King Aurther's Round Table Found!

[Scotsman69]

A good question indeed...

And almost impossible to answer. Angles, Saxons, Normans, Welsh... the English are a bastard nation, like many other Europeans.

Mary Queen of Scots was effectively French, by culture if not by bloodline.

I watched a TV programme recently on the Romans' final attempt to conquer Caledonia. According to the programme, the Romans failed because they didn't realise that the tribes North of Hadrian's Wall, or even the Antonine, did not have an overall leader, nor did any tribe recognise any agreement made with another tribe.

Every time they conquered one tribe/clan, they had to conquer another, then another and another, by which time the leaders of the first tribe had changed and the tribe no longer recognised the treaty.

Like England and Wales, the Scots took a long time to establish one ruling dynasty, and even then that dynasty wasn't seen as legitimate by all - until the Scots started fighting the English, and then first a Welsh King and later a Scots King took over England. (Then the Dutch followed by Hanoverian)

History question: Who was the last true-born English King?

 

[Verdad]

History question: Who was the last true-born English King?

The one killed by an arrow in his eye? Or so the story goes. Can't remember the name, though.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

Nah, the Plantagenats were of French descent, I think.

 

[Scotsman69]

The answer to Og's original question has to be:

Whomever was monarch of wherever, they were the monarch.

Remember, Hitler was Austrian, not German. And Stalin was Georgian, not Russian.

History just doesn't fall into easy categories to suit our preconceptions.

The one killed by an arrow in his eye? Or so the story goes. Can't remember the name, though.

 

[JackLuis]

Round tables and wimples? Here's what really happened at Arthur's court: Magic Arthur.

http://www.literotica.com/stories/showstory.php?id=311044

I liked it a lot. Thanks.

 

[JackLuis]

I don't do historical fiction Jack
I've quite enough to keep me occupied in the present.

I like historical science fiction, Futures, alternative futures, and the like. If they are done right, everything works out, no physical Laws are Broken, unless you throw in Magic, or a new wrinkle on string theory, and you can have a lot of fun.

I recommend jimmyjoyces 'Magic Arthur'. ( linked below) Humor & Satire can be difficult to get compact, but he did it. I gave it five stars strictly on his construction.

I have a Ancient Wizards Apprentice story almost finished and jimmyjoyce's work showed me how to improve and perhaps finish the trilogy.

And no political oxen were gored! Hooray!:D