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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Jens: /* Course outline */&lt;/p&gt;
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==Preliminary considerations==&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;Films in which the accidental death of the criminal reestablishes a higher justice&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
Was ist mit der Kategorie gemeint? Ich weiß grad&#039; nichts damit anzufangen ; ) LG, [[User:Verena Engelhardt|Verena Engelhardt]] 15:19, 18 February 2008 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
:Ich hätte das Seminar gerne in drei Blöcke geteilt - die letzte Einheit vielleicht 2 Situngen - und dabi zu Filmen, in denen nicht Dirty Harry die schmutzige Arbeit der Exekution übernehmen muß, sondern der Bösewicht sich gleichsam selbst eleminiert. Die Sache hat eine Grauzone zwischen dem Verbrecher, der dem Polizisten gar keine andere die Wahl mehr läßt, als ihn zu erschießen - Notwehr statt Selbstjustiz und dem Verbrecher, der sich selbst richtet, indem er sich erschießt oder gegen seinen Willen abrutscht und in den Tod stürzt. Ich habe da zweitausend Szenen im Kopf, doch fällt mir nicht ein, wo sich das besonders gut zeigt. Ich denke, wenn man darüber nachdenkt, dann findet man, daß in US-amerikanischen Filmen die himmlische Gerechtgkeit öfter die Tötung des Bösewichts erledigt als in deutschen - und das hat mit der Debatte um die Todesstrafe zu tun. Eine Kultur, die empfindet, daß so ein Verbrecher besser nicht überlebt, sieht die Todesstrafe anders... --[[User:Olaf Simons|Olaf Simons]] 15:46, 18 February 2008 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
::Ah, okay. Das finde ich sehr interessant.  Da gibt es ja massig Filme in denen der Böse lieber stirbt als ins Gefängnis zu gehen, oder sonstwie zu Tode kommt, bevor er vor ein Gericht gestellt wird - ich denke jetzt zB an &amp;quot;Stirb langsam&amp;quot; - fiele das auch in die Kategorie? (Bin mir nich&#039; sicher). [[User:Verena Engelhardt|Verena Engelhardt]] 15:57, 18 February 2008 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
:::... also, &#039;Stirb langsam&#039; zB besteht aus folgenden [http://german.imdb.com/title/tt0095016/keywords Plot Keywords] vielleicht ist da was mit dabei...&lt;br /&gt;
::::Es gibt sogar ein keyword, das heißt [http://german.imdb.com/keyword/die-hard-scenario/?sort=date Die Hard Scenario]... tse, [[User:Verena Engelhardt|Verena Engelhardt]] 16:36, 18 February 2008 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::&#039;&#039;Die Hard&#039;&#039; ist mir an einer Stelle unangenehm im Vergleich, da hier ein Einzelner mit einer ganzen Terrorgruppe abrechnen muß - und sich als nicht totzukriegen erweist. Es geht mir jedoch nicht um Bruce Willis als Katze mit sieben Leben... ansonsten hatte ich an die Serie bereits gedacht. --[[User:Olaf Simons|Olaf Simons]] 16:51, 18 February 2008 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
An welche Filme hast Du denn gedacht? Ich selbst habe einige Filme im Kopf, in denen am Ende der Böse getötet wird oder sich selbst tötet, mit der Variante Held überlebt oder Held stirbt ebenfalls, aber die haben nicht unbedingt mit der Todesstrafe zu tun. Zu welchen Filmen gehören Deine Szenen? Dann könnte ich das für mich selbst mehr eingrenzen... [[User:Verena Engelhardt|Verena Engelhardt]] 22:45, 18 February 2008 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
:Gut sind Filme, die im Genre den Selbstjustiz-Filmen nahekommen - bei denen man sehen kann: hier ist vor allem eins geschehen - der Autor hat es dem Opfer oder Polizisten erspart, sich die Hände schmutzig zu machen. Man kann dann klarer darüber nachdenken, welche Unterschiede es macht, wenn die Sanktion nicht über einen Menschen erfolgt, dem Schicksal oder dem Kriminellen überlassen bleibt. Ich frage mich, was das in der Emotion ändert, die beim Zuschauer bleibt, und will darum möglichst eng an den Plot rangehen, den andere Filme bereits haben. --[[User:Olaf Simons|Olaf Simons]] 10:28, 19 February 2008 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
::Hast Du Filmtitel? [[User:Verena Engelhardt|Verena Engelhardt]] 10:35, 19 February 2008 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
:::Habe nachgedacht. Wie stirbt eigentlich Shinzon in Star Trek X?&lt;br /&gt;
:::Ein (Horror-)film, den ich kenne, in dem der Bösewicht am Ende durch &amp;quot;höhere Gewalt&amp;quot; stirbt, ohne dass der Held ihn tötet, ist [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0295254/ FeardotCom] (2002). Der Film handelt von einer Internetseite, und jeder Besucher dieser Seite stirbt nach 48 Stunden. Ein Polizist und eine Dame vom Gesundheitsamt versuchen, die Morde aufzuklären und sehen sich die Seite an. Sie finden heraus, dass der Geist des erste Opfers des Killers sozusagen &amp;quot;virtuell&amp;quot; weiterlebt und diese Seite kreiert hat, um Rache auszuüben. Am Ende wird der Killer von eben diesem &amp;quot;Geist&amp;quot; getötet.&lt;br /&gt;
:::Ich weiß allerdings nicht, ob dieser Film wirklich in Deine Kategorie/Block III reinpasst. Gruß, [[User:Verena Engelhardt|Verena Engelhardt]] 16:24, 21 February 2008 (CET) (übrigens ist es Anthony Hopkins, auf dessen Namen wir nicht kamen)&lt;br /&gt;
::::An diese Szene - Picard gegen seinen Mutantensohn hatte ich auch gedacht - da ich sie sah, und bereits über das kommende Seminar nachdachte. Der Typ wird aufgespießt, spießt sich selbst auf, da er dem Papi ans Leben will, aber irgendwi macht das Picard auch... typisch dachte ich mir. Von der Gattung paßt&#039;s nicht. Der Horrorfilm klingt witzig. Sollte ich mir wohl zulegen. --[[User:Olaf Simons|Olaf Simons]] 16:34, 21 February 2008 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
Ich sehe gerade, dass &amp;quot;Double Jeopardy&amp;quot; nicht auf der Seminarliste steht - vielleicht würde er unter 16.05. passen. &#039;Lücken&#039;: Sie wird angeklagt und verurteilt (ich glaube wegen Totschlags, da die Leiche nicht gefunden wurde), kommt auf Bewährung (wg Gnadengesuch, guter Führung... irgendwie sowas) wieder frei und erschießt (aus Notwehr) am Ende ihren Ex-Mann und kann nicht ein zweites Mal für dieses Verbrechen angeklagt werden, weil sie bereits angeklagt und verurteilt worden ist. Und &#039;Identity&#039; steht dafür doppelt... [[User:Verena Engelhardt|Verena Engelhardt]] 18:12, 8 March 2008 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Meine Gedanken kreisen immer noch um das Thema der filmischen Darstellung, und ob die Filme (im Ggs. zu den Dokus) nicht ein verfälschtes Bild darstellen von Gesetzen, Gerichtsverhandlungen, Verbrechen, Verbrechensbekämpfung, Todesstrafe etc. und ich stelle mir die Frage, ob unser aller Blick auf das Thema durch die Filme nicht verfälscht wird. &lt;br /&gt;
:Was lernen wir tatsächlich über das Thema Todesstrafe? Vermischen sich unsere Eindrücke nicht mit den Szenen aus den Filmen? Unser Nachdenken wird durch die Filme verändert und beeinflusst, dabei stellen sie kein reales Bild dar - denn es sind Spielfilme, und Spielfilme haben eine andere &amp;quot;Aufgabe&amp;quot; als Dokus, auch wenn sie &amp;quot;auf wahren Begebenheiten&amp;quot; beruhen. Wenn wir am Ende des Seminars resümieren, inwie weit wird sich unser Nachdenken auf die Filme beziehen? Und es gilt, die Filme kritisch zu sehen! Wie wird das Thema filmisch umgesetzt und dargestellt, wie wird es dramatisiert oder für den Unterhaltungszweck verfremdet? &lt;br /&gt;
:Siehe Troja - ein Film, ein &amp;quot;Geschichtsepos&amp;quot;, dessen Regisseur es sich erlaubte, geschichtliche Daten zu Gunsten des Filmes und seiner Geschichte zu ändern - und Leute nehmen den Film als Geschichtsunterricht und als &amp;quot;wahr&amp;quot; - &amp;quot;so also war es damals, als die schöne Helena.....&amp;quot; Vielleicht wäre es daher auch ratsam, sich nicht nur die Filme, sondern auch die Dokumentationen anzusehen, um eben die Filme kritisch reflektieren zu können, um nicht ihren Inhalt als wahr, real, realistisch oder authentisch zu nehmen und darauf dann unser Nachdenken aufzubauen.&lt;br /&gt;
:Abgesehen davon halte ich das auch für zu beschränkt. [[User:Verena Engelhardt|Verena Engelhardt]] 17:40, 13 April 2008 (CEST)&lt;br /&gt;
Hallo,&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
wollte hier nur mal kurz darauf hinweisen, dass der in der Liste aufgeführte &amp;quot;Punisher&amp;quot; ein Remake von 1989 ist (das Original ist allerdings kein Stück besser). Außerdem kann man auf www.imdb.com auch Filme nach plot-keywords suchen, unter anderem nach &amp;quot;poetic justice&amp;quot;. http://www.imdb.com/keyword/poetic-justice/&lt;br /&gt;
Allerdings befürchte ich, dass die Filmauswahl nicht dem entspricht, was wir suchen. [[User:Jochen Berkowsky|Jochen Berkowsky]] 10:55, 14 April 2008 (CEST)&lt;br /&gt;
:So haben wir&#039;s natürlich auch gemacht... Poetic Justice ist da ein Stichwort mit dem IMDb nicht gut umgeht... --[[User:Olaf Simons|Olaf Simons]] 11:15, 14 April 2008 (CEST)&lt;br /&gt;
::Wahrscheinlich, weil sie das anders definieren und damit anders auflisten. Auf der anderen Seite steht unter dem Stichwort auch &amp;quot;The Green Mile&amp;quot; - und ich überlege gerade, wo da &amp;quot;poetic justice&amp;quot; ist...[[User:Verena Engelhardt|Verena Engelhardt]] 12:18, 14 April 2008 (CEST)&lt;br /&gt;
Schätze, da gehts um folgende Szene:&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Paul und seine Kollegen bringen den erschöpften Strafgefangenen wieder in den Todestrakt zurück. Als Percy nach seiner Freilassung an Johns Zelle vorbeigeht, packt ihn dieser plötzlich, bläst ihm etwas in den aufgerissenen Mund und stößt ihn zurück. Percy taumelt, bleibt vor Bills Gitter stehen und feuert auf ihn, bis sein Revolver leer ist. Dann bleibt er entgeistert stehen, bis er abgeführt wird. Er endet apathisch in einer Irrenanstalt.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Ich habe die beiden bösen Männer bestraft&amp;quot;, sagt John.&amp;quot; [[User:Jochen Berkowsky|Jochen Berkowsky]] 17:14, 14 April 2008 (CEST)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Course outline==&lt;br /&gt;
