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38-615: No scene from the books takes place there, but Telmar is said to be "far beyond the Western Mountains." According to the timeline drawn up by Lewis, Calormen extended west into Telmar some three centuries after the world was first created. However, after only two years, the Calormenes in Telmar behaved so wickedly that Aslan turned them into dumb beasts, and the area became effectively unpopulated. Pirates from our world arrived in Telmar over

76-575: A century later, through a rare gateway between the worlds. Prince Caspian describes how the descendants of these pirates, the Telmarines, invaded Narnia many generations later, leaving Telmar behind and suppressing Narnia's native inhabitants. This led eventually to the events related in Prince Caspian . Telmarine leaders of Narnia in Prince Caspian are King Miraz (brother of the late Caspian IX), Queen Prunaprismia, Lord Glozelle, and Lord Sopespian. In

114-548: A giant might raise his head over the next ridge". In a letter to his brother, Lewis would later confide "that part of Rostrevor which overlooks Carlingford Lough is my idea of Narnia". Although in adult life Lewis lived in England , he returned to Ulster often and retained fond memories of the Irish scenery, saying "I yearn to see County Down in the snow; one almost expects to see a march of dwarfs dashing past. How I long to break into

152-499: A grammar school teacher at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution . He was licensed by Assembly's in 1871. Instead of accepting a call to a pulpit, however, he continued to teach. Kirkpatrick's biographer Ian Wilson believes that Kirkpatrick quickly developed a strong reputation for aggressive teaching leadership; at any rate, in late 1872 the young "Inst" teacher put in his name as the prospective headmaster of

190-508: A nexus of sorts, existing outside the other worlds and not being a world on its own. The wood derives its name from The Wood Beyond the World , a fantasy novel by William Morris , an author who Lewis greatly admired. However, the location's function stems from another Morris novel, The Well at the World's End . Some scholars have suggested Dante's Divine Comedy or Algnernon Blackwood's "The Education of Uncle Paul", both of which Lewis

228-480: A period of intense dialectical training, such as had been provided by Kirkpatrick, had been necessary to nurture them. This was his summary of the intensity of Kirkpatrick's influence: My debt to him is very great, my reverence to this day undiminished. In 1916 Lewis sat for a scholarship place at University College, Oxford , and was accepted. He returned to Kirkpatrick in the 1917 winter term to study mathematics in preparation for undergraduate life. Retiring from

266-517: A slothful influence on those travelling it, which is explained by C.S. Lewis as the Wood being a place where nothing ever happens, unlike the different worlds that it connects. For the child protagonists, this experience is pleasant and relaxing. However, it affects the White Witch Jadis negatively: she shrieks in despair that the wood is "killing" her, and she is sickly and pale. It could be described as

304-568: A small medieval town, is situated at the top of an olive-covered hill. It was already ancient when the Romans defeated it in 299 BC. Its thirteenth-century fortress dominates a deep, narrow gorge of the Nera river which runs below. One of its most important archaeological features is a Romanesque cathedral, which contains the relics of a number of Umbrian saints. The novels revolve around the fantastical country of Narnia. The nation of Narnia, often and officially

342-600: A time. The Belfast solicitor Albert Lewis retained fond memories of his year at Lurgan, but chose an Anglo-Irish pathway for his sons and had sent them successively to Malvern College in Worcestershire. Upon learning, first in 1913 and then in 1914, that older brother Warnie and younger brother 'Jack' were not doing well in public school , Mr. Lewis learned that a place was available at the Kirkpatrick home. Warnie Lewis, who had not performed well academically at Malvern,

380-566: A world where such things were true." Beginning in 1906, young C.S. Lewis (1898–1963) visited the northern Irish seaside near Portrush in the north of County Antrim many times. In later years, Lewis remembered the sounds of the sea, the cliffs rising above it, and the ruined medieval towers of Dunluce Castle which many authors have speculated may have inspired his creation of Cair Paravel. Concerning Narnia and Narni , Roger Lancelyn Green writes about C.S. Lewis and Walter Hooper : When Walter Hooper asked [C.S. Lewis] where he found

418-585: A year on Earth meant 52.14 time dilation years in Narnia. The landscape of Lewis's native Ireland , in particular his native Ulster , now modern day Northern Ireland for most parts, played a large part in the creation of the Narnian landscape. In his essay On Stories , Lewis wrote "I have seen landscapes, notably in the Mourne Mountains and southwards which under a particular light made me feel that at any moment

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456-519: Is a mountainous country south of Narnia. It is bordered on the north by Narnia and on the south by the Winding Arrow River and further south is the Great Desert. The seat of government is at Anvard, in the heart of the country, a fortified area. Calormen is a semi-arid empire in the south of the world of Narnia. The capital of Calormen is Tashbaan , located on an island near the mouth of

