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Sir Thomas Malory Sex And Violence
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Legend Of King Arthur Knights Of The Round Table
2,031 wordsTodd King Arthur Knight 1 Todd Knight Mrs. Jill Doggett CP English 12 March 13, 2000 King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table The legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table is a story mixed with historical truths and exaggerated fiction. The legend of King Arthur, known as the Arthurian Legend, comes from the Middle Ages and is both fact and fiction. There really was a King Arthur who was king of the Britons. He was a type of military leader who fought Germanic invaders. Many...
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Holy Grail Round Table
467 wordsSir Lancelot Lancelot was the son of King Ban of Berwick. King Ban became involved in a war with the neighboring kingdom of King Claudus. Claudus defeated Ban and forced the king and queen to flee. As they fled, Elaine, Lancelot's mother, puts baby Lancelot beside a lake and the Lady of the Lake steals the child away from her. Lancelot is raised in the underwater palace where he is known as Lancelot of the Lake. While growing up around women and mermen of the Lady of the Lakes palace, Lancelot q...
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