I have just given a provisional outline of the seminar. Your thoughts are welcome. --[[User:Olaf Simons|Olaf Simons]] 16:52, 25 February 2008 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
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:I thought about another great movie, where self-justice is shown: Memento. Though it is not the typical &amp;quot;Death Penalty&amp;quot; movie, it might be interesting to have a look at it. [[User:Philipp Kreutzer|Philipp Kreutzer]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::I&#039;ve tried to find &amp;quot;Execution&amp;quot; on DVD, but it&#039;s not available anywhere and there is no release date for the European market. Besides, imdb adds this trivia to the movie: &#039;&#039;The movie features a real death row inmate, a real death row warden and a real death row priest playing their respective parts&#039;&#039; - therefore, I would like to remove the movie from the list, because I doubt one could compare a movie that wants to grasp real life in that way to a movie that is totally based on a fictive story (the novel) - that doesn&#039;t work (as long as there is no genre discussion included). Maybe we could compare &amp;quot;The Life of David Gale&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;True Crime&amp;quot; as they are both fictive (as far as I know) and both deal with journalists finding the truth etc. (uhm, - and because the film is not available, as I said :-) [[User:Verena Engelhardt|Verena Engelhardt]] 19:52, 4 May 2008 (CEST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::Don&#039;t remove it - these are the interesting aspects for which the title deserves to be on this list. It is a controversial item - we might add. Yet I realise it will be difficult to get hold of it. (I might ask our American students), --[[User:Olaf Simons|Olaf Simons]] 08:59, 5 May 2008 (CEST)&lt;br /&gt;
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::::Even if you find someone to purchase the film it might be too late till the 23rd of May (Btw: Are American DVDs playable on a European Computer? Because you can&#039;t play them on a European DVD Player) [[User:Verena Engelhardt|Verena Engelhardt]] 09:47, 5 May 2008 (CEST)&lt;br /&gt;
::::Plus, I didn&#039;t find it on amazon.com either. So the release date on imdb might refer to the release date for cinemas. On the official website you can a leave a message for getting informed when the DVD will be available in your region, country, state, continent... [[User:Verena Engelhardt|Verena Engelhardt]] 09:54, 5 May 2008 (CEST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::: Think it can be played on some DvD Players, mine certainly does, never had problems with DvDs from the states.Just my 2 cents. [[User:Jens|Jens]] 19:38, 8 May 2008 (CEST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::::As far as I heard the controversy it aroused made things more difficult. Well - let&#039;s see. --[[User:Olaf Simons|Olaf Simons]] 10:05, 5 May 2008 (CEST)&lt;br /&gt;
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I didn&#039;t say it was less interesting. If you get it, I would say it deserves a discussion on its own rather than a comparison to &amp;quot;True Crime&amp;quot; - we could replace it with David Gale on May 30 and we talk about David Gale and True Crime - besides, you would have more time to purchase the film... [[User:Verena Engelhardt|Verena Engelhardt]] 11:21, 5 May 2008 (CEST)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Topics for seminar papers==&lt;br /&gt;
Open sections and discuss your ideas.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Jens: /* Course outline */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;__TOC__&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Preliminary considerations==&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;Films in which the accidental death of the criminal reestablishes a higher justice&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
Was ist mit der Kategorie gemeint? Ich weiß grad&#039; nichts damit anzufangen ; ) LG, [[User:Verena Engelhardt|Verena Engelhardt]] 15:19, 18 February 2008 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
:Ich hätte das Seminar gerne in drei Blöcke geteilt - die letzte Einheit vielleicht 2 Situngen - und dabi zu Filmen, in denen nicht Dirty Harry die schmutzige Arbeit der Exekution übernehmen muß, sondern der Bösewicht sich gleichsam selbst eleminiert. Die Sache hat eine Grauzone zwischen dem Verbrecher, der dem Polizisten gar keine andere die Wahl mehr läßt, als ihn zu erschießen - Notwehr statt Selbstjustiz und dem Verbrecher, der sich selbst richtet, indem er sich erschießt oder gegen seinen Willen abrutscht und in den Tod stürzt. Ich habe da zweitausend Szenen im Kopf, doch fällt mir nicht ein, wo sich das besonders gut zeigt. Ich denke, wenn man darüber nachdenkt, dann findet man, daß in US-amerikanischen Filmen die himmlische Gerechtgkeit öfter die Tötung des Bösewichts erledigt als in deutschen - und das hat mit der Debatte um die Todesstrafe zu tun. Eine Kultur, die empfindet, daß so ein Verbrecher besser nicht überlebt, sieht die Todesstrafe anders... --[[User:Olaf Simons|Olaf Simons]] 15:46, 18 February 2008 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
::Ah, okay. Das finde ich sehr interessant.  Da gibt es ja massig Filme in denen der Böse lieber stirbt als ins Gefängnis zu gehen, oder sonstwie zu Tode kommt, bevor er vor ein Gericht gestellt wird - ich denke jetzt zB an &amp;quot;Stirb langsam&amp;quot; - fiele das auch in die Kategorie? (Bin mir nich&#039; sicher). [[User:Verena Engelhardt|Verena Engelhardt]] 15:57, 18 February 2008 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
:::... also, &#039;Stirb langsam&#039; zB besteht aus folgenden [http://german.imdb.com/title/tt0095016/keywords Plot Keywords] vielleicht ist da was mit dabei...&lt;br /&gt;
::::Es gibt sogar ein keyword, das heißt [http://german.imdb.com/keyword/die-hard-scenario/?sort=date Die Hard Scenario]... tse, [[User:Verena Engelhardt|Verena Engelhardt]] 16:36, 18 February 2008 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::&#039;&#039;Die Hard&#039;&#039; ist mir an einer Stelle unangenehm im Vergleich, da hier ein Einzelner mit einer ganzen Terrorgruppe abrechnen muß - und sich als nicht totzukriegen erweist. Es geht mir jedoch nicht um Bruce Willis als Katze mit sieben Leben... ansonsten hatte ich an die Serie bereits gedacht. --[[User:Olaf Simons|Olaf Simons]] 16:51, 18 February 2008 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
An welche Filme hast Du denn gedacht? Ich selbst habe einige Filme im Kopf, in denen am Ende der Böse getötet wird oder sich selbst tötet, mit der Variante Held überlebt oder Held stirbt ebenfalls, aber die haben nicht unbedingt mit der Todesstrafe zu tun. Zu welchen Filmen gehören Deine Szenen? Dann könnte ich das für mich selbst mehr eingrenzen... [[User:Verena Engelhardt|Verena Engelhardt]] 22:45, 18 February 2008 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
:Gut sind Filme, die im Genre den Selbstjustiz-Filmen nahekommen - bei denen man sehen kann: hier ist vor allem eins geschehen - der Autor hat es dem Opfer oder Polizisten erspart, sich die Hände schmutzig zu machen. Man kann dann klarer darüber nachdenken, welche Unterschiede es macht, wenn die Sanktion nicht über einen Menschen erfolgt, dem Schicksal oder dem Kriminellen überlassen bleibt. Ich frage mich, was das in der Emotion ändert, die beim Zuschauer bleibt, und will darum möglichst eng an den Plot rangehen, den andere Filme bereits haben. --[[User:Olaf Simons|Olaf Simons]] 10:28, 19 February 2008 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
::Hast Du Filmtitel? [[User:Verena Engelhardt|Verena Engelhardt]] 10:35, 19 February 2008 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
:::Habe nachgedacht. Wie stirbt eigentlich Shinzon in Star Trek X?&lt;br /&gt;
:::Ein (Horror-)film, den ich kenne, in dem der Bösewicht am Ende durch &amp;quot;höhere Gewalt&amp;quot; stirbt, ohne dass der Held ihn tötet, ist [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0295254/ FeardotCom] (2002). Der Film handelt von einer Internetseite, und jeder Besucher dieser Seite stirbt nach 48 Stunden. Ein Polizist und eine Dame vom Gesundheitsamt versuchen, die Morde aufzuklären und sehen sich die Seite an. Sie finden heraus, dass der Geist des erste Opfers des Killers sozusagen &amp;quot;virtuell&amp;quot; weiterlebt und diese Seite kreiert hat, um Rache auszuüben. Am Ende wird der Killer von eben diesem &amp;quot;Geist&amp;quot; getötet.&lt;br /&gt;
:::Ich weiß allerdings nicht, ob dieser Film wirklich in Deine Kategorie/Block III reinpasst. Gruß, [[User:Verena Engelhardt|Verena Engelhardt]] 16:24, 21 February 2008 (CET) (übrigens ist es Anthony Hopkins, auf dessen Namen wir nicht kamen)&lt;br /&gt;
::::An diese Szene - Picard gegen seinen Mutantensohn hatte ich auch gedacht - da ich sie sah, und bereits über das kommende Seminar nachdachte. Der Typ wird aufgespießt, spießt sich selbst auf, da er dem Papi ans Leben will, aber irgendwi macht das Picard auch... typisch dachte ich mir. Von der Gattung paßt&#039;s nicht. Der Horrorfilm klingt witzig. Sollte ich mir wohl zulegen. --[[User:Olaf Simons|Olaf Simons]] 16:34, 21 February 2008 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
Ich sehe gerade, dass &amp;quot;Double Jeopardy&amp;quot; nicht auf der Seminarliste steht - vielleicht würde er unter 16.05. passen. &#039;Lücken&#039;: Sie wird angeklagt und verurteilt (ich glaube wegen Totschlags, da die Leiche nicht gefunden wurde), kommt auf Bewährung (wg Gnadengesuch, guter Führung... irgendwie sowas) wieder frei und erschießt (aus Notwehr) am Ende ihren Ex-Mann und kann nicht ein zweites Mal für dieses Verbrechen angeklagt werden, weil sie bereits angeklagt und verurteilt worden ist. Und &#039;Identity&#039; steht dafür doppelt... [[User:Verena Engelhardt|Verena Engelhardt]] 18:12, 8 March 2008 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Meine Gedanken kreisen immer noch um das Thema der filmischen Darstellung, und ob die Filme (im Ggs. zu den Dokus) nicht ein verfälschtes Bild darstellen von Gesetzen, Gerichtsverhandlungen, Verbrechen, Verbrechensbekämpfung, Todesstrafe etc. und ich stelle mir die Frage, ob unser aller Blick auf das Thema durch die Filme nicht verfälscht wird. &lt;br /&gt;
