Andrew Breeze, The Historical Arthur and the Gawain Poet: Studies on Arthurian and Other Traditions. Studies in Medieval Literature. Lanham, Boulder, et al.: Lexington Books, 2023, x, 153 pp.

Scholarship needs intrepid researchers who dare to tackle long-held and deeply cherished myths, and who are bold enough to challenge canonical ‘concepts’ on the basis of careful analysis of the available sources. Andrew Breeze belongs to this group of scholars and has often provoked his colleagues with insightful, trenchant observations regarding the myth of King Arthur and also what we know about the