494-569: Is not consistent with the text of the Chronicles . For example, the outline dates Queen Swanwhite c.  1502 , though according to The Last Battle she ruled Narnia before Jadis returned (meaning that her reign must have ended before 898). Paul Ford, author of Companion to Narnia , points out that the text of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe states that Lucy and Edmund are one year apart in age;

532-504: Is the fiery nation of Bism, home to the Gnomes and Salamanders. The flat world of Narnia is connected to Earth and many other worlds through a nexus called the Wood between the Worlds. Travel is possible through a pool each for every world. The Wood is so named by Polly Plummer , who is transported there when Digory Kirke 's Uncle Andrew tricks her into picking up a magic yellow ring. It has

570-410: The country of Narnia , where much of the Chronicles takes place. In Narnia, some animals talk, mythical beasts abound, and magic is common. The series tracks the story of Narnia when humans, usually children, enter the Narnian world from Earth . The entire Narnian timeline, from its creation to its end ( c.  1–2555 ), ran parallel to 49 Earth-years ( c.  1900–1949 ), thus on average

608-512: The domed sky are the sun and moon, which rise from the Utter East and set in the Utter West. The Last Sea in the east is bright with a "drinkable light". There are stars and planets in the sky but in the Narnian world they are people who move accordingly, and some live on the surface. Deep below Narnia's surface is a dark sunless country Underland and even deeper than that, at the world's base,

646-528: The film version of Prince Caspian , the principal Telmarine characters are portrayed by Spanish, Latin American, and Italian actors. The high-ranking Telmarines are shown to be corrupt, scheming individuals. Miraz had his own brother killed in order to claim the throne. Sopespian and Glozelle plot together to kill Miraz and blame it on the Narnians in order to declare all-out war on them. This plan succeeds, although

684-498: The College on explicitly Christian lines, appears to have ceased to profess his faith. He and Louisa moved, first to Cheshire and then to Great Bookham in Surrey , to carry on a new life as a gentleman-householder who carried out private, one-to-one tutoring of fee-paying pupils. Kirkpatrick's biographer believes that the independent educator never tutored more than one or two young men at

722-641: The Kingdom of Narnia, was guarded over by Aslan, the Great Lion, and was filled with humans, talking animals, and other mythical creatures. Narnia was a land of rolling hills rising into low mountains to the south, and was predominantly forested, except for marshlands in the north. The country is bordered on the east by the Eastern Ocean, on the west by a great mountain range, on the north by the River Shribble, and on

760-825: The Merpeople and the islands of Galma, Terebinthia, Seven Isles, and the Lone Islands. Beyond the Bight of Calormen is more ocean, including the islands of Dragon Island, Burnt Island, Death Water Island, Island of the Duffers, Dark Island, and the Island of the Star. Beyond the Island of the Star, is another undersea country called the Eastern Last Sea, the water of white lilies known as the Silver Sea, and

798-449: The River of Calormen, which flows from west to east in the north of Calormen, just south of the Great Desert. The city of Azim Balda, to the south of Tashbaan, is a hub where many roads meet; it hosts the government's postal system. Prince Caspian describes slave trade between Calormen and Telmar from areas far south of Calormen. North of Narnia lies Ettinsmoor, a cold barren plain home to

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836-453: The Telmarine army is defeated in the subsequent battle, ending some 300 years of oppression (according to the timeline). This is the family tree of Telmarine monarchs of Narnia. Narnian timeline Narnia is a fantasy world created by C. S. Lewis as the primary location for his series of seven fantasy novels for children, The Chronicles of Narnia . The world is named after

874-601: The Utter East, which is a small plain, bordering a perpetual wave and the high mountains of Aslan's Country . To Narnia's west is the landlocked Western Wild, south of this country and also west of Calormen is the Far West region , and somewhere beyond this is Telmar , and eventually on the other side of the unnamed continent is the Western Sea. The Western Sea is an uncharted territory of the Narnian world, but some claim that on its islands are "strange and unearthly creatures". In

912-465: The first rank, and its pupils collected more than their numerical share of the honours and prizes distributed to Irish students in those days. One of the College's students was the future Belfast solicitor Albert Lewis, who studied there in 1879-1880. In 1899 Kirkpatrick abruptly departed from Lurgan College. Surviving correspondence indicates that the parting was on less than friendly terms. At some point around this time, Kirkpatrick, who had operated

950-509: The newly established County Armagh grammar school, Lurgan College . After a three-year delay, Kirkpatrick was taken on in January 1876 as the young College's 28-year-old headmaster. Lurgan at the start of 1876 had only 16 pupils. The College trustees asked their selectee to take steps to ensure the long-term survival of the College. Kirkpatrick aggressively recruited day boys and boarding pupils, and enrolment increased to 73 in 1882. Kirkpatrick

988-666: The once civilized, now anarchistic giants. North of Ettinsmoor is a deep gorge crossed by an ancient bridge known simply as the "Giant Bridge", part of a long-abandoned road. This leads to the Wild Lands of the North, home of the Ruined City of the Giants and the castle Harfang, which is still inhabited by giants. East of Narnia is the Great Eastern Ocean, where the Bight of Calormen is home to

