Table of Contents
Introduction vi
Chapter 1 Roman Britain 1
Chapter 2 The End of The West 15
Chapter 3 Contemporary Sources 21
Chapter 4 Gildas, going to hell in a hand cart 31
Chapter 5 The Venerable Bede 47
Chapter 6 The Historia Brittonum 53
Chapter 7 The Welsh Annals 69
Chapter 8 The Anglo-Saxons 74
Chapter 9 Archaeology and Other Evidence 82
Chapter 10 Timelines 94
Chapter 11 Saints' Lives 103
Chapter 12 The History of the Kings of Britain by Geoffrey of Monmouth 113
Chapter 13 The French Romances and Welsh Legends 128
Chapter 14 The Brittany Connection 150
Chapter 15 Genealogies and Kings 158
Chapter 16 Arthur, the name 182
Chapter 17 Final Evidence 186
References and Bibliography 228
Endnotes 232
List of Maps 238
List of Tables 239
Genealogy Tables 240
Index 241