Camelot
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Camelot is a legendary castle and court associated with King Arthur. Absent in the early Arthurian material, Camelot first appeared in 12th-century French romances and eventually came to be described
Gustave Doré's illustration of Camelot from Idylls of the King (1867)
King Arthur's Castle by Anton Brioschi (1886)
Guinevere at Camelot in a 14th-century fresco at Siedlęcin Tower
Raimund von Wichera's Guinevere and the Court at Camelot (1900)
Knights of the Round Table
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The Knights of the Round Table are the legendary knights of the fellowship of King Arthur that first appeared in the French-language Matter of Britain literature in the mid-12th century. The Knights a
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…and its magnificent cathedral, St. Stephen's, originally established by Josephus, the son of Joseph of Arimathea, is the religious centre for Arthur's Knights of the Round Table. There, Arthur and Guinevere are married and there are the tombs of many kings and knights. In a mighty castle stands the Round Table, created by Merlin…
The Arming and Departure of the Knights, a 19th-century Grail Quest tapestry by Edward Burne-Jones, William Morris, and John Henry Dearle
Gustave Doré, La Marche des Chevaliers (1867)
Lancelot armed with Colgrevance's sword in Dante Gabriel Rossetti's Sir Launcelot in the Queen's Chamber (1857)
Lancelot defeats Claudins while a damsel and Meliagans look on. Le Livre d'Yvain, ms. Aberystwyth, NLW, 444D (14th century)