Round Table

 The Round Table is King Arthur's most famed table in Arthurian Legend .
Around this Table King Arthur and his knights gathered around.
Everyone who sits there has equal status.

The Knights of the Round Table were -

• King Arthur
• Sir Lancelot
• Sir Gawain 
• Sir Geraint
• Sir Gareth
• Sir Gaheris
• Sir Bedivere
• Sir Galahad
• Sir Kay
• Sir Bors de Ganis 
• Sir Lamorak 
• Sir Tristan

And many more because there were around 150 knights of the Round Table.

The Knights of the Round Table needed to follow those 12  rules :

1. To never lay down arms
2. To seek after wonders
3. When called upon , to defend the rights of the weak with all one's strength 
4. To injure no one
5. Not to attack one another
6. To fight for the safety of one's country
7. To give one's life for one's country
8. To seek nothing before honour 
9. Never to break faith for any reason
10. To practice religion most diligently
11. To grant hospitality to anyone , which according to his ability
12. Whether in honour or disgrace , to make a report with the greatest fidelity to truth to those who keep the annals.

The Round table was a Wedding Gift to Arthur and his wife Guinevere given by Guinevere's father .
Already there were around 100 knights of the Round Table out of 150.
Arthur asked Merlin to choose remaining memebers to bring full complement .

When all knights have assembled Merlin said to them
"Now on you must love one another and hold one another as dear as brothers, for from the love and sweetness of this table where you will be seated there will be born in your hearts such a great joy and friendship that you will leave your wives and children to be with one another and to spend your youth together ."

The names of the knights were engraved on their chairs.

Merlin left one chair left called the "Perilous" chair vacant to be filled by the great Knight  ( who would turn out to be Galahad the son of Lancelot )
at a time when the Quest for the Holy Grail begins.

There are two different Legends
because one is telling us  that Arthur pulled out the Excalibur  from the stone
and the second one is telling us that Sir Galahad pulled the sword out of the stone .


Written by Ola Kujawinska