Edward III's Round Table at Windsor : the House of the Round Table and the Windsor Festival of 1344
2007, 1st edition. Boydell Press, Woodbridge, Suffolk. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #426582
ISBN: 9781843833130
Physical Description; xiv, 282 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm. Series; Arthurian studies, v. 68. Summary; 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 the idea of a round table as a gathering: the 'House of the Round Table' which Edward III ordered to be constructed in 1344. Subjects; 1327-1377. Antiquities. Edward III, King of England, 1312-1377. England. England Windsor (Windsor and Maidenhead). Excavations (Archaeology). Excavations (Archaeology) England Windsor (Windsor and Maidenhead). Great Britain. Great Britain Antiquities. Great Britain History Edward III, 1327-1377. History. Knights and knighthood. Knights and knighthood England. Windsor Castle.
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