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Round Table
The Round Table first appears in Wace′s Roman de Brut, a Norman language adaptation of Geoffrey of Monmouth′s Historia Regum Britanniae finished in 1155. Wace says Arthur created the Round Table to prevent quarrels among his barons, none of whom would accept a lower place than the others. Layamon added to the story when he adapted Wace′s work into the Middle English Brut in the early 13th century, saying that the quarrel between Arthur′s vassals led to violence at a Yuletide feast. In response a Cornish carpenter built an enormous but easily transportable Round Table to prevent further dispute. Wace claims he was not the source of the Round Table; both he and Layamon credit it instead to the Bretons. Some scholars have doubted this claim, while others believe it may be true. There is some similarity between the chroniclers′ description of the Round Table and a custom recorded in Celtic stories, in which warriors sit in a circle around the king or lead warrior, in some cases feuding over the order of precedence as in Layamon. Though the Round Table itself is not mentioned until Wace the concept of Arthur having a marvelous court made up of many prominent warriors is much older. Geoffrey of Monmouth says that after establishing peace throughout Britain Arthur "increased his personal entourage by inviting very distinguished men from far-distant kingdoms to join it." The code of chivalry so important in later romance figures in as well, as Geoffrey says Arthur established "such a code of courtliness in his household that he inspired peoples living far away to imitate him." Long before Geoffrey, Arthur′s court was well known to Welsh storytellers; in the romance Culhwch and Olwen, written around 1100, the protagonist Culhwch invokes the names of 225 individuals affiliated with Arthur. In fact, the fame of Arthur′s entourage became so prominent in Welsh tradition that in the later additions to the Welsh Triads, the formula "Arthur′s Court" in the titles of the triads began to supersede the older "Island of Britain" formula. Though the code of chivalry crucial to later continental romances dealing with the Round Table is mostly absent from the earlier Welsh material, some passages of Culhwch and Olwen seem to prefigure it, for instance when Arthur explains the ethos of his court, saying "[w]e are nobles as long as we are sought out: the greater the bounty we may give, the greater our nobility, fame and honour." Though no Round Table appears in the early Welsh texts, Arthur is associated with various items of household furniture. The earliest of these is Saint Carannog′s mystical floating altar in that saint′s 12th century Vita; in the story Arthur has found the altar and attempts unsuccessfully to use it for a table, and returns it to Carannog in exchange for the saint ridding the land of a meddlesome dragon. Arthur′s household furniture figures into local topographical folklore throughout Britain as early as the early 12th century, with various landmarks being named "Arthur′s Seat", "Arthur′s Oven," and "Arthur′s Bed-chamber." A henge at Eamont Bridge near Penrith, Cumbria is known as "King Arthur′s Round Table". The still-visible Roman amphitheatre at Caerleon has been associated with the Round Table and has been suggested as a possible source for the legend
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Kingdom Of Camelot
The Kingdom of Camelot is a role play group that was initially founded within the kingdom HOS. Following its disbanding the kingdom of camelot, the longest running and most heavily represented realm in the kingdom stood seperate and under the leadership of its long time ruler Queen Morgan. The kingdom is based in the mythical land of camelot (see the history section). However the role play set within it is not limited to that time period or those from that time period. The group acts as if the kingdom was preserved in time allowing people to come in and out of it. While many of the members will act as Knights or advisors to the Queen, these are by no means the only roles available, Writers can act as numerous roles around the kingdom and can even act as neighbouring Queens and Kings, Rebels and Roaming assassins. HOWEVER while your cara may or may not be alligned to the Queen as a writer we ask that all members be aware that as a member of the group you answer to the writer of Queen Morgan. She run′s this group and any descions around teh group will go through her.
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Camelot: History and Legacy
The Legends and stories about Camelot create an enduring impression of a wonderful, mystical castle and land where Knights in shining armour lived to an honourable Code of Chivalry. The legends of Camelot are so deeply ingrained in the myths and legends of the Britons that we often look for evidence of exactly where, that mythical land, that was Camelot, existed. A place now immortalised in the lyrics of the song where the climate of Camelot was perfect all of the year, where winter and spring always started on exactly the same day and where there was not a more congenial spot - a land of happy endings that was Camelot! A lovely ideal but where was Camelot supposed to have been located? Did Camelot exist? To answer these question we must journey back in time to explore the legends and myths of King Arthur and Camelot. Their is no historical evidence that King Arthur existed. The Arthurian legends were based on the books written by the clerics of the Medieval era or the Middles Ages. These legends and myths about "the one, true King of the Britons" were used by Kings of England to authenticate their claims to the both the Welsh and English thrones! But there is some evidence that King Arthur might have been based on a real person so is it therefore unreasonable to expect that a place called Camelot also existed? The Historia Regum Britanniae - the History of the King′s of Britain was written in 1136 by Geoffrey of Monmouth and detailed the old Kings and history dating from the Roman era and climaxing with the reign of King Arthur. Geoffrey made no mention of a place called Camelot. Geoffrey of Monmouth sets King Arthur′s court at Caerleon in Wales. Monmouth describes Caerleon as being "Situated on the River Usk, not far from the Severn Sea, in a most pleasant position, and being richer in material wealth than other townships". So where did the name of the place called Camelot originate?
========== The oldest known literature about King Arthur makes no reference to Camelot by name. Camelot is first mentioned explicitly in the romance called Lancelot written by the French poet Chretien de Troyes between 1170 and 1185. The patroness of Chretien de Troyes was the Countess Marie de Champagne who was the daughter of Eleanor of Aquitaine who married King Henry II of England. The name Camelot is mentioned as follows:"Upon a certain Ascension Day King Arthur had come from Caerleon, and had held a very magnificent court at Camelot as was fitting on such a day." Chretien de Troyes mentions Caerleon, as had Geoffrey of Monmouth, but in his work King Arthur had moved to another court in Camelot.
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