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he Knights of the Round Table were to various origin stories, the Round Table was IN CAMELOT
heroes of the realm in Britain’s created by the magician Merlin, in imitation A young Sir Galahad
Arthurian legend. Dedicated to ensuring peace of the table at Christ’s Last Supper, for Uther is presented to King
in the mythical kingdom of Camelot (hard Pendragon, Arthur’s father. A seat at the table Arthur and the Knights
won by Arthur after early wars), the knights was the highest honor to which an Arthurian of the Round Table in a
14th-century miniature.
represented chivalry in its purest form. These knight could aspire. The table’s circular shape Bibliothèque Nationale
nobles pledged to follow a code of honor in precluded hierarchy and was a potent symbol de France, Paris
service to God, king, and country. According of fraternity and esprit de corps. FINE ART/ALBUM