This connection was promoted by medieval monks, who asserted that Glastonbury was the legendary Island of Avalon. It was restored only in the 14th century and became the one of the richest and most powerful monasteries in England.įrom at least the 12th century the Glastonbury area was frequently associated with the legend of King Arthur.
In 1184 the buildings were destroyed by the fire. The abbey was founded in the 7th century and enlarged in the 10th. Glastonbury Abbey was a monastery in Glastonbury, Somerset, England. The origin of the name Glastonbury is unclear but when the settlement is first recorded in the 7th and the early 8th century, it was called Glestingaburg. In some Arthurian literature Glastonbury is identified with the legendary island of Avalon.
Glastonbury attracts people with its myths and legends, related to the Holy Grail and King Arthur. Glastonbury is a small town in Somerset, England, located 23 miles (37 km) south of Bristol. Where in his warrior weeds the British Arthur lay. Whilst hollow winds through mantling ivy sigh!Īnd even the mouldering shrine is rent away, The wrecks of the proud pile, mid arches gray, Warned the cowled brother from his midnight cell That, heard from yonder ivied turret high,
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