The Legend of King Arthur is possibly the most popular and well known of all the legends associated with British history. There are simply dozens of sites which purport to have a connection. Tintagel and Glastonbury perhaps are the most evocative.
If he existed at all, he was probably a war lord who lived in the 6th century during the early Anglo-Saxon period after the Romans. His story was first told by a monk writing in the 9th century, and then in 1136AD Geoffrey of Monmouth wrote The History of the Kings of Britain in which Arthur’s role was expanded upon and elaborated. It is Geoffrey’s account which forms the basis of the current legend.
