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25 July 2025

  • 09:4209:42, 25 July 2025 diff hist +20,691 N Uther Pendragon Created page with "{{short description|Father of King Arthur in Arthurian legend}} {{Infobox character | name = King Uther | series = Matter of Britain | image = Arthur-Pyle Uther-Pendragon.JPG | image_size = 292px | caption = ''Uther Pendragon'', by Howard Pyle from ''The Story of King Arthur and His Knights'' (1903) | creator = | occupation = King of sub-Roman Britain | title = Pendragon | spouse = Igraine | children = Madoc ap Uthyr, Arthur,..." current
  • 09:4009:40, 25 July 2025 diff hist +70,075 N Owain Glyndŵr Created page with "{{Short description|Leader of a Welsh revolt against English rule}} {{Infobox royalty | name = Owain Glyndŵr | title = | image = Owain Glyndŵr portrait.png | image_size = | caption = Portrait of Owain Glyndŵr from his great seal | succession = Baron of Glyndyfrdwy, and Lord of Cynllaith Owain | predecessor = Lord Gruffydd Fychan II | successor = Abolished | succession1 = Prince of Wales..." current
  • 09:4009:40, 25 July 2025 diff hist +19,893 N Owain Lawgoch Created page with "{{Short description|14th-century Welsh soldier of fortune}} {{wn|Owain|Tomas|Rhodri}} {{Infobox pretender | name = Owain Lawgoch | image = File:Seal_of_Yvain_de_Galles.png | caption = Seal of Yvain de Galles (12 August 1376); from a receipt of wages for fighting in south-west France, paid by Charles V of France.<ref name=siddons/>{{efn|On the seal is a shield, couché, quarterly, Coat..." current
  • 09:3909:39, 25 July 2025 diff hist +8,420 N Mab Darogan Created page with "'''Y Mab Darogan''' ({{IPA|cy|ə mɑːb daˈrɔɡan|pron}} meaning "The Destined/prophesied child" or "Child of Destiny") is a messianic figure of Welsh legend, destined to force the Germanic Anglo-Saxons and Vikings out of Britain and reclaim it for its Celtic Briton inhabitants. A number of figures have been called Y Mab Darogan in history (other titles include ''Y Gŵr Darogan'' and ''Y Da..." current
  • 09:3809:38, 25 July 2025 diff hist +13,921 N Otia Imperialia Created page with "{{Short description|Early 13th century encyclopedia}} {{Italic title}} thumb|upright=0.9|Title page of 1856 edition '''''Otia Imperialia''''' ("Recreation for an Emperor") is an early 13th-century encyclopedic work, the best known work of Gervase of Tilbury. It is an example of speculum literature. Also known as the "Book of Marvels", it primarily concerns the three fields of history, geography, and physics, but its credibility has be..." current
  • 09:3709:37, 25 July 2025 diff hist +52,363 N Vita Merlini Created page with "{{Short description|Medieval literary work (c. 1150)}} {{italic title}} '''{{Lang|la|Vita Merlini}}''', or '''''The Life of Merlin''''', is a Latin poem in 1,529 hexameter lines{{sfn|Curley|1994|p=109}} written around the year 1150. Though doubts have in the past been raised about its authorship it is now widely believed to be by Geoffrey of Monmouth. It tells the story of Merlin's madness, his life as a wild man of the woods, and his prophecies and conve..." current
  • 09:3509:35, 25 July 2025 diff hist +71,073 N Mary I of England Created page with "{{Short description|Queen of England and Ireland from 1553 to 1558}} {{Infobox royalty | name = Mary I | image = Anthonis Mor 001.jpg | caption = Portrait by Antonis Mor, 1554 | alt = Mary has a high forehead, thin lips and hair parted in the middle | succession = Queen of England and Ireland | moretext = (more...) | reign = July 1553{..." current
  • 09:3309:33, 25 July 2025 diff hist +117,457 N Philip II of Spain Created page with "{{Short description|King of Spain (1556–1598) and Portugal (1580–1598)}} {{Infobox royalty | name = Philip II | image = Portrait_of_Philip_II_of_Spain_by_Sofonisba_Anguissola_-_002b.jpg | caption = Portrait by Sofonisba Anguissola (1565) | succession = King of Spain<br>(as Philip II) | moretext = (more...) | reign = 16 January 1556 – {{nowrap|13 September 1598}} | predecess..." current
  • 09:3209:32, 25 July 2025 diff hist +10,386 N John Lydgate Created page with "{{Short description|English monk and poet (c.1370–c.1451)}} thumb|Portrait of Lydgate published in 1820 '''John Lydgate of Bury''' ({{circa|1370|1451}})<ref name="platt">{{cite book |last=Platt |first=Colin |title=King Death: The Black Death and its aftermath in late-medieval England |year=1996 |publisher=UCL Press Limited |location=London |isbn=1-85728-313-9 }}</ref> was an English monk and poet, born in Lidgate, near Haverhill, Suffolk..." current