:Was lernen wir tatsächlich über das Thema Todesstrafe? Vermischen sich unsere Eindrücke nicht mit den Szenen aus den Filmen? Unser Nachdenken wird durch die Filme verändert und beeinflusst, dabei stellen sie kein reales Bild dar - denn es sind Spielfilme, und Spielfilme haben eine andere &amp;quot;Aufgabe&amp;quot; als Dokus, auch wenn sie &amp;quot;auf wahren Begebenheiten&amp;quot; beruhen. Wenn wir am Ende des Seminars resümieren, inwie weit wird sich unser Nachdenken auf die Filme beziehen? Und es gilt, die Filme kritisch zu sehen! Wie wird das Thema filmisch umgesetzt und dargestellt, wie wird es dramatisiert oder für den Unterhaltungszweck verfremdet? &lt;br /&gt;
:Siehe Troja - ein Film, ein &amp;quot;Geschichtsepos&amp;quot;, dessen Regisseur es sich erlaubte, geschichtliche Daten zu Gunsten des Filmes und seiner Geschichte zu ändern - und Leute nehmen den Film als Geschichtsunterricht und als &amp;quot;wahr&amp;quot; - &amp;quot;so also war es damals, als die schöne Helena.....&amp;quot; Vielleicht wäre es daher auch ratsam, sich nicht nur die Filme, sondern auch die Dokumentationen anzusehen, um eben die Filme kritisch reflektieren zu können, um nicht ihren Inhalt als wahr, real, realistisch oder authentisch zu nehmen und darauf dann unser Nachdenken aufzubauen.&lt;br /&gt;
:Abgesehen davon halte ich das auch für zu beschränkt. [[User:Verena Engelhardt|Verena Engelhardt]] 17:40, 13 April 2008 (CEST)&lt;br /&gt;
Hallo,&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
wollte hier nur mal kurz darauf hinweisen, dass der in der Liste aufgeführte &amp;quot;Punisher&amp;quot; ein Remake von 1989 ist (das Original ist allerdings kein Stück besser). Außerdem kann man auf www.imdb.com auch Filme nach plot-keywords suchen, unter anderem nach &amp;quot;poetic justice&amp;quot;. http://www.imdb.com/keyword/poetic-justice/&lt;br /&gt;
Allerdings befürchte ich, dass die Filmauswahl nicht dem entspricht, was wir suchen. [[User:Jochen Berkowsky|Jochen Berkowsky]] 10:55, 14 April 2008 (CEST)&lt;br /&gt;
:So haben wir&#039;s natürlich auch gemacht... Poetic Justice ist da ein Stichwort mit dem IMDb nicht gut umgeht... --[[User:Olaf Simons|Olaf Simons]] 11:15, 14 April 2008 (CEST)&lt;br /&gt;
::Wahrscheinlich, weil sie das anders definieren und damit anders auflisten. Auf der anderen Seite steht unter dem Stichwort auch &amp;quot;The Green Mile&amp;quot; - und ich überlege gerade, wo da &amp;quot;poetic justice&amp;quot; ist...[[User:Verena Engelhardt|Verena Engelhardt]] 12:18, 14 April 2008 (CEST)&lt;br /&gt;
Schätze, da gehts um folgende Szene:&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Paul und seine Kollegen bringen den erschöpften Strafgefangenen wieder in den Todestrakt zurück. Als Percy nach seiner Freilassung an Johns Zelle vorbeigeht, packt ihn dieser plötzlich, bläst ihm etwas in den aufgerissenen Mund und stößt ihn zurück. Percy taumelt, bleibt vor Bills Gitter stehen und feuert auf ihn, bis sein Revolver leer ist. Dann bleibt er entgeistert stehen, bis er abgeführt wird. Er endet apathisch in einer Irrenanstalt.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Ich habe die beiden bösen Männer bestraft&amp;quot;, sagt John.&amp;quot; [[User:Jochen Berkowsky|Jochen Berkowsky]] 17:14, 14 April 2008 (CEST)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Course outline==&lt;br /&gt;
I have just given a provisional outline of the seminar. Your thoughts are welcome. --[[User:Olaf Simons|Olaf Simons]] 16:52, 25 February 2008 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:I thought about another great movie, where self-justice is shown: Memento. Though it is not the typical &amp;quot;Death Penalty&amp;quot; movie, it might be interesting to have a look at it. [[User:Philipp Kreutzer|Philipp Kreutzer]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::I&#039;ve tried to find &amp;quot;Execution&amp;quot; on DVD, but it&#039;s not available anywhere and there is no release date for the European market. Besides, imdb adds this trivia to the movie: &#039;&#039;The movie features a real death row inmate, a real death row warden and a real death row priest playing their respective parts&#039;&#039; - therefore, I would like to remove the movie from the list, because I doubt one could compare a movie that wants to grasp real life in that way to a movie that is totally based on a fictive story (the novel) - that doesn&#039;t work (as long as there is no genre discussion included). Maybe we could compare &amp;quot;The Life of David Gale&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;True Crime&amp;quot; as they are both fictive (as far as I know) and both deal with journalists finding the truth etc. (uhm, - and because the film is not available, as I said :-) [[User:Verena Engelhardt|Verena Engelhardt]] 19:52, 4 May 2008 (CEST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::Don&#039;t remove it - these are the interesting aspects for which the title deserves to be on this list. It is a controversial item - we might add. Yet I realise it will be difficult to get hold of it. (I might ask our American students), --[[User:Olaf Simons|Olaf Simons]] 08:59, 5 May 2008 (CEST)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::::Even if you find someone to purchase the film it might be too late till the 23rd of May (Btw: Are American DVDs playable on a European Computer? Because you can&#039;t play them on a European DVD Player) [[User:Verena Engelhardt|Verena Engelhardt]] 09:47, 5 May 2008 (CEST)&lt;br /&gt;
::::Plus, I didn&#039;t find it on amazon.com either. So the release date on imdb might refer to the release date for cinemas. On the official website you can a leave a message for getting informed when the DVD will be available in your region, country, state, continent... [[User:Verena Engelhardt|Verena Engelhardt]] 09:54, 5 May 2008 (CEST)&lt;br /&gt;
:::: Think it can be played on some DvD Players, mine certainly does, never had problems with DvDs from the states.Just my 2 cents.[[User:Jens|Jens]] 19:38, 8 May 2008 (CEST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::::As far as I heard the controversy it aroused made things more difficult. Well - let&#039;s see. --[[User:Olaf Simons|Olaf Simons]] 10:05, 5 May 2008 (CEST)&lt;br /&gt;
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I didn&#039;t say it was less interesting. If you get it, I would say it deserves a discussion on its own rather than a comparison to &amp;quot;True Crime&amp;quot; - we could replace it with David Gale on May 30 and we talk about David Gale and True Crime - besides, you would have more time to purchase the film... [[User:Verena Engelhardt|Verena Engelhardt]] 11:21, 5 May 2008 (CEST)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Topics for seminar papers==&lt;br /&gt;
Open sections and discuss your ideas.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<id>https://wiki.angl-am.uni-oldenburg.de/wiki/index.php?title=Tim_Robbins_(dir.),_Dead_Man_Walking_(1995_film)&amp;diff=12457</id>
		<title>Tim Robbins (dir.), Dead Man Walking (1995 film)</title>
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&lt;div&gt;Film, USA 1995.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Links==&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Man_Walking_%28film%29 &#039;&#039;Dead Man Walking&#039;&#039;] (1995) directed by Tim Robbins, starring Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112818/ IMDb]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Reviews==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.cineman.de/movie/1995/DeadManWalking/review.html cineman.de] Eine deutsche Rezension von Martin Glauser, dennoch interessant. Sie kritisiert die filmische Technik einer &amp;quot;fatale[n] Parallelmontage&amp;quot; von der Exekution, dem Mord an den Teenagern, dem Injektionsprozess und dem sterbenden Matthew als &amp;quot;plumpe rhetorische Figur&amp;quot;, weil sie die Exekution als &amp;quot;Legitimation jener barbarischen Justiz&amp;quot; präsentiert. Dies wiederum schien nicht Tim Robbins Absicht zu sein, sondern eher eine Kritik an der Todesstrafe. Zudem wirft die Rezension einen Blick auf den religiösen Teil des Films. Die Darstellung von Susan Sarandon spiegelt den &amp;quot;American Way of Being Concerned&amp;quot;  wider - die &amp;quot;christliche Logik der Argumentation verleiht dem Film eine gewisse philosophische Unschärfe, sie verhindert ein klares Statement&amp;quot;. Abschließend weist der Film eine &amp;quot;skandalöse Impertinenz&amp;quot; auf, da es Sister Helen am Ende noch gelingt, eine &amp;quot;Bekehrung in letzter Minute&amp;quot; zu erreichen.&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19960112/REVIEWS/601120301/1023 Suntimes.com] An enthusiastic review by famous Roger Ebert declaring Dead Man Walking  &amp;quot;a spiritual drama&amp;quot; in which Sister Helen really cares for the soul of Matthew. Referring to Ebert it is not about fullfilling the religious ritual and repent his sins but to truly understand what he has done, what really happened to him and others. He calls it a movie that will be talked about for a long time. Egbert praises the movie for going deep into the feelings of the characters, for not shying away from overstepping boundaries or being uncomfortable. He never mentions this to be a movie against the death penalty, though.&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/m/1068779-dead_man_walking/?page=1&amp;amp;critic=creamcrop&amp;amp;sortby=date&amp;amp;name_order=desc&amp;amp;view=text#mo Rotten Tomatoes.com] A fantastic site that gathers a huge amount of reviews (Roger Egbert&#039;s review I found through this) on movies from magazines and online publications. It gives site users&#039; comments on movies as well. Unfortunately some of the links concerning Dead Man Walking are not available anymore. &lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.filmcritic.com/misc/emporium.nsf/reviews/Dead-Man-Walking filmcritic.com]: a film review from 1995 by Christopher Null. In the first three paragraphs of the review he only summarizes the content. But in the 4th paragraph he offers a rather different opinion on the film, calls its beginning &amp;quot;flawed&amp;quot;, while in the end &amp;quot;the movie comes together quite nicely.&amp;quot; His final rather provocative question could probably heat up our discussion...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::just a short remark: your summaries do not help if we have to read these reviews to tell what statements, interpretations, opinions, criticsm they offer. --[[User:Olaf Simons|Olaf Simons]] 15:08, 23 April 2008 (CEST)&lt;br /&gt;
