How and Why the Arthurian Legend Developed
Much is known about Arthurian legends but very little
about Arthurian history. The reasons I can identify for this
are as follows:
* Only two reliable texts survived the Dark
Ages: "De Excidio
Britanniae" - Concerning the
Ruin of Britain, written by St Gildas, a Celtic monk, not later than AD
535,
and the Irish Annals of Tigernach which is a log of events from AD 489 - AD 1178
