However , a later commentator raised the specter that the figure may not have existed , his name merely a 15th - century interpolation into the chronicles by influence of epic poetry .
Nora K. Chadwick writing in 1932 stated that the historicity of the figure was assured .
A later commentator raised the specter that the figure may not have existed , his name merely a 15th - century interpolation into the chronicles by influence of epic poetry .
Nora K. Chadwick writing in 1932 stated that the historicity of the figure was assured .