:::so how do you want the summary to be written? - so that we can change it. you just said &amp;quot;put a link on the wiki and give a short summary of the review&amp;quot; Gruß, [[User:Verena Engelhardt|Verena Engelhardt]] 15:18, 23 April 2008 (CEST)&lt;br /&gt;
::::Well as I said: the statement - it does not help me if I read the text makes a brilliant statement in the end. To get a view of the different opinons/views/statements we need the statements themselves (like &amp;quot;criticises the movie as a implicit justification of the death penalty being the very means through which the accused accepts his responsibility...&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;reads the film as religious kitsch&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;praises the film as...&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
::::PS - that&#039;s the aim - like the first summary... --[[User:Olaf Simons|Olaf Simons]] 16:16, 23 April 2008 (CEST)&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:20th century|1995]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:1990s|1995]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:By author|Robbins, Tim]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Films (chronological order)|1995]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Films (alphabetical order)|Dead Man Walking]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A07EFDC1239F93AA15751C1A963958260&amp;amp;scp=1&amp;amp;sq=dead+man+walking+film&amp;amp;st=nyt New York Times] this is a link to an official film review published by the New York Times in 1995. It gives a summary of the film and judges the        making of the film, the actors` ways of playing the two main characters, and describes the whole atmosphere of the film.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/deadmanwalking.htm: a review by Washington Post Staff Writer Desson Howe; he argues that it is superficial to say that the movie is about the death penalty. You witness the horrors of Death Row and the process of state execution through politically balanced eyes. The movie is &amp;quot;an extremely affecting experience.&amp;quot; What matters most is the relationship between Sister Helen and Poncelet. D. Howe, in his review, describes Poncelet as &amp;quot;a caged, unsympathetic weasel, a raging victim, an almost pathetic figure and somewhere inside all of that, a touching human being&amp;quot; and Sarandon as Sister Helen &amp;quot;provides a perfect, understated counterpoint to him.&amp;quot;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<id>https://wiki.angl-am.uni-oldenburg.de/wiki/index.php?title=Tim_Robbins_(dir.),_Dead_Man_Walking_(1995_film)&amp;diff=12377</id>
		<title>Tim Robbins (dir.), Dead Man Walking (1995 film)</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://wiki.angl-am.uni-oldenburg.de/wiki/index.php?title=Tim_Robbins_(dir.),_Dead_Man_Walking_(1995_film)&amp;diff=12377"/>
		<updated>2008-04-23T16:47:26Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Jens: /* Reviews */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Film, USA 1995.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Links==&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Man_Walking_%28film%29 &#039;&#039;Dead Man Walking&#039;&#039;] (1995) directed by Tim Robbins, starring Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112818/ IMDb]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Reviews==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.cineman.de/movie/1995/DeadManWalking/review.html cineman.de] Eine deutsche Rezension von Martin Glauser, dennoch interessant, da sie die filmischen Techniken einer &amp;quot;fatale Parallelmontage&amp;quot; von der Exekution, dem Mord an den Teenagern, dem Injektionsprozess und dem sterbenden Matthew als &amp;quot;plumpe rhetorische Figur&amp;quot; kritisiert, weil es die Exekution als &amp;quot;Legitimation jener barbarischen Justiz&amp;quot; präsentiert. Dies wiederum schien nicht Tim Robbins Absicht zu sein, sondern eher eine Kritik an der Todesstrafe. Zudem wirft die Rezension einen Blick auf den religiösen Teil des Films. Die Darstellung von Susan Sarandon spiegelt den &amp;quot;American Way of Being Concerned&amp;quot;  wider - die &amp;quot;christliche Logik der Argumentation verleiht dem Film eine gewisse philosophische Unschärfe, sie verhindert ein klares Statement&amp;quot;. Abschließend weist der Film eine &amp;quot;skandalöse Impertinenz&amp;quot; auf, da es der Sister Helen am Ende noch gelingt, eine &amp;quot;Bekehrung in letzter Minute&amp;quot; zu erreichen.&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19960112/REVIEWS/601120301/1023 Suntimes.com] An enthusiastic review by famous Roger Ebert declaring Dead Man Walking  &amp;quot;a spiritual drama&amp;quot; in which Sister Helen really cares for the soul of Matthew. Referring to Egbert it is not about fullfilling the religious ritual and repent his sins but to truly understand what he has done, what really happened to him and others. He calls it a movie that will be talked about for a long time. Egbert praises the movie for going deep into the feelings of the characters, for not shying away from overstepping boundaries or being uncomfortable. He never mentions this to be a movie against the death penalty, though.&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/m/1068779-dead_man_walking/?page=1&amp;amp;critic=creamcrop&amp;amp;sortby=date&amp;amp;name_order=desc&amp;amp;view=text#mo Rotten Tomatoes.com] A fantastic site that gathers a huge amount of reviews (Roger Egbert&#039;s review I found through this) on movies from magazines and online publications. It gives site users&#039; comments on movies as well. Unfortunately some of the links concerning Dead Man Walking are not available anymore. &lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.filmcritic.com/misc/emporium.nsf/reviews/Dead-Man-Walking filmcritic.com]: a film review from 1995 by Christopher Null. In the first three paragraphs of the review he only summarizes the content. But in the 4th paragraph he offers a rather different opinion on the film, calls its beginning &amp;quot;flawed&amp;quot;, while in the end &amp;quot;the movie comes together quite nicely.&amp;quot; His final rather provocative question could probably heat up our discussion...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::just a short remark: your summaries do not help if we have to read these reviews to tell what statements, interpretations, opinions, criticsm they offer. --[[User:Olaf Simons|Olaf Simons]] 15:08, 23 April 2008 (CEST)&lt;br /&gt;
:::so how do you want the summary to be written? - so that we can change it. you just said &amp;quot;put a link on the wiki and give a short summary of the review&amp;quot; Gruß, [[User:Verena Engelhardt|Verena Engelhardt]] 15:18, 23 April 2008 (CEST)&lt;br /&gt;
::::Well as I said: the statement - it does not help me if I read the text makes a brilliant statement in the end. To get a view of the different opinons/views/statements we need the statements themselves (like &amp;quot;criticises the movie as a implicit justification of the death penalty being the very means through which the accused accepts his responsibility...&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;reads the film as religious kitsch&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;praises the film as...&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
::::PS - that&#039;s the aim - like the first summary... --[[User:Olaf Simons|Olaf Simons]] 16:16, 23 April 2008 (CEST)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:20th century|1995]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:1990s|1995]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:By author|Robbins, Tim]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Films (chronological order)|1995]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Films (alphabetical order)|Dead Man Walking]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A07EFDC1239F93AA15751C1A963958260&amp;amp;scp=1&amp;amp;sq=dead+man+walking+film&amp;amp;st=nyt New York Times] this is a link to an official film review published by the New York Times in 1995. It gives a summary of the film and judges the        making of the film, the actors` ways of playing the two main characters, and describes the whole atmosphere of the film.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Jens</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.angl-am.uni-oldenburg.de/wiki/index.php?title=Tim_Robbins_(dir.),_Dead_Man_Walking_(1995_film)&amp;diff=12376</id>
		<title>Tim Robbins (dir.), Dead Man Walking (1995 film)</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://wiki.angl-am.uni-oldenburg.de/wiki/index.php?title=Tim_Robbins_(dir.),_Dead_Man_Walking_(1995_film)&amp;diff=12376"/>
