Matter of Britain Topic
The Glastonbury exhumation of 1191
- Summary
- The monks of Glastonbury announced the discovery of the bodies of Arthur and Guinevere with a lead cross reading HIC IACET SEPULTUS INCLITUS REX ARTURIUS IN INSULA AVALONIA. The abbey had burned in 1184 and needed funds; the Angevin crown benefited from a demonstrably dead Arthur who could not return to lead the Welsh. Almost universally read as a fabrication.
Worldviews
Geoffrey's Pseudohistory, Revival, Screen and Afterlife
Provenance
- Source method
- Web research
- Review status
- DRAFT
- Confidence
- HIGH