دانلود کتاب افسانه آرتوریان در قرن بیستم و بیست و یکم

Arthurian legend has always been open to innovation. Who Arthur might have been inspired by is open to debate and speculation, but it is clear that if such a figure really did exist, he would not have been wearing the kind of full-body armor that most readers imagine when they think of King Arthur. The tragedy of brothers Balin and Balan or the death of Accolon, both of which involve combatants killing allies because they did not recognize the other’s armor, are based on armor that rendered a knight anonymous, which would not have happened in any historic Arthur’s time because armor did not obscure faces when he might have existed. We love the stories, however, because they have changed and reflected the values of the times they were written, and the great stories of other times always hold some appeal. The idea of a just and fair king who brings peace, and as the story evolves, gathers the best and most powerful fighters in the land and asks them not to abuse their power, but to protect the powerless, especially women, carries lasting appeal, as war and abuse of the powerless by the powerful appear to be part of the human condition, parts of ourselves that we wish could be controlled to make the world better. As the stories evolved, different tellers added elements that would be repeated and elaborated on.