		<updated>2008-04-23T16:44:37Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Jens: /* Reviews */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Film, USA 1995.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Links==&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Man_Walking_%28film%29 &#039;&#039;Dead Man Walking&#039;&#039;] (1995) directed by Tim Robbins, starring Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112818/ IMDb]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Reviews==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.cineman.de/movie/1995/DeadManWalking/review.html cineman.de] Eine deutsche Rezension von Martin Glauser, dennoch interessant, da sie die filmischen Techniken einer &amp;quot;fatale Parallelmontage&amp;quot; von der Exekution, dem Mord an den Teenagern, dem Injektionsprozess und dem sterbenden Matthew als &amp;quot;plumpe rhetorische Figur&amp;quot; kritisiert, weil es die Exekution als &amp;quot;Legitimation jener barbarischen Justiz&amp;quot; präsentiert. Dies wiederum schien nicht Tim Robbins Absicht zu sein, sondern eher eine Kritik an der Todesstrafe. Zudem wirft die Rezension einen Blick auf den religiösen Teil des Films. Die Darstellung von Susan Sarandon spiegelt den &amp;quot;American Way of Being Concerned&amp;quot;  wider - die &amp;quot;christliche Logik der Argumentation verleiht dem Film eine gewisse philosophische Unschärfe, sie verhindert ein klares Statement&amp;quot;. Abschließend weist der Film eine &amp;quot;skandalöse Impertinenz&amp;quot; auf, da es der Sister Helen am Ende noch gelingt, eine &amp;quot;Bekehrung in letzter Minute&amp;quot; zu erreichen.&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19960112/REVIEWS/601120301/1023 Suntimes.com] An enthusiastic review by famous Roger Ebert declaring Dead Man Walking  &amp;quot;a spiritual drama&amp;quot; in which Sister Helen really cares for the soul of Matthew. It is not about fullfilling the ritual and repent his sins but to truly understand what he has done, what really happened to him and others. He calls it a movie that will be talked about for a long time. Egbert praises the movie for going deep into the feelings of the characters, for not shying away from overstepping boundaries or being uncomfortable. He never mentions this to be a movie against the death penalty, though.&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/m/1068779-dead_man_walking/?page=1&amp;amp;critic=creamcrop&amp;amp;sortby=date&amp;amp;name_order=desc&amp;amp;view=text#mo Rotten Tomatoes.com] A fantastic site that gathers a huge amount of reviews (Roger Egbert&#039;s review I found through this) on movies from magazines and online publications. It gives site users&#039; comments on movies as well. Unfortunately some of the links concerning Dead Man Walking are not available anymore. &lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.filmcritic.com/misc/emporium.nsf/reviews/Dead-Man-Walking filmcritic.com]: a film review from 1995 by Christopher Null. In the first three paragraphs of the review he only summarizes the content. But in the 4th paragraph he offers a rather different opinion on the film, calls its beginning &amp;quot;flawed&amp;quot;, while in the end &amp;quot;the movie comes together quite nicely.&amp;quot; His final rather provocative question could probably heat up our discussion...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::just a short remark: your summaries do not help if we have to read these reviews to tell what statements, interpretations, opinions, criticsm they offer. --[[User:Olaf Simons|Olaf Simons]] 15:08, 23 April 2008 (CEST)&lt;br /&gt;
:::so how do you want the summary to be written? - so that we can change it. you just said &amp;quot;put a link on the wiki and give a short summary of the review&amp;quot; Gruß, [[User:Verena Engelhardt|Verena Engelhardt]] 15:18, 23 April 2008 (CEST)&lt;br /&gt;
::::Well as I said: the statement - it does not help me if I read the text makes a brilliant statement in the end. To get a view of the different opinons/views/statements we need the statements themselves (like &amp;quot;criticises the movie as a implicit justification of the death penalty being the very means through which the accused accepts his responsibility...&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;reads the film as religious kitsch&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;praises the film as...&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
::::PS - that&#039;s the aim - like the first summary... --[[User:Olaf Simons|Olaf Simons]] 16:16, 23 April 2008 (CEST)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:20th century|1995]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:1990s|1995]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:By author|Robbins, Tim]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Films (chronological order)|1995]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Films (alphabetical order)|Dead Man Walking]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A07EFDC1239F93AA15751C1A963958260&amp;amp;scp=1&amp;amp;sq=dead+man+walking+film&amp;amp;st=nyt New York Times] this is a link to an official film review published by the New York Times in 1995. It gives a summary of the film and judges the        making of the film, the actors` ways of playing the two main characters, and describes the whole atmosphere of the film.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Jens</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.angl-am.uni-oldenburg.de/wiki/index.php?title=Tim_Robbins_(dir.),_Dead_Man_Walking_(1995_film)&amp;diff=12375</id>
		<title>Tim Robbins (dir.), Dead Man Walking (1995 film)</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://wiki.angl-am.uni-oldenburg.de/wiki/index.php?title=Tim_Robbins_(dir.),_Dead_Man_Walking_(1995_film)&amp;diff=12375"/>
		<updated>2008-04-23T16:43:46Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Jens: /* Reviews */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Film, USA 1995.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Links==&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Man_Walking_%28film%29 &#039;&#039;Dead Man Walking&#039;&#039;] (1995) directed by Tim Robbins, starring Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112818/ IMDb]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Reviews==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.cineman.de/movie/1995/DeadManWalking/review.html cineman.de] Eine deutsche Rezension von Martin Glauser, dennoch interessant, da sie die filmischen Techniken einer &amp;quot;fatale Parallelmontage&amp;quot; von der Exekution, dem Mord an den Teenagern, dem Injektionsprozess und dem sterbenden Matthew als &amp;quot;plumpe rhetorische Figur&amp;quot; kritisiert, weil es die Exekution als &amp;quot;Legitimation jener barbarischen Justiz&amp;quot; präsentiert. Dies wiederum schien nicht Tim Robbins Absicht zu sein, sondern eher eine Kritik an der Todesstrafe. Zudem wirft die Rezension einen Blick auf den religiösen Teil des Films. Die Darstellung von Susan Sarandon spiegelt den &amp;quot;American Way of Being Concerned&amp;quot;  wider - die &amp;quot;christliche Logik der Argumentation verleiht dem Film eine gewisse philosophische Unschärfe, sie verhindert ein klares Statement&amp;quot;. Abschließend weist der Film eine &amp;quot;skandalöse Impertinenz&amp;quot; auf, da es der Sister Helen am Ende noch gelingt, eine &amp;quot;Bekehrung in letzter Minute&amp;quot; zu erreichen.&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19960112/REVIEWS/601120301/1023 Suntimes.com] An enthusiastic review by famous Roger Ebert declaring Dead Man Walking  &amp;quot;a spiritual drama&amp;quot; in which Sister Helen really cares for the soul of Matthew. It is not about fullfilling the ritual and repent his sins but to truly understand what he has done, what really happened to him and others. He calls it a movie that will be talked about for a long time. Egbert praises the movie for going deep into the feelings of the characters, for not shying away from overstepping boundaries or being uncomfortable. He never mentions this to be a movie against the death penalty, though.[[User:Jens|Jens]] 18:43, 23 April 2008 (CEST)&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/m/1068779-dead_man_walking/?page=1&amp;amp;critic=creamcrop&amp;amp;sortby=date&amp;amp;name_order=desc&amp;amp;view=text#mo Rotten Tomatoes.com] A fantastic site that gathers a huge amount of reviews (Roger Egbert&#039;s review I found through this) on movies from magazines and online publications. It gives site users&#039; comments on movies as well. Unfortunately some of the links concerning Dead Man Walking are not available anymore. &lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.filmcritic.com/misc/emporium.nsf/reviews/Dead-Man-Walking filmcritic.com]: a film review from 1995 by Christopher Null. In the first three paragraphs of the review he only summarizes the content. But in the 4th paragraph he offers a rather different opinion on the film, calls its beginning &amp;quot;flawed&amp;quot;, while in the end &amp;quot;the movie comes together quite nicely.&amp;quot; His final rather provocative question could probably heat up our discussion...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::just a short remark: your summaries do not help if we have to read these reviews to tell what statements, interpretations, opinions, criticsm they offer. --[[User:Olaf Simons|Olaf Simons]] 15:08, 23 April 2008 (CEST)&lt;br /&gt;
:::so how do you want the summary to be written? - so that we can change it. you just said &amp;quot;put a link on the wiki and give a short summary of the review&amp;quot; Gruß, [[User:Verena Engelhardt|Verena Engelhardt]] 15:18, 23 April 2008 (CEST)&lt;br /&gt;
::::Well as I said: the statement - it does not help me if I read the text makes a brilliant statement in the end. To get a view of the different opinons/views/statements we need the statements themselves (like &amp;quot;criticises the movie as a implicit justification of the death penalty being the very means through which the accused accepts his responsibility...&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;reads the film as religious kitsch&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;praises the film as...&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