1026-504: The south by Archenland . The economic heart of the country centres on the Great River of Narnia, which crosses the country from the northwest on an east-southeasterly course to the Eastern Ocean. The seat of government is the castle of Cair Paravel , originally on a peninsula, later an island, at the mouth of the Great River on the coast of the Great Eastern Ocean. Other communities along the river include (from east to west): Archenland

1064-411: The time, Lewis completely agreed with this position and goal. Lewis's autobiography, Surprised by Joy (1955), conveys rueful comments to indicate the author's disbelief that a good-faith reader could understand his delight at the intellectual training provided by the Kirkpatrick tutorship. Lewis by this time had begun to grasp his own potential powers, and realized (both at the time and later) that

1102-426: The time. Kirkpatrick, who appears to have been baulked by the demands of his Headmastership and then by his private tutoring responsibilities from carrying out an ideal tutorial regime, chose to subject the younger Lewis to an unusually intense course of study that combined the so-called Great Books with philosophy of all ages up to the present. Part of his goal, which he shared with Jack's fee-paying father Albert,

1140-649: The word 'Narnia', Lewis showed him Murray's Small Classical Atlas , ed. G.B. Grundy (1904), which he acquired when he was reading the classics with Mr [William T. Kirkpatrick at Great Bookham [1914–1917]. On plate 8 of the Atlas is a map of ancient Italy. Lewis had underscored the name of a little town called Narnia, simply because he liked the sound of it. Narnia – or ' Narni ' in Italian ;– is in Umbria , halfway between Rome and Assisi . Narnia,

1178-530: The year or years in which events take place, so the timeline is the only source for this information. Kathryn Lindskoog , along with other Lewis scholars, has challenged the authenticity of some posthumous works attributed to Lewis and edited by Hooper, but the validity of the outline in particular has not been questioned. The outline is accepted by Lewis experts and has been included in works by Paul Ford, Martha Sammons and others. Several people have pointed out more or less significant areas where Lewis's Outline

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1216-556: The years given in the timeline for their births, 1930 and 1932 respectively, would put their ages at something more than a year. Devin Brown, author of Inside Narnia: A Guide to Exploring The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, uses the timeline as a way to reconcile some of the statements concerning the timing of Aslan's appearances in Narnia with other characters' recollections of those appearances. William T. Kirkpatrick William Thompson Kirkpatrick (10 January 1848 - 22 March 1921)

1254-443: Was an Irish teacher and grammar school headmaster . He is best known for having been the tutor of the two Lewis brothers from Belfast, Warnie Lewis and C. S. Lewis . C. S. Lewis, who would later become well known as a literary critic, novelist, and Christian apologist , lived as a resident pupil with Kirkpatrick from 1914-1917. In his autobiography, Lewis reports that he was significantly influenced by his tutor. Kirkpatrick

1292-535: Was born to an agricultural family in 1848 at Boardmills , County Down. He was educated at Queen's College, Belfast in 1865-1868. At first following an ambition to be called into the Presbyterian ministry, Kirkpatrick followed up his college studies with three years of theological training at Assembly's College, Belfast , the standard place of instruction for ordination into this denomination in Ireland. He also became

1330-564: Was helped in his responsibilities, starting with his marriage in July 1881, by his wife Louisa Smyth. At full size, the College was able to support a Headmaster couple, two Assistant Masters, and a steward. The staff and Headmaster shared out teaching responsibilities, which centred on drilling the pupils in Latin, Greek, modern languages and mathematics in preparation for university. Despite its small size, Lurgan came to be seen as an Irish grammar school of

1368-523: Was intensively tutored in 1913-1914 for a place at Sandhurst , in line with the older son's ambition of joining the British colours. These efforts were successful and he was entered into the British army establishment just before the start of World War I . Warnie's departure from Great Bookham in 1914 opened a place for C.S. 'Jack' Lewis, who could in no sense have been considered an academic failure at Malvern but who had not fit in with that College's culture at

1406-540: Was known to have enjoyed, as possible secondary influences. Lewis provided a timeline of events related to The Chronicles of Narnia , in emulation of The Tale of the Years chronology in J. R. R. Tolkien 's The Lord of the Rings . He gave an "Outline of Narnian History" in manuscript form to Walter Hooper , who included it in his essay Past Watchful Dragons: The Fairy Tales of C. S. Lewis . The novels never explicitly mention

1444-471: Was to help start the likely lad on a course that would create a significant scholar of the 20th century. The other part of this goal, which was conveyed only to Jack, was that his scholarly work would in no sense be Christian. By this time the Kirkpatrick C.S. Lewis saw had become a stern, ex-Calvinistic "rationalist of the old high and dry nineteenth-century type" with a strong bent toward formal logic , and he sought to transmit this worldview to his pupil. At

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