[b][size=25][center]the legend of the Round Table[/center]
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The first writer to describe the Round Table was [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Wace][u][size=25][color:a3f8=#0000ff]Wace[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25], whose [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Roman_de_Brut][i][u][size=25][color:a3f8=#0000ff]Roman de Brut[/i][/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] was an elaboration of [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Geoffrey_of_Monmouth][u][size=25][color:a3f8=#0000ff]Geoffrey of Monmouth[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25]'s [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Historia_Regum_Britanniae][i][u][size=25][color:a3f8=#0000ff]Historia Regum Britanniae[/i][/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25]. The actual table itself was round in order to represent that each knight was of equal value to the king and thus there was no 'head' of the table, although one understood that Arthur's place was 'the head.' In later writings, the table was said to be a gift to King Arthur from his father-in-law, King Leodogran of Cameliard, as a wedding gift upon the marriage of Arthur to Guinevere.
The company was used by many subsequent authors. However, even the earliest writers ascribe to Arthur a following of extraordinary warriors. In Geoffrey, Arthur's court attracts the greatest heroes from all of Europe. In the Welsh Arthurian material, much of which is included in the [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Mabinogion][i][u][size=25][color:a3f8=#0000ff]Mabinogion[/i][/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25], Arthur's men are attributed with superhuman abilities. Some of the characters from the Welsh material even appear under altered names as Knights of the Round Table in the continental romances, the most notable of which are [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Sir_Kay][u][size=25][color:a3f8=#0000ff]Cai[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] (Sir Kay), [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Bedivere][u][size=25][color:a3f8=#0000ff]Bedwyr[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] (Sir Bedivere), and [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Gawain][u][size=25][color:a3f8=#0000ff]Gwalchmai[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] (Sir Goyette
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