By collecting what information we can from our most reliable sources, we may build a firmer picture of Arthur, Merlin, and the man who made them. Everyone has heard of the legendry King Arthur.

Most, however, have read it as something more prosaic: Filius Magari, or “the son of Magari.” Parsons imagines that in A.D. 537, a warrior-king named Arthur presided over a domain in Cornwall ...

When the child Arthur’s father is murdered, Vortigern (Jude Law), Arthur’s uncle, seizes the crown. Robbed of his birthright and with no idea who he truly is, Arthur comes up the hard way in ...

The victory halted the Saxon advance for at least half a century. Whether Arthur was actually a king or merely a warrior, however, is less clear. It is believed that he was the leader of Brythonic ...