Raven Fell

Searching for Arthur... Finding Arthwys:         Non Fiction  ISBN 978-1-0686109-7-4   

The Real Arthur: A New History of a Northern Warlord in Dark Age Britain     
 

Was King Arthur a myth of medieval romance… or a Northern war commander forged in the collapse of Roman Britain?

 

When Rome curtailed its military support in 410AD, Britain was left vulnerable. Military authority was devolved into the hands of regional dynasties, as Saxons, Jutes, Picts and Scotti pressed their attacks. Out of this violent and uncertain world emerged the figure later remembered as King Arthur. In Searching for Arthur… Finding Arthwys, historian and field researcher Alistair Hall draws on decades of site investigation and detailed analysis of early sources to re-examine Dark Age Britain. 

 

Challenging traditional assumptions about the Battle of Badon and the political geography of sub-Roman Britain, Hall argues that the twelve battles listed in the Historia Brittonum were not scattered events, but part of a rapid and brutal military campaign fought against the Jutes and Saxons. This military campaign was led by Arthwys, a descendant of Northern Protector Coel Hen. No other named Briton fits the historical Arthur named in the Historia Brittonum as convincingly as Arthwys, who aligns with the geography, chronology and political realities of the period.

 

Grounded in Sub-Roman Britain history and post-Roman political reality, this book offers a realistic, evidence-based account of the origins of the Arthurian legend. For readers interested in King Arthur, Roman Britain, the Dark Ages, military history, and the real events behind the legend, this investigation provides a compelling alternative to myth.