What Is the Round Table?
King Arthur's knights met at the Round Table to talk about and discuss adventures that they had been on and adventures that they plan to go on. King Arthur created it so that no one who sat at it would be able to argue about their importance or their superiority. At a regular rectangular table, there is a head and a foot. The king would sit at the head, and his closest and most important people would sit closest to him. But, since a circular table would not have a head or a foot, everyone would be sitting in equal positions, and no one would be able to claim that they were any different or more special than anyone else, no matter where they sat around the table.
What Is the History of the Round Table?
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| The Round Table in Winchester, England |
What Is the Story of the Round Table?
Uther appointed Arthur as king, but he didn't officially receive the rights to the throne until after he pulled the sword Excalibur from out of a stone. Merlin told King Arthur that he should try to make his new kingdom stronger by fighting off possible rivals. Arthur took this advice, and out of all of the fighters, including both his and the enemies', the ones that were the best became the Knights of the Round Table. They all came from noble families. While in the original story there were 150 places at the table for Arthur and his knights to sit at, some other versions say that there were only 12.
Works Cited
1. https://kingarthursknights.com/the-round-table/
2. https://www.encyclopedia.com/literature-and-arts/literature-english/english-literature-1499/round-table
3. https://study.com/academy/lesson/knights-of-arthurs-round-table-legend-quiz.html#:~:text=The%20Round%20Table%20was%20created,Uther%20Pendragon%2C%20King%20Arthur's%20father.
I like that at the round table, there isn't a head or foot of the table to everyone could be seen as equal. I also think it's an easier and better way to communicate to people and discuss things because they would all be facing each other.
ReplyDeleteI find it interesting that the table was made for Arthur's father yet he did not claim the table as his own until he got it through marriage. Also, I've never heard that the table had anything other than 12 spots so I find it intriguing that it could of had up to 150 spots. I love the idea of the round table and everyone being equal because there is no head, but I feel like the people who sat closest to the king would be at a superior level for simply sitting closer to the ruler.
ReplyDeleteI find the number of seats at the table to be a very interesting subject. Just the idea of a round table that fits 150 is ridiculous on it face in a very fun way, just imagining this huge wooden table that seats 150 people. 12 is also a very interesting number as you see it appear a lot in many religions though in this context its ties to Christianity are the most relevant ones.
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