​ 1. How did the narrative of King Arthur change between the "Dark Age" Anglo-Saxon eras of Gildas and Nennius and the "Norman" era of Geoffrey of Monmouth and William of Malmesbury? Readings ▪ Gildas, 'The Ruin of Britain'; ▪ Nennius, 'Historia Britonum'; ​▪ William of Malmesbury, Preface, The Early History of Glastonbury ed & trans John Scott, Woodbridge, Boydell Press, 1981, pp.41-3, 47, 87 ▪ Geoffrey of Monmouth, The History of the Kings of England trans. Lewis Thorpe Harmondsworth, Penguin Classics, 1966, pp. 212-225, 256-61