what was king arthur round table?
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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, a larger-than-life figure, has often been cited as a leader of one or more of these kingdoms during this period, although his name now tends to be used as a symbol of British resistance against invasion.
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“King Arthur lay at Camelot upon a Christmas-tide, with many a gallant lord and lovely lady … then they brought the first course, with the blast of trumpets and the waving of banners, with the sound of drums and pipes, so that many a heart was uplifted at the melody. Costly and most delicious foods were carried in.
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The 150 knights of King Arthur's Round Table were assigned in various ways. King Leodegrance gave King Arthur 100 knights when he gave him the Round Table as a dowry for his daughter. The wizard, Merlin, filled 28 seats, and King Arthur named two knights.
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King Arthur Sir Bedivere throwing Excalibur into the lake. One of the Knights of the Round Table, Sir Bedivere, throws the sword Excalibur into the lake, where the arm of the Lady of the Lake reaches up to retrieve it.
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['“Abundance is the dullest desire” - Gives Arthur infinite ammunition. ... ', '“Greed is American virtue” - Gives Arthur a set of Heavy Weapons. ... ', '“You long for sight and see nothing” - Removes Fog of War from the map. ... ', '“Virtue unearned is not virtue” - Gives Arthur maximum Honor.']
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Well, in "Le Morte d'Arthur", Merlin is an advisor to Arthur. He gives him advice and watches over him, and ensures his success. There is little more to their relationship. In "The Once and Future King", however, Arthur and Merlin have a very close relationship, more like a father/son or grandfather/son.
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In the Post-Vulgate, the Table is eventually destroyed by King Mark during his invasion of Logres after the deaths of Arthur and almost all of the Knights, many of whom in fact had killed each other, especially in internal conflicts at the end of the cycle.
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The love story of Lancelot and Guinevere, originating in France, became one of the best known of the Arthurian tales. Lancelot was the greatest knight of the Round Table and Arthur's most trusted ally, but it was his illicit love for Queen Guinevere that made him famous.
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Cnut the Great (/kəˈnjuːt/; Old English: Cnut cyning; Old Norse: Knútr inn ríki; died 12 November 1035), also known as Canute, was king of Denmark, England and Norway; together often referred to as the North Sea Empire. ... His later accession to the Danish throne in 1018 brought the crowns of England and Denmark together.
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The Kid Who Would Be King. A young boy stumbles on King Arthur's famous Excalibur, meets the legendary wizard Merlin and faces up to a tense battle with evil Morgana in this fantasy-action.
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On the Day of Destiny, the druid named Mordred takes the crown of England. He also steals the King Arthur's wife and makes her his own wife. He also battles with one of the soldiers, Sir Gawain, who is mortally wounded in the battle. Both the King Arthur and Mordred meets again and prepares for their last battle.
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The great houses and castles of England during the middle ages did not have dining tables in the great halls, so tables were made from trestles and covered with a cloth. The diners sat along one side only; if they put their elbows on the table and leant too heavily, the table could collapse.
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Excalibur was given to Arthur by the Lady of the Lake in order to defeat Mordred, and it became Arthur's second sword while Caliburn was said to not only declare the one true king of England but was supposedly unbeatable as long as the wielder's heart was pure.
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Arthur was named heir to his uncle Richard I but died mysteriously (?) leaving his other uncle John to (continue to) be king. Queen Elizabeth is not related to the former as he didn't exist.
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By pulling the sword from the stone, Arthur is agreeing to pursue justice in the name of God. Later writers would omit this connection as well as the anvil and portray the Sword in the Stone as a test arranged by Merlin to prove that Arthur was the true king. Mary Stewart's telling of this is especially memorable.
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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 knightly members of the legendary fellowship of King Arthur in the literary cycle of the Matter of Britain, appearing in literature since the mid 12th century.