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KING ARTHUR AND THE KNIGHTS OF THE

Author: Benedict Flynn, Sean Bean, De Boek, Et Al Number of Pages: 2 pages Published Date: 31 Jul 1997 Publisher: NAXOS AUDIOBOOKS Publication Country: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Language: English ISBN: 9789626341384

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Sir , acknowledged as the best of all the knights, realizes that his pursuit of glory in the mortal realm has left the Grail blocked to him. He leaves off the but redeems himself when he saves Queen Gwenyvere from being framed for murder. Lancelot and Gwenyvere fall in love and conduct an illicit affair. The Queen is condemned to death for adultery, but Lancelot and a group of allies rescue her in defiance of the King. They are pursued, and Lancelot kills several knights in a battle, including Sir . Many legendary stories took place on the legendary Round Table, including the quest for the . Later on, Sir Lancelot rescued Queen when she was about be executed by fire, and they fled to France. Had held the grudge against the shame of losing his wife, King Arthur decided to lead an expedition by himself after being incited by his nephew Sir . It was the center of the Kingdom of and in Arthurian legend would become the location of the round table that held knights. Stories about King Arthur are known from at least as early as the ninth century. One of the most famous early Arthurian writers was , who lived during the first half of the 12 th century. However, Monmouth — and other early Arthurian writers — made no mention of . Researcher Norris Lacy writes that the Vulgate Cycle was composed between and by an anonymous author or group of authors. In these cycles, Camelot would be discussed in detail. The text says, in translation, that it "was the city most full of adventures that ever was The story of Camelot starts with Joseph of Arimathea, who according to the Bible donated his tomb for the burial of Jesus. According to a Vulgate story, he came to Britain and then to Camelot, finding it to be an Islamic city. Cookies Policy. Privacy Statement. There, he simply says that Arthur devised the idea of a round table to prevent quarrels between his barons over the question of precedence. Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file. Download as PDF Printable version. With his death the grail and the lance vanished from the world. Note that the name applied to several different people. Lancelot and later his son had found the tomb of King Galahad, in an abbey at Gorre. The second Galahad was the baptismal name of Lancelot, but he was more famously known as Lancelot. The third Galahad was the son of Lancelot and , the hero of the Quest. Related Information Name Galahad English. Galaad French. Good Knight. Pure Knight. Perfect Knight. Desired Knight. Elaine and Galahad , Quest of the Holy Grail. had once slept with a maiden, and became a father of a son named Helin le Blank. After this, Bors remained chaste for the rest of his life. His chastity and his piety were the reason why Bors was one of the three Grail knights, who succeeded in the quest. Galahad restored the Broken Sword that was used to wound Joseph of Arimathea. King Pelles gave this restored sword to Bors. After bringing the Grail to the city of . Bors remained in Sarras with Galahad and Perceval until they both died. Bors returned to Camelot with news of the completion of the quest. See the Quest of the Holy Grail for full story. In the battle Lionel was killed. Lancelot was missing. Bors only returned to Britain, when he had a vision to come to Joyous Guard. Instead of returning to his kingdom Gaunes , Bors stayed with the Archbishop, and gave up secular life for a life at the monastery. See the La Mort le Roi Artu , for the full story. Related Information Name Bors. Bors de Ganis. Kei was the companion of Bedwyr , and one of the warriors of Arthur. Kei was said to have a son named Garanwyn. Kei was killed by Gwyddawy son of Menestyr. Here, Kay was portrayed as a noble and heroic figure, in these early works. In the war against Rome, Kay and Bedivere distinguished themselves in battles. However, in the battle of Saussy, when Kay saw his companion, Bedivere, fall to Boccus, king of Medes, he managed to drive away the Medes, but Boccus mortally wounded Kay. Kay died when he returned to Britain. Later authors particularly romance writers depicted Kay as a braggart and a fool. He had a surly manner and had a tendency to insult and offend people who were better than him. Kay seemed to have overwhelming confidence in his own skills as a knight. Kay was beaten and imprisoned by Meleagant. Guinevere was captured and later rescued by Lancelot. Perceval avenged the lady, by unhorsing him in a joust, breaking arm and shoulder-blade. He sent Arthur to fetch a sword. Arthur pulled from the rock. Arthur became king and made Kay, his seneschal. Kai, Kei, Cai, Cei Welsh. and . Bedwyr had a son named Amren. Kay rescued his body, and Bedivere was buried in Bayeux. In the Vulgate , he had fainted from a wound by Boclus Boccus. In fact, according to stanzaic Le Morte Arthur c. His dying king Arthur ordered him to throw Excalibur into the lake. Bedivere witness Arthur taken on a boat, where the king was taken to . Bedivere then took holy vow and became a hermit. Related Information Name Bedivere. Bedevere according to Geoffrey of Monmouth. Bedoer according by Wace. Bedwyr Welsh. Related Articles Arthur , Kay , Girflet. However, Lucan died, when the mortally wounded king crushed him in an embrace. Related Information Name Lucan the Butler. Related Articles Arthur , Girflet , Bedivere. Death of King Arthur. Griflet le Fise de Dieu according to Malory. Related Articles Arthur , Lucan , Bedivere. The legend has it that was the mother of Owain Yvain. Owain also had a sister, named Morvudd. His grandfather was Kynverchin or Kynvarch, and he was first cousin of Gwalchmei Gawain. He was known as Yvain the Valiant or Yvain the Great. There were several characters that were named Yvain. Yvain also had a brother of the same name, but this Yvain was usually known as Yvain the Bastard. Yvain was the hero of the same story told by the Welsh, French and English authors. While the English version was called and Gawain c. Luned , a companion to the Lady of the Fountain ? See Yvain and the Lady of the Fountain for the full story. A separation that caused Yvain to lose his wits, until he was cured of the madness by a lady. Yvain won a strange companion when he rescued a lion, and killed a . Yvain went on a series of adventure when he helped one lady after another. One of the women he rescued was Lunete. Yvain defeated the seneschal and his brother through trial by combat. Lunete, in the end, helped Yvain to reconciled with his wife Laudine. Yvain was said to be the father of Idrus, according to Geoffrey of Monmouth. Geoffrey does not mention if Yvain died in the battle of Camlann or not. Yvain rescued Arthur from the King of Northumbria, whom he killed. Yvain helped Arthur to remount, only to be struck down by . Instead of having his mother arrested or killed, Yvain allowed her to escape, provided Morgan never attempt to murder her husband. Since he could not trust Yvain, Arthur banished him from attending his court. In , Owain was the first knight that the young hero Peredur Perceval met. Who were the Knights of the Round Table? The individual Knights, mostly who were not based on historical figures, were pulled together from Scottish, French, Welsh, and English legends and lore. Merlin had placed a sword in a stone, saying that whoever drew it out would be king.