UTHER PENDRAGON

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books on: Uther Pendragon  - 157 results

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Arthurian Chronicles
Book by Wace, Layamon; J. M. Dent & Sons, 1912
Subjects: Arthur--King--Romances
...found in the lines of Wace. Uther Pendragon, in a deadly battle against...also die the first, by poison. Uther Pendragon, his brother, will sit within...reason he was ever after called Uther Pendragon. Pendragon was his name in the...
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The Flowers of History: Especially Such as Relate to the Affairs of Britain; from the Beginning of the World to the Year 1307 - Vol. 1
Book by Matthew of Westminster, C. D. Yonge; Henry G. Bohn, 1853
Subjects: Great Britain--History--13th Century, History, Ancient
...of Aurelius--Birth of Arthur, son of Uther Pendragon 226...masters of Britain--They are defeated by Uther Pendragon--Olla, king of the Saxons, dies--Uther Pendragon dies--King Arthur is crowned-- His...
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The Arthur of the English Poets
Book by Howard Maynadier; Houghton Mifflin, 1907
Subjects: Arthur--King
...to the throne of his father, Uther Pendragon, not only defeated the Saxons...Geoffrey comes to the reigns of Uther Pendragon and his son Arthur, his history...length of Arthurs birth -- how Uther, loving Igerna, wife to the...
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The Chronicle of Pierre de Langtoft: In French Verse from the Earliest Period to the Death of King Edward I - Vol. 1
Book by Thomas Wright; Longmans Green Reader and Dyer, 1866
Subjects: Great Britain--History--To 1485
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Works of Malory
Book by Eugène Vinaver, Thomas Malory; Oxford University Press, 1971
Subjects: Arthurian Romances, Drama
...HIT befel in the dayes of Uther Pendragon, when he was kynge of all...2 20 came to kynge Uther Pendragon and told hym he had met with...the appertenaunce? Thenne Uther Pendragon torned hym and said in herynge...
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journal articles on: Uther Pendragon  - 4 results

 
 
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Merlin
Journal article by Robert Clinton; New England Review, Vol. 18, 1997
Subjects: Poetry
...You think my dog and monkey could help you." Ulfius said nothing until they had gotten back to the hills where Uther Pendragon kept his battle out of the weather. There he remained silent a while longer, letting every man around him know...
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Gloom and Doom in Mark Twain's Connecticut Yankee, from Thomas Malory's Morte Darthur
Journal article by Betsy Bowden; Studies in American Fiction, Vol. 28, 2000
Subjects: Connecticut Yankee (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., European literature--Analysis, Malory, Thomas--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Middle Ages--Literature, Morte Darthur (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Twain, Mark--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...Uther Pendragon, was transformed by the art of the magician, Merlin...supernatural delusion of a faithful wife whose husband Uther had...
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Belief, Legend and Perceptions of the Sacred in Contemporary Bath
Journal article by Marion Bowman; Folklore, Vol. 109, 1998
Subjects: England--Folklore, legends, etc., Holy, The--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Legends--History
...druids" (No 791, 25 August 1995). On 28 November 1997, a Druidic ceremony was held at the Circus, overseen by Arthur Uther Pendragon as "Champion and Protector of the Gorsedd of Caer Badon" (the "Celtic" name for Bath). The ceremony was attended...
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Finding Time for Romance: Medieval Arthurian Literary History
Journal article by Ad Putter; Medium Aevum, Vol. 63, 1994
Subjects: Arthurian romances--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Literature, Medieval--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...Sarah Sturm-Maddox has noted the allusions in Chretiens Conte du Graal to the unruly period following the death of Uther Pendragon and Arthurs inheritance of the crown.(11) And, as Elspeth Kennedy has suggested, the difficulties Arthur faces in...


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magazine articles on: Uther Pendragon  - 2 results

 
 
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A Place of Legends - Rumored to Be the Birthplace of a Factual King Arthur, the Windswept Ruins of Tintagel Castle on England's Cornwall Coast Mystify and Intrigue Historians and True Believers in the Arthurian Legend
Magazine article by Laura Byrd; World and I, Vol. 16, November 2001
Subjects: Arthur, King of the Britons--Biography, Castles--Discovery and exploration, Cornwall, England--Buildings and facilities
...certain events, which gave him credibility with King Uther Pendragon of Britain. The king fancied a certain Igraine Gorlois...rocky path as access. Merlin agreed to change King Pendragon into the likeness of the duke--gaining him access...
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Edward IV and the Alchemists: Jonathan Hughes Looks at the Significance, in Alchemical Terms, of This Reign, and What the King Himself Made of Alchemical Prophecy
Magazine article by Jonathan Hughes; History Today, Vol. 52, August 2002
Subjects: Alchemy--History, Edward IV, King of England--Health aspects, Kings and rulers--Health aspects, Occult medicine--Practice, Royal houses--History, United Kingdom--History
...perhaps in accordance with the appearance of Halleys Comet in June of that year taken, like the comet appearing before Uther Pendragon and Merlin, to herald the coming of the returning King Arthur. The alchemists, identifying themselves with Merlin...


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newspaper articles on: Uther Pendragon  - 16 results

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X Factor Spells the End for Boy Merlin
Newspaper article; The People (London, England), September 21, 2008
...rather than an old bearded wizard. He arrived in Camelot where King Uther Pendragon, played by Anthony Head, had banned magic for 20 years. One of the...the BBCs Saturday knight saviour. ROYAL ROMP: Anthony Head plays King Uther Pendragon
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MELDREW'S MAGICAL MAKEOVER; from Disbelief to Make-Believe: Wilson as Gaius in Merlin, His First Major Role since Playing Victor Meldrew
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), September 19, 2008
...royal physician to the court of the medieval tyrant King Uther Pendragon, played by Anthony Head, in the BBCs spectacular new...practise out it openly because sorcery is banned by King Uther. In the series, I have to be fatherly and protective...
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Also Released
Newspaper article; Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England), November 21, 2008
...following young Merlin, (Colin Morgan), as he strives to find his place in a world ruled by the tyrannical King Uther Pendragon, (Anthony Head), who has outlawed magic from Camelot. Even so, Merlin begins to realise his potential as a sorcerer...
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TRAVEL: Magical Knights; JOIN THE QUEST TO TRACK DOWN KING ARTHUR
Newspaper article; Sunday Mirror (London, England), August 8, 2004
...that Arthurs father Uther Pendragon is said to be buried...drive past the ruined Pendragon Castle, four miles south...stronghold of Arthurs father Uther who attempted to divert...local rhyme goes: "Let Uther Pendragon do what he can, Eden...
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MIRROR WON ME Pounds 250,000; Quizword Gives Tony Answers
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), February 23, 2001
...quiz with two lifelines left. "The pounds 125,000 question was, Who was King Arthurs father? I knew immediately - Uther Pendragon - because it must have featured in the Quizword at least three times in the last five years. "The one before that...
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encyclopedia articles on: Uther Pendragon  - 4 results

 
 
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Uther Pendragon
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
UTHER PENDRAGON see Arthurian legend . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Pendragon, Uther
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PENDRAGON, UTHER see Arthurian legend . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Dragon
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...achievement of a hero in medieval legend was the slaying of a dragon, as in the story of St. George. King Arthur, son of Uther Pendragon (dragons head), also killed a dragon. The giant red dragon of the Apocalypse (Rev. 12) gave rise to the use of the...
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Arthurian Legend
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...remained the same. Arthur was the illegitimate son of Uther Pendragon, king of Britain, and Igraine, the wife of Gorlois of Cornwall. After the death of Uther, Arthur, who had been reared in secrecy, won acknowledgment...


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