![]() ![]() Combing through translations of early chronicles and poetry, along with medieval authors such as Geoffrey of Monmouth, Chr%C3%A9tien de Troyes, and Malory, he chooses passages that fit his theory. He hints that his last name might be from the Scottish Ard Righ or High King, thus linking him to Arthur. Conveniently, Ardrey is a Scot with Scots-Irish roots. There is an entire subculture devoted to proving that King Arthur existed and Ardrey (Finding Merlin) adds to the speculation in a selective look at the literature%E2%80%94and some faulty etymology%E2%80%94that leads him to believe that Arthur was not a Christian Romanized Briton but a pagan Scot. ![]()
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