Is there any truth to the King Arthur legends? - Alan Lupack

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King Arthur has risen again and again in our collective imagination, along with his retinue of knights, Guinevere, the Round Table, Camelot, and of course Excalibur. But where do these stories come from, and is there any truth to them? Alan Lupack traces the evolution of King Arthur.

Lesson by Alan Lupack, directed by Patrick Smith.

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