EDWARD III'S ROUND TABLE AT WINDSOR: The House Of The Round Table And The Windsor Festival Of 1344

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Editorial: Woodbridge UK. & Rochester NY. 2007. The Boydell Press, 2007

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black hardcover 4to ~ 4º (quarto ~ 7"x10"). large book. dustwrapper in protective brodart book jacket cover. very fine cond. looks new. like new. as new. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in very fine cond. as new. not worn or torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition. first printing (FPu2007 & nap). xiv+282p. 16 glossy full color plates. 14 b&w plates. 10 b&w maps & drawings. 8 tables. 4 appendices. works cited. index. medieval history. history of england. archaeology. mythology. biography. ~ 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 I344. From the discovery of the foundation trench of an enormous building, two hundred feet in diameter, it is possible to reconstruct the appearance of this ambitious creation, and also to explore its purpose. What contemporary chroniclers said about the project, building materials inventories from the royal accounts, medieval romances, and earlier descriptions of round table festivals ~ all confirm the archaeological evidence. What takes shape is the clear probability of knights meeting to reenact the Arthurian romances, in a setting designed to show off Edward's power and prestige at a crucial moment in his attempts to lay claim to the throne of France. At a time when secular orders of knighthood were almost unknown, Edward, looking to rally support for his military adventures, had declared his intention to found an Order of the Round Table with three hundred knights. His ambitious scheme, however, was overtaken by events: his victory at Crecy in 1346 established his reputation, and the order which he founded four years later was the much more exclusive Order of the Garter, made up of the commanders who had helped him to win the campaign. The Round Table building, abandoned, was eventually pulled down in the 1360s.…

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EDWARD III'S ROUND TABLE AT WINDSOR: The House Of The Round Table And The Windsor Festival Of 1344
Autor
Munby, Julian, Richard Barber & Richard Brown
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Woodbridge UK. & Rochester NY. 2007. The Boydell Press
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2007
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1843833131
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9781843833130
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1ª Edición, Edición Ilustrada
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1ª Impresión
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archaeology, history of england., medieval history

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