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'Siner tugende anegenge sagen': The re-writing of Arthurian (hi)story in 'Diu Crone'.

From: The Modern Language Review  |  Date: 7/1/2000  |  Author: Thomas, Neil

It is questioned whether Heinrich von dem Turlin's claims to relate details of Arthur's youth in ' Diu Crone' actually materialise.

Heinrich von dem Turlin's claim to tell of Arthur's early reign is no bluff. By recontextualizing a number of motifs from (especially) French Arthurian romance he conveys a sense of the beginnings of Arthur's reign (in contradistinction to the apocalyptic mood of the Mort Artu). The initially rather troubled fortunes of Camelot are traced from ignoble beginnings to ...

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