::::PS - that&#039;s the aim - like the first summary... --[[User:Olaf Simons|Olaf Simons]] 16:16, 23 April 2008 (CEST)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:20th century|1995]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:1990s|1995]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:By author|Robbins, Tim]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Films (chronological order)|1995]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Films (alphabetical order)|Dead Man Walking]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A07EFDC1239F93AA15751C1A963958260&amp;amp;scp=1&amp;amp;sq=dead+man+walking+film&amp;amp;st=nyt New York Times] this is a link to an official film review published by the New York Times in 1995. It gives a summary of the film and judges the        making of the film, the actors` ways of playing the two main characters, and describes the whole atmosphere of the film.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Jens</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.angl-am.uni-oldenburg.de/wiki/index.php?title=Tim_Robbins_(dir.),_Dead_Man_Walking_(1995_film)&amp;diff=12374</id>
		<title>Tim Robbins (dir.), Dead Man Walking (1995 film)</title>
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		<updated>2008-04-23T16:43:09Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Jens: /* Reviews */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Film, USA 1995.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Links==&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Man_Walking_%28film%29 &#039;&#039;Dead Man Walking&#039;&#039;] (1995) directed by Tim Robbins, starring Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112818/ IMDb]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Reviews==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.cineman.de/movie/1995/DeadManWalking/review.html cineman.de] Eine deutsche Rezension von Martin Glauser, dennoch interessant, da sie die filmischen Techniken einer &amp;quot;fatale Parallelmontage&amp;quot; von der Exekution, dem Mord an den Teenagern, dem Injektionsprozess und dem sterbenden Matthew als &amp;quot;plumpe rhetorische Figur&amp;quot; kritisiert, weil es die Exekution als &amp;quot;Legitimation jener barbarischen Justiz&amp;quot; präsentiert. Dies wiederum schien nicht Tim Robbins Absicht zu sein, sondern eher eine Kritik an der Todesstrafe. Zudem wirft die Rezension einen Blick auf den religiösen Teil des Films. Die Darstellung von Susan Sarandon spiegelt den &amp;quot;American Way of Being Concerned&amp;quot;  wider - die &amp;quot;christliche Logik der Argumentation verleiht dem Film eine gewisse philosophische Unschärfe, sie verhindert ein klares Statement&amp;quot;. Abschließend weist der Film eine &amp;quot;skandalöse Impertinenz&amp;quot; auf, da es der Sister Helen am Ende noch gelingt, eine &amp;quot;Bekehrung in letzter Minute&amp;quot; zu erreichen.&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19960112/REVIEWS/601120301/1023 Suntimes.com] An enthusiastic review by famous Roger Ebert declaring Dead Man Walking  &amp;quot;a spiritual drama&amp;quot; in which Sister Helen really cares for the soul of Matthew. It is not about fullfilling the ritual and repent his sins but to truly understand what he has done, what really happened to him and others. He calls it a movie that will be talked about for a long time. Egbert praises the movie for going deep into the feelings of teh characters, for not shying away from overstepping boundaries or being uncomfortable. He never mentions this to be a movie against the death penalty, though.[[User:Jens|Jens]] 18:43, 23 April 2008 (CEST)&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/m/1068779-dead_man_walking/?page=1&amp;amp;critic=creamcrop&amp;amp;sortby=date&amp;amp;name_order=desc&amp;amp;view=text#mo Rotten Tomatoes.com] A fantastic site that gathers a huge amount of reviews (Roger Egbert&#039;s review I found through this) on movies from magazines and online publications. It gives site users&#039; comments on movies as well. Unfortunately some of the links concerning Dead Man Walking are not available anymore. &lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.filmcritic.com/misc/emporium.nsf/reviews/Dead-Man-Walking filmcritic.com]: a film review from 1995 by Christopher Null. In the first three paragraphs of the review he only summarizes the content. But in the 4th paragraph he offers a rather different opinion on the film, calls its beginning &amp;quot;flawed&amp;quot;, while in the end &amp;quot;the movie comes together quite nicely.&amp;quot; His final rather provocative question could probably heat up our discussion...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::just a short remark: your summaries do not help if we have to read these reviews to tell what statements, interpretations, opinions, criticsm they offer. --[[User:Olaf Simons|Olaf Simons]] 15:08, 23 April 2008 (CEST)&lt;br /&gt;
:::so how do you want the summary to be written? - so that we can change it. you just said &amp;quot;put a link on the wiki and give a short summary of the review&amp;quot; Gruß, [[User:Verena Engelhardt|Verena Engelhardt]] 15:18, 23 April 2008 (CEST)&lt;br /&gt;
::::Well as I said: the statement - it does not help me if I read the text makes a brilliant statement in the end. To get a view of the different opinons/views/statements we need the statements themselves (like &amp;quot;criticises the movie as a implicit justification of the death penalty being the very means through which the accused accepts his responsibility...&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;reads the film as religious kitsch&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;praises the film as...&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
::::PS - that&#039;s the aim - like the first summary... --[[User:Olaf Simons|Olaf Simons]] 16:16, 23 April 2008 (CEST)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:20th century|1995]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:1990s|1995]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:By author|Robbins, Tim]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Films (chronological order)|1995]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Films (alphabetical order)|Dead Man Walking]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A07EFDC1239F93AA15751C1A963958260&amp;amp;scp=1&amp;amp;sq=dead+man+walking+film&amp;amp;st=nyt New York Times] this is a link to an official film review published by the New York Times in 1995. It gives a summary of the film and judges the        making of the film, the actors` ways of playing the two main characters, and describes the whole atmosphere of the film.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Jens</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.angl-am.uni-oldenburg.de/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:Tim_Robbins_(dir.),_Dead_Man_Walking_(1995_film)&amp;diff=12341</id>
		<title>Talk:Tim Robbins (dir.), Dead Man Walking (1995 film)</title>
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		<updated>2008-04-23T10:23:32Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Jens: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Hi, I&#039;m not reall ysure about this short article to be included in our collection: [http://www.pulpit.org/articles/dead_man_walking.asp pulpit.org] It refers to Sister Helen (the author) visiting wardens and other officials. Can&#039;t say much about it&#039;s credibility but nevertheless found it interesting as it hints towards the reception of the movie (as a biografical work on Sister Helen) as a good example. And it also raises another question: What about the executioners? [[User:Jens|Jens]] 12:23, 23 April 2008 (CEST)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Jens</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.angl-am.uni-oldenburg.de/wiki/index.php?title=Tim_Robbins_(dir.),_Dead_Man_Walking_(1995_film)&amp;diff=12340</id>
		<title>Tim Robbins (dir.), Dead Man Walking (1995 film)</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://wiki.angl-am.uni-oldenburg.de/wiki/index.php?title=Tim_Robbins_(dir.),_Dead_Man_Walking_(1995_film)&amp;diff=12340"/>
		<updated>2008-04-23T10:07:40Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Jens: /* Reviews */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Film, USA 1995.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Links==&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Man_Walking_%28film%29 &#039;&#039;Dead Man Walking&#039;&#039;] (1995) directed by Tim Robbins, starring Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112818/ IMDb]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Reviews==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.cineman.de/movie/1995/DeadManWalking/review.html cineman.de] German review, but interesting as it criticises the cinematic techniques at the end of the film (parallel sequences execution/murder/injection) and the &amp;quot;Christian touch&amp;quot; of the film in total. Plus commentaries on the review [http://www.cineman.de/memberzone/comment/?issuer=c_movie_review&amp;amp;issuer_id=202&amp;amp;title=Forum:%20Dead%20Man%20Walking&amp;amp;referer=/ cineman.de]  Interesting is the first one, as the author does not avoid the tendency toward &amp;quot;now we can imagine how it is in real life&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19960112/REVIEWS/601120301/1023 Suntimes.com] An enthusiastic review by famous Roger Ebert declaring Dead Man Walking  &amp;quot;a spiritual drama&amp;quot;. Giving keen observations on the two main characters.&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/m/1068779-dead_man_walking/?page=1&amp;amp;critic=creamcrop&amp;amp;sortby=date&amp;amp;name_order=desc&amp;amp;view=text#mo Rotten Tomatoes.com] A fantastic site that gathers a huge amount of reviews on movies from magazines and online publications. It gives site users&#039; comments on movies as well. Unfortunately some of the links concerning Dead Man Walking are not available anymore. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:20th century|1995]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:1990s|1995]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:By author|Robbins, Tim]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Films (chronological order)|1995]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Films (alphabetical order)|Dead Man Walking]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Jens</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.angl-am.uni-oldenburg.de/wiki/index.php?title=Tim_Robbins_(dir.),_Dead_Man_Walking_(1995_film)&amp;diff=12339</id>
