Edward III's Round Table at Windsor : the House of the Round Table and the Windsor Festival of 1344 /
"The image of King Arthur's Round Table is well-known, both as Thomas Malory's portrayal of a fellowship of knights dedicated to the highest ideals of chivalry, and as the famous wooden table at Winchester Castle. Now a dramatic archaeological find at Windsor Castle sheds new light on...
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| Language: | English |
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Woodbridge, Suffolk ; Rochester, NY :
Boydell Press,
2007
Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY : 2007 |
| Series: | Arthurian studies,
v. 68 Arthurian studies ; 68 Arthurian studies ; v. 68 Arthurian studies 68 |
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Table of Contents:
- Excavating the round table, August 2006 / Richard Brown
- Windsor Castle before 1344 / Tim Tatton-Brown
- The early years of Edward III / Richard Barber
- The round table feast of 1344 / Richard Barber
- The round table building: the Windsor building accounts / Julian Munby ; The building stone used for the round table building / Tim Tatton-Brown ; The archaeology of the upper ward quadrangle and the evidence for the round table building / Richard Brown
- What was a round table? / Richard Barber
- Why did Edward III hold the round table? The political background / Richard Barber
- Why did Edward III hold the round table? The chivalric background / Richard Barber
- Imaginary buildings / Richard Barber
- Reconstructing the round table: Windsor and beyond / Julian Munby
- The Order of the Round Table / Richard Barber
- Prologue : excavating the Round Table, August 2006 / Richard Brown
- 1 Windsor Castle before 1344 / Tim Tatton-Brown
- 2. early years of Edward III / Richard Barber
- 3. Round Table feast of 1344 / Richard Barber
- 4. Round Table building
- Windsor Building accounts / Julian Munby
- building stone used for the Round Table Building / Tim Tatton-Brown
- archaeology of the Upper Ward
- Quadrangle and the evidence for the Round Table Building / Richard Brown
- 5. What was a Round Table? / Richard Barber
- 6. Why did Edward III hold the Round Table? : the political background / Richard Barber
- 7. Why did Edward III hold the Round Table? : the chivalric background / Richard Barber
- 8. Imaginary buildings / Richard Barber
- 9. Reconstructing the Round Table : Windsor and beyond / Julian Munby
- 10. Order of the Round Table / Richard Barber
- App. A. Archaeology report on the 2006 excavation
- App. B. Windsor Round Table Chronicle sources : Latin and French texts with facing translation
- App. C. Windsor Building Accounts for the House of the Round Table : Latin text with facing translations
- App. D. Arthurian re-enactments : Le Tournoi de Chauvency : Lodewijk van Velthem, Voortzetting van den Spiegel Historiael / Edited by David Johnson and Geert Claassens.