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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
The Arming and Departure of the Knights, a 19th-century Grail Quest tapestry by Edward Burne-Jones, William Morris, and John Henry Dearle
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)
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 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)
Lancelot defeats Claudins while a damsel and Meliagans look on. Le Livre d'Yvain, ms. Aberystwyth, NLW, 444D (14th century)
Gawain
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Gawain, spelled in many ways, is one of the Knights of the Round Table in the Arthurian legendary cycle. The prototype of Gawain appears under the name Gwalchmei in the earliest Welsh sources. He has
Knights of the Round Table
…well as his reconciled former enemies, like Galehaut, Pellinore and Lot. Several of the most notable Knights of the Round Table, among them Bedivere, Gawain and Kay, are based on older characters from a host of great warriors associated with Arthur in the early Welsh tales. Some, such as Lancelot, Perceval…
Sir Gawaine the Son of Lot, King of Orkney, by Howard Pyle from The Story of King Arthur and His Knights (1903)
Sir Gawaine the Son of Lot, King of Orkney, by Howard Pyle from The Story of King Arthur and His Knights (1903)
Gauvain's attributed arms
Gauvain's attributed arms
Galvagin (Gawain) depicted fighting Carrado (Carados) on the Italian Modena Archivolt (c. 1120–1240)
Galvagin (Gawain) depicted fighting Carrado (Carados) on the Italian Modena Archivolt (c. 1120–1240)
Gawain unwittingly fights Yvain in the Garrett MS. No. 125 manuscript of Chrétien's Knight of the Lion (c. 1295)
Gawain unwittingly fights Yvain in the Garrett MS. No. 125 manuscript of Chrétien's Knight of the Lion (c. 1295)