		<title>Tim Robbins (dir.), Dead Man Walking (1995 film)</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://wiki.angl-am.uni-oldenburg.de/wiki/index.php?title=Tim_Robbins_(dir.),_Dead_Man_Walking_(1995_film)&amp;diff=12339"/>
		<updated>2008-04-23T10:01:31Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Jens: /* Reviews */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Film, USA 1995.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Links==&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Man_Walking_%28film%29 &#039;&#039;Dead Man Walking&#039;&#039;] (1995) directed by Tim Robbins, starring Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112818/ IMDb]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Reviews==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.cineman.de/movie/1995/DeadManWalking/review.html cineman.de] German review, but interesting as it criticises the cinematic techniques at the end of the film (parallel sequences execution/murder/injection) and the &amp;quot;Christian touch&amp;quot; of the film in total. Plus commentaries on the review [http://www.cineman.de/memberzone/comment/?issuer=c_movie_review&amp;amp;issuer_id=202&amp;amp;title=Forum:%20Dead%20Man%20Walking&amp;amp;referer=/ cineman.de]  Interesting is the first one, as the author does not avoid the tendency toward &amp;quot;now we can imagine how it is in real life&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19960112/REVIEWS/601120301/1023 Suntimes.com] An enthusiastic review by famous Roger Ebert declaring Dead Man Walking  &amp;quot;a spiritual drama&amp;quot;. Giving keen observations on the two main characters.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:20th century|1995]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:1990s|1995]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:By author|Robbins, Tim]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Films (chronological order)|1995]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Films (alphabetical order)|Dead Man Walking]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Jens</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.angl-am.uni-oldenburg.de/wiki/index.php?title=Tim_Robbins_(dir.),_Dead_Man_Walking_(1995_film)&amp;diff=12338</id>
		<title>Tim Robbins (dir.), Dead Man Walking (1995 film)</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://wiki.angl-am.uni-oldenburg.de/wiki/index.php?title=Tim_Robbins_(dir.),_Dead_Man_Walking_(1995_film)&amp;diff=12338"/>
		<updated>2008-04-23T10:01:09Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Jens: /* Reviews */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Film, USA 1995.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Links==&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Man_Walking_%28film%29 &#039;&#039;Dead Man Walking&#039;&#039;] (1995) directed by Tim Robbins, starring Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112818/ IMDb]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Reviews==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.cineman.de/movie/1995/DeadManWalking/review.html cineman.de] German review, but interesting as it criticises the cinematic techniques at the end of the film (parallel sequences execution/murder/injection) and the &amp;quot;Christian touch&amp;quot; of the film in total. Plus commentaries on the review [http://www.cineman.de/memberzone/comment/?issuer=c_movie_review&amp;amp;issuer_id=202&amp;amp;title=Forum:%20Dead%20Man%20Walking&amp;amp;referer=/ cineman.de]  Interesting is the first one, as the author does not avoid the tendency toward &amp;quot;now we can imagine how it is in real life&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19960112/REVIEWS/601120301/1023 Suntimes.com] An enthusiastic review by famous Roger Ebert declaring Dead Man Walking  &amp;quot;a spiritual drama&amp;quot;. Giving keen observations on the two main characters.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:20th century|1995]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:1990s|1995]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:By author|Robbins, Tim]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Films (chronological order)|1995]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Films (alphabetical order)|Dead Man Walking]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Jens</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.angl-am.uni-oldenburg.de/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2007-08_MM_18th-_and_19th-Century_Futures&amp;diff=10766</id>
		<title>Talk:2007-08 MM 18th- and 19th-Century Futures</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://wiki.angl-am.uni-oldenburg.de/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2007-08_MM_18th-_and_19th-Century_Futures&amp;diff=10766"/>
		<updated>2008-02-12T11:56:00Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Jens: /* The Time Machine */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Should we put our notes online before or after next class, or does it matter?&lt;br /&gt;
Thanks!&lt;br /&gt;
Lindsay&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:I&#039;ll not be able to put notes online before - maybe we&#039;ll have the discussion first, yet if you take your notes using a computer feel free to do it as you like. It will be convenient, if people can see what others found - while still reading...  --[[User:Olaf Simons|Olaf Simons]] 12:38, 3 November 2007 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hi,&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Dealing with another problem: Lost the login for the pdf. I can remember the password but not the login. If someone could send it to me via mail (Jenshagemann@gmx.net), she or he would have my gratitude :) Will otherwise manage to read the last pages at the library.&lt;br /&gt;
(And if you ever think of installing VISTA....just don&#039;t! Cost me me half a day to undo what it did to my poor little machine.)&lt;br /&gt;
take care,&lt;br /&gt;
Jens&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Two sessions for Mercier - 4 for Shelley?==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Ich finde es eine gute Idee, mehr Zeit für &amp;quot;The Last Man&amp;quot; zu lassen. --[[User:Lindsay|Lindsay]] 14:36, 23 November 2007 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==On Mercier and Foucault==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I posted some notes I took while comparing Mercier&#039;s text with Foucault&#039;s &#039;&#039;Überwachen und Strafen&#039;&#039;. I&#039;m not sure if contributions like this are what we are expected to do here, so feel free to delete it if necessary. The last bit about the plague may or may not come in handy when reading Shelley&#039;s novel, so I thought it was worth mentioning.&lt;br /&gt;
--Christian Heinen 15:13, 28 November 2007 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Perfect, we shall discuss your statements in class - very much appreciated. --[[User:Olaf Simons|Olaf Simons]] 15:29, 28 November 2007 (CET).&lt;br /&gt;
:PS: Open an account with your first and last name and blank in between, you can then sign with &amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;~~~~&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt; to get a signature with link to your personal page. Your signature will also connect all your edits with your personal pages.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::Works perfectly. Thank you! [[User:C|Christian Heinen]] 15:47, 28 November 2007 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
::edit: &#039;&#039;Now&#039;&#039; I understand. I&#039;ll create a new account with my real name later. Thanks! [[User:C|Christian Heinen]] 15:58, 28 November 2007 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
==I am Legend==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Can&#039;t be there to watch the OV, promised a friend to proof read her work. Needs it tomorrow :/ sry. [[User:Jens|Jens]] 15:35, 14 January 2008 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== The Time Machine ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Did we decide that we are going to meet tomorrow (Tuesday) to watch the movie? --[[User:Lindsay|Lindsay]] 10:30, 11 February 2008 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
:Jenna said that would be her plan. I need to know beforehand so that I&#039;ll have the video projector at home (an may be something to eat...) --[[User:Olaf Simons|Olaf Simons]] 12:11, 11 February 2008 (CET) &lt;br /&gt;
::I would be free for the evening and would like to watch it. [[User:Jens|Jens]] 18:05, 11 February 2008 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
:::So it will be - around 19.30 at my place? --[[User:Olaf Simons|Olaf Simons]] 18:35, 11 February 2008 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
::::I&#039;ll be there too. Sounds good. --[[User:Lindsay|Lindsay]] 19:24, 11 February 2008 (CET) -- Fine with me. See you there. [[User:Jens|Jens]] 12:56, 12 February 2008 (CET)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Jens</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.angl-am.uni-oldenburg.de/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2007-08_MM_18th-_and_19th-Century_Futures&amp;diff=10733</id>
