King Arthur: The Mysteries of Merlin (Part 3)
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King Arthur: The Mysteries of Merlin (Part 3)

B1IntermediateOctober 18, 20261 hr 4 min
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What are the origins of Merlin, the powerful wizard and King Arthur’s advisor? Who was Geoffrey of Monmouth, and what role did he play in evolving the tales of Arthur and the Round Table? And, was Merlin based on a real historical figure from the Saxon invasion of Britain in the 5th century, and the totemic battle of Badon…? Join Tom and Dominic as they delve into the true origins of history’s greatest wizard: Merlin…. Join The Rest Is History Club: Unlock the full experience of the show – wi...

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This episode is supported by Anthropic, the team behind Claude. Now history's biggest leaps started as hard questions that people didn't want asked. Yeah, there's a classic example of that at the end of the 15th century. And the hard question in particular was what is out there beyond the Atlantic Ocean to the West? And

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as you will know, the man who found the answer to that question was the explorer Christopher Columbus and he realizes or rather everybody else realizes that there is a vast continent out there and it is of course the Americas. So, you know, anthropic knows the importance of questions and it's why anthropic is founded on one hard question above all. How can we ensure that the AI revolution

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really goes well for ordinary people? So, they asked over a hundred thousand people and what came back wasn't just fear, there was hope as well. People wanted to know will cancer ever be cured. It turns out that there is hope in hard questions. Ask yours at claud.ai.restishistory. And keep thinking.

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