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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Why write a book on King Arthur and the languages of Britain?
My most recent book King Arthur and the Languages of Britain is due out in paperback in August (see bloomsbury.com/9781350443099) – and not only has the cover price come down to a more reasonable level, the publisher has sent me a flyer wit...
Did Franks participate in the Anglo-Saxon migrations?
The Angles, Saxons and Jutes migrate to Britain (Abbo of Fleury, c. 1135, Morgan Library and Museum)
The origins of the English language were first set out in the nineteenth century by German linguists such as Jacob Grimm and Eduard Siever...
King Arthur and the origins of bardic poetry
The Knights Progress (Gustave Doré, 1868), colourised
Stories about King Arthur and his knights are the most important Welsh contribution to world literature. During the Middle Ages, tales about him were told as far afield as Italy and Ger...
Hengist and the Treachery of the Long Knives
Vortigern at Hengist’s banquet (Angelica Kauffman, 1770)
In 2013, the “Red Wedding” episode of the HBO series Game of Thrones shocked a lot of viewers. The massacre of Rob Stark and his entourage at the wedding, however, would not have bee...
The origin of the Jutes
Nerthus in her sacred wagon (Emil Doepler 1900)
In his Ecclesiastical History of the English People, the Northumbrian monk Bede records that the English were descended from three peoples: the Angles, the Saxons and the Jutes. Led initially...
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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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