow research I’ve undertaken that I’d like to shar...
How did East Anglia get its name?
Offa, the legendary king of Angulus (Louis Moe 1891)
It is widely understood that England takes its name from the Angles, one of the three peoples that migrated to Britain after the end of Roman rule. The early English historian Bede calle...
What part of Britain did King Arthur come from?
Magnus Arturus Rex (after William Morris)
King Arthur has traditionally been thought to be a southwestern British figure, a successful early medieval king associated especially with Wales and the West Country of England. In the Arthurian r...
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I've been a lecturer at the University of Melbourne, RMIT University and the University of Tasmania, and I've published several books, including The English Language before England (2023) and King Arthur and the Languages of Britain (2025)
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