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The Knights of the Round Table (Welsh: Marchogion y Ford Gron, Cornish: Marghekyon an Moos Krenn, Breton: Marc'hegien an Daol Grenn) are the legendary knights of the fellowship of King Arthur that first appeared in the Matter of Britain literature in the mid-12th century.
- Sir Lancelot. Where else to start but with Lancelot? Sir Lancelot de Luc (“of the Lake”) is the orphaned son of King Ban of Benwick (another unknown kingdom), raised by fairies to become perhaps Arthur’s greatest knight.
- Sir Galahad. Sir Galahad is Lancelot’s illegitimate son, and is portrayed as a knight with all of his father’s strengths but none of his flaws. Born to Lancelot and Lady Elaine of Corbenic, daughter of the mysterious crippled Fisher King, he is the purest of Arthur’s knights.
- Sir Gawain. Sir Gawain is an oddity in Arthur’s knights, in that he is very much his own thing, a figure out of Welsh mythology who became attached to Camelot.
- Sir Perceval. Sir Perceval, or Sir Peredur, was another of the knights who quested for the Grail, the original in the medieval tradition before he was supplanted by Sir Galahad.
King Arthur has become the ultimate symbol of light vs darkness and good vs evil. The question is: was he real? On King Arthur’s Knights, we dive into both the historical side of Arthurian events and literature
Jun 18, 2011 · Sir Balin fights with his brother, Sir Balan. The marriage of Arthur and Guinevere and the founding of the Round Table. The adventure of Arthur and Sir Accolon of Gaul. Arthur is crowned Emperor at Rome.
Round Table, in Arthurian legend, the table of Arthur, Britain’s legendary king, which was first mentioned in Wace of Jersey’s Roman de Brut (1155). This told of King Arthur’s having a round table made so that none of his barons, when seated at it, could claim precedence over the others.
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King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table is a retelling of the Arthurian legends, principally Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur, by Roger Lancelyn Green. It was intended for children. It was first published by Puffin Books in 1953 and has since been reprinted many times.
May 28, 2024 · King Arthur, legendary British king who appears in a cycle of medieval romances (known as the Matter of Britain) as the sovereign of a knightly fellowship of the Round Table. It is not certain how these legends originated or whether the figure of Arthur was based on a historical person.
