Myth of the Month 12: The Arthur Cycle -- pt. 2: The Rise and Fall of Camelot
Historiansplaining: A historian tells you why everything you know is wrong
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The Round Table
Courtly literature was written by henry the second and eleanor of aquitaine. The king is this sort of guiding spirit, but he also is flawed and limited himself. Camelot became a kind of high mediaeval utopia cast back into this mythical past. Women took up this role as judges and arbiters at chivalric tournaments.
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