Join Us for our Next ESI College Special Program--
"King Arthur and the British Empire"
Date: Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Time: 10-11:30 a.m.
Location: Congregational Church of Middlebury
Description: In the mid-12th century, the cleric Geoffrey of Monmouth wrote a history of the kings of ancient Britain, centered on the mythical King Arthur, who supposedly conquered a huge empire encompassing all of Britain, Ireland, Scandinavia, France and Italy. In subsequent centuries, Arthur became an example for ambitious kings of England who sought to recreate his so-called "British empire." Arthur's reputation lived on into the 18th century, and it left behind the term "British empire" which persisted down to the 1960s. This is the story behind an aspect of the Arthur myth that is today very little known.
Instructor: Paul Monod was born in Montreal, educated at Princeton and Yale Universities, and taught British and European history at Middlebury College for 40 years before his retirement in 2024. He is the author of several books, including the forthcoming Think of England: Nation, People and Race in the English Imagination (Cambridge, 2025), and is co-editor with Susan Amussen of volume 3 of The New Cambridge History of Britain (Cambridge, 2025).
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