  • 09:3109:31, 25 July 2025 diff hist +3,500 N Herman of Tournai Created page with "{{Short description|Abbot of Saint Martin of Tournai}}'''Herman of Tournai''', '''Herman of Laon''' or '''Hériman of Tournai''', (French ''Hériman'', Latin ''Herimannus''; 1095–1147), the third abbot of Saint Martin of Tournai, was a chronicler of his abbey and, in many anecdotal accounts connected with the abbey, a social historian of the world seen from its perspective. Forced from his abbacy in 1136 by a contingent within the monastic community that asserted..." current
  • 09:3109:31, 25 July 2025 diff hist +17,590 N William of Malmesbury Created page with "{{Short description|English monk and chronicler (c. 1095–1143)}} thumb|upright|Stained-glass window showing William, installed in Malmesbury Abbey in 1928 in memory of Rev. Canon C. D. H. McMillan, vicar of Malmesbury from 1907 to 1919 '''William of Malmesbury''' ({{langx|la|Willelmus Malmesbiriensis}}; {{c.|1095|1143}}) was the foremost English historian of the 12th century.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Liu |first=Ming |date=20..." current
  • 09:3009:30, 25 July 2025 diff hist +36,941 N King asleep in mountain Created page with "{{Short description|Motif in folklore and mythology}} The '''king asleep in the mountain''' (D 1960.2 in Stith Thompson's motif-index){{sfnp|Ó hÓgáin|1991|p=197}} is a prominent folklore trope found in many folktales and legends. Thompson termed it as the '''Kyffhäuser''' type.{{r|thompson}} Some other designations are '''king in the mountain''', '''king under the mountain''', '''sleeping hero''', or '''Be..." current
  • 09:2909:29, 25 July 2025 diff hist +14,886 N King Arthur's messianic return Created page with "{{Short description|Notion that King Arthur will one day return as a messiah}} thumb|right|upright=1.1|Detail of ''[[The Last Sleep of Arthur in Avalon'' (completed 1898), by Edward Burne-Jones. Shown in the center is Arthur lying on his deathbed.]] '''King Arthur's messianic return''' is a mythological motif in the legend of King Arthur, which claims that he will one day return in th..." current
  • 08:2808:28, 25 July 2025 diff hist +17,413 N List of locations associated with Arthurian legend Created page with "{{Short description|None}} The following is a list and assessment of '''sites and places associated with King Arthur''' and the Arthurian legend in general. Given the lack of concrete historical knowledge about one of the most potent figures in British mythology, it is unlikely that any definitive conclusions about the claims for these places will ever be established; nevertheless it is both interesting and important to try to evaluate the body of evidenc..." current
  • 08:2708:27, 25 July 2025 diff hist +6,570 N Manes Created page with "{{Short description|Roman deities believed to be the souls of the dead}} {{Ancient Roman religion}} In ancient Roman religion, the '''''Manes''''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|eɪ|n|iː|z}}, {{Langx|la|mānēs}}, {{IPA|la-x-classic|ˈmaː.neːs̠|lang|link=yes}}) or '''''Di Manes''''' are chthonic deities sometimes thought to represent souls of deceased loved ones. They were associated with the ''Lares'', ''Lemures'', ''Genius (mythology)|G..." current
  • 08:2608:26, 25 July 2025 diff hist +41,996 N Lucius Artorius Castus Created page with "{{short description|Roman military commander}} '''Lucius Artorius Castus''' (fl. 2nd century AD) was a Roman military commander. A member of the ''gens Artoria'' (possibly of Messapic<ref>Prósper, Blanca María, "Language change at the crossroads: What Celtic, what Venetic, and what else in the personal names of Emona?", Voprosy Onomastiki, Vol. 16, Núm. 4, pp. 33-73 [p. 48]</ref><ref>Marcella Che..." current
  • 08:2408:24, 25 July 2025 diff hist +41,429 N Historicity of King Arthur Created page with "{{Short description|Debate about whether King Arthur was a historical person}} thumb|Site of a purported grave of Arthur in "[[Avalon" at Glastonbury Abbey]] The '''historicity of King Arthur''' has been debated both by academics and popular writers. While there have been many claims that King Arthur was a real historical person, the current consensus among specialists on the period holds him to be a mythological or folkloric figur..." current

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