How Is King Arthur Real

King Arthur was a historical figure, but many archaeologists have started the search for King Arthur. Was King Arthur a real person? That question has been asked just recently. Many people believe that he was just a myth, others believe he was a real person. If King Arthur was a true real king would that make all of what we know a lie? I am going to show both sides of is he a myth or was he real.

Was King Arthur a real person? Over the last few years, many people have started questioning if King Arthur was not a myth but a real person. “In 1998, a slate engraved with the name ‘Artognou’ and other names from the legends was discovered.” http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/history/top-10-clues-to-the-real-king-arthur-2024729.html.

In this quote a group of archaeologists found a slate with “supposedly” King Arthur’s latin name engraved on the stone. Many people would believe that with just one sight of Arthur’s name in latin would suspect that he would be real, but that is not always true. This quote from http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-13696160 says “In 1191, monks claimed to have discovered the remains of Arthur and Guinevere at Glastonbury abbey.” In summary monks claimed to find the bones of King Arthur and his wife Queen Guinevere at a old abbey in Britain. I believe this quote because in the Dark Ages many people would have been in the Catholic faith. “ If Arthur really existed, and if the earliest references to him can be trusted, then it does appear that he was a Christian.” This quote is from https://www.christianhistoryinstitute.org/magazine/article/was-king-arthur-really-a-pelagian/. In this quote, they are stating that King Arthur would have been a Catholic if the early papers from the dark ages could be trusted. I am not surprised if Arthur’s bones would have been found on abbey grounds if he was of Catholic faith. In all of these theories, people have tried to prove that King Arthur and his court were alive and real people at one point in history.
Was King Arthur a myth?

Many people believe that King Arthur was a myth. Most people believe that King Arthur was a legend that was wrote down and was never a real person. “The reality, according to new research by a British academic, is that the legendary British figure of the 5th and early 6th century did exist but was a general rather than a monarch, fought all his battles in southern Scotland and Northumberland – and lived most of his life in Strathclyde.” This quote is from http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/king-arthur-legendary-figure-was-real-and-lived-most-of-his-life-in-strathclyde-academic-claims-10483364.html. In this quote, they stated that there was never a person named Arthur who was a powerful king, but there was a famous general who helped lead to the rise of Britain.There were many people helped to the rise of Britain, but none of them were as powerful as the legend of King

Arthur.
Living in the land of the legend of King Arthur gives people the chance to explore where the legend of King Arthur was based from.

“Possible evidence of the existence of Arthur, the legendary warrior king, has been found at Tintagel in Cornwall. A Cornish slate with sixth-century engravings was found in July on the eastern terraces of Tintagel on the edge of a cliff overlooking the place traditionally known as Merlin's Cave.” This quote is from http://archive.archaeology.org/online/news/arthur.html. This quote states that in the land of King Arthur there are landmarks that refer to the legend. Now that people have raised questions they read and reread the story. When they read the story over and over and heard of all the landmarks they went looking for the “Tintagel in Cornwall” and “Merlin’s Cave.” With trying to find these landmarks people will start to believe that the legend of King Arthur is

real.
Who was King Arthur? King Arthur was a strong and powerful leader that drew a sword from a stone 3 times and was crowned king. He was an orphan because he when he was born only 2 people knew of what his future held. The 2 people that were aware of his future were his father (Uther Pendragon) and a wizard named Merlin. King Arthur was most famously known for The Knights of the Round Table. “Although most scholars regard it as being entirely fictional, there are many locations that have been linked with King Arthur’s Camelot. Camelot was the name of the place where King Arthur held court and was the location of the famous Round Table.” This quote is sited from http://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/Camelot-Court-of-King-Arthur/. In this quote it shows that Arthur held his knights in his kingdom (Camelot). His most trusted knights were sat at the round table to keep everybody truthful and so everybody had an equal say.
In reality King Arthur was not a real person but a real historical figure. The myth of King Arthur may have been based off a real person but nobody has actually found a corpse. “ The original legend may have been based on a real person, but scholars have yet to determine who that person was.” This quote was cited from www.mythencyclopedia.com. It explains that the legend may have been from a real person but nobody actually was the true King Arthur that was told in the stories.