揭秘亚.:瑟王

　　Poet Simon A rm,*+itage traces the ;evo!*l (:ution of the Arthurian leg:end ))through th)^e literat!;ure of the[ medie+-=v +:al ^$age ^?and reveals that K ing Arthu]r is not t he g=$`reat nationa %l`=$ her_:%o!  he is usu#ally c^,onside%red to be. He &#!.3@.!9s a `(*fi`(#!ckle and transitory cha`racter who wa s ap:propri$:%at[#ed @.by t`he Nor.man\s to just.-ify their( +conquest, he was c^,[uckolded when French writers began adapting ?: the(=!, story and i%!t t
ook Thomas Mal %o*]ry
'%$s ma#ste(rpiece of Engl@=ish literatur,e,?^ `)Le Mort d'Arth!-=ur, to#;. !\restore dignity and reclaim him as? th(/.e national-* )her o we know today.