The Assertion of the Celebrated Arthur, King of England
Tucson: Thorn Books, 2022. Hardcover. Fine. Item #22136 .
ISBN: 9798432708670
8vo. ix, (1), 83, (14)pp. Decorated boards. A fine copy. The first modern English translation of John Leland's 1544 Assertio, or assertion that King Arthur existed, a rebuttal of Polydore Vergil's History of England which pretty much reduced King Arthur to a myth. Illustrated with pages from the 1544 edition. Leland's Glossary of Ancient names expanded by the translator. Leland's dedication to Henry VIII is here published in English for the first time.
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