What connections are there between the King Arthur legends and actual history or fact?

Question

I have a school project where i have to build a castle and this question is one of the many 100000000s there are on there. :P so if anyone could answer this 4 me that would be greatly helpful! or links where i can find this answer! my project is due on tuesday. so i have that time........

Answer 1

A popular view holds that Arthur was a real person. By most theories, and in line with the traditional cycle of legends, he was a Romano-British leader fighting against the invading Anglo-Saxons some time between the late 5th century and early 6th century. Archaeological studies show that during Arthur's alleged lifetime, the Anglo-Saxon expansions do seem to have been halted for a whole generation. If he existed, his power base would probably have been in the Celtic areas of Wales, Cornwall and the West Country, the Brythonic 'Old North' (covering modern northern England and southern Scotland) or possibly Brittany. However, controversy over the centre of his supposed power and the extent and kind of power he would have wielded continues to this day

There is more on the following website.

Unfortunately the Arthur story has been lost in a time when not much was written down and only survived in spoken tale.

Answer 2

I had a look on google and found this page it may help you! www.westnet.com/~levins/thesis.html
Hope this helps