		<title>Talk:2007-08 MM 18th- and 19th-Century Futures</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://wiki.angl-am.uni-oldenburg.de/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2007-08_MM_18th-_and_19th-Century_Futures&amp;diff=10733"/>
		<updated>2008-02-11T17:05:21Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Jens: /* The Time Machine */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Should we put our notes online before or after next class, or does it matter?&lt;br /&gt;
Thanks!&lt;br /&gt;
Lindsay&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:I&#039;ll not be able to put notes online before - maybe we&#039;ll have the discussion first, yet if you take your notes using a computer feel free to do it as you like. It will be convenient, if people can see what others found - while still reading...  --[[User:Olaf Simons|Olaf Simons]] 12:38, 3 November 2007 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hi,&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Dealing with another problem: Lost the login for the pdf. I can remember the password but not the login. If someone could send it to me via mail (Jenshagemann@gmx.net), she or he would have my gratitude :) Will otherwise manage to read the last pages at the library.&lt;br /&gt;
(And if you ever think of installing VISTA....just don&#039;t! Cost me me half a day to undo what it did to my poor little machine.)&lt;br /&gt;
take care,&lt;br /&gt;
Jens&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Two sessions for Mercier - 4 for Shelley?==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Ich finde es eine gute Idee, mehr Zeit für &amp;quot;The Last Man&amp;quot; zu lassen. --[[User:Lindsay|Lindsay]] 14:36, 23 November 2007 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==On Mercier and Foucault==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I posted some notes I took while comparing Mercier&#039;s text with Foucault&#039;s &#039;&#039;Überwachen und Strafen&#039;&#039;. I&#039;m not sure if contributions like this are what we are expected to do here, so feel free to delete it if necessary. The last bit about the plague may or may not come in handy when reading Shelley&#039;s novel, so I thought it was worth mentioning.&lt;br /&gt;
--Christian Heinen 15:13, 28 November 2007 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Perfect, we shall discuss your statements in class - very much appreciated. --[[User:Olaf Simons|Olaf Simons]] 15:29, 28 November 2007 (CET).&lt;br /&gt;
:PS: Open an account with your first and last name and blank in between, you can then sign with &amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;~~~~&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt; to get a signature with link to your personal page. Your signature will also connect all your edits with your personal pages.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::Works perfectly. Thank you! [[User:C|Christian Heinen]] 15:47, 28 November 2007 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
::edit: &#039;&#039;Now&#039;&#039; I understand. I&#039;ll create a new account with my real name later. Thanks! [[User:C|Christian Heinen]] 15:58, 28 November 2007 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
==I am Legend==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Can&#039;t be there to watch the OV, promised a friend to proof read her work. Needs it tomorrow :/ sry. [[User:Jens|Jens]] 15:35, 14 January 2008 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== The Time Machine ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Did we decide that we are going to meet tomorrow (Tuesday) to watch the movie? --[[User:Lindsay|Lindsay]] 10:30, 11 February 2008 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
:Jenna said that would be her plan. I need to know beforehand so that I&#039;ll have the video projector at home (an may be something to eat...) --[[User:Olaf Simons|Olaf Simons]] 12:11, 11 February 2008 (CET)  | I would be free for the evening and would like to watch it. [[User:Jens|Jens]] 18:05, 11 February 2008 (CET)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Jens</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.angl-am.uni-oldenburg.de/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2007-08_MM_18th-_and_19th-Century_Futures&amp;diff=10732</id>
		<title>Talk:2007-08 MM 18th- and 19th-Century Futures</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://wiki.angl-am.uni-oldenburg.de/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2007-08_MM_18th-_and_19th-Century_Futures&amp;diff=10732"/>
		<updated>2008-02-11T17:05:02Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Jens: /* The Time Machine */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Should we put our notes online before or after next class, or does it matter?&lt;br /&gt;
Thanks!&lt;br /&gt;
Lindsay&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:I&#039;ll not be able to put notes online before - maybe we&#039;ll have the discussion first, yet if you take your notes using a computer feel free to do it as you like. It will be convenient, if people can see what others found - while still reading...  --[[User:Olaf Simons|Olaf Simons]] 12:38, 3 November 2007 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hi,&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Dealing with another problem: Lost the login for the pdf. I can remember the password but not the login. If someone could send it to me via mail (Jenshagemann@gmx.net), she or he would have my gratitude :) Will otherwise manage to read the last pages at the library.&lt;br /&gt;
(And if you ever think of installing VISTA....just don&#039;t! Cost me me half a day to undo what it did to my poor little machine.)&lt;br /&gt;
take care,&lt;br /&gt;
Jens&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Two sessions for Mercier - 4 for Shelley?==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Ich finde es eine gute Idee, mehr Zeit für &amp;quot;The Last Man&amp;quot; zu lassen. --[[User:Lindsay|Lindsay]] 14:36, 23 November 2007 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==On Mercier and Foucault==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I posted some notes I took while comparing Mercier&#039;s text with Foucault&#039;s &#039;&#039;Überwachen und Strafen&#039;&#039;. I&#039;m not sure if contributions like this are what we are expected to do here, so feel free to delete it if necessary. The last bit about the plague may or may not come in handy when reading Shelley&#039;s novel, so I thought it was worth mentioning.&lt;br /&gt;
--Christian Heinen 15:13, 28 November 2007 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Perfect, we shall discuss your statements in class - very much appreciated. --[[User:Olaf Simons|Olaf Simons]] 15:29, 28 November 2007 (CET).&lt;br /&gt;
:PS: Open an account with your first and last name and blank in between, you can then sign with &amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;~~~~&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt; to get a signature with link to your personal page. Your signature will also connect all your edits with your personal pages.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::Works perfectly. Thank you! [[User:C|Christian Heinen]] 15:47, 28 November 2007 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
::edit: &#039;&#039;Now&#039;&#039; I understand. I&#039;ll create a new account with my real name later. Thanks! [[User:C|Christian Heinen]] 15:58, 28 November 2007 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
==I am Legend==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Can&#039;t be there to watch the OV, promised a friend to proof read her work. Needs it tomorrow :/ sry. [[User:Jens|Jens]] 15:35, 14 January 2008 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== The Time Machine ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Did we decide that we are going to meet tomorrow (Tuesday) to watch the movie? --[[User:Lindsay|Lindsay]] 10:30, 11 February 2008 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
:Jenna said that would be her plan. I need to know beforehand so that I&#039;ll have the video projector at home (an may be something to eat...) --[[User:Olaf Simons|Olaf Simons]] 12:11, 11 February 2008 (CET)  | I would be free for the evening and would like to watch it. ****&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Jens</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.angl-am.uni-oldenburg.de/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2007-08_MM_18th-_and_19th-Century_Futures&amp;diff=10087</id>
		<title>Talk:2007-08 MM 18th- and 19th-Century Futures</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://wiki.angl-am.uni-oldenburg.de/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2007-08_MM_18th-_and_19th-Century_Futures&amp;diff=10087"/>
		<updated>2008-01-17T09:00:01Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Jens: /* I am Legend */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Should we put our notes online before or after next class, or does it matter?&lt;br /&gt;
Thanks!&lt;br /&gt;
Lindsay&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:I&#039;ll not be able to put notes online before - maybe we&#039;ll have the discussion first, yet if you take your notes using a computer feel free to do it as you like. It will be convenient, if people can see what others found - while still reading...  --[[User:Olaf Simons|Olaf Simons]] 12:38, 3 November 2007 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hi,&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Dealing with another problem: Lost the login for the pdf. I can remember the password but not the login. If someone could send it to me via mail (Jenshagemann@gmx.net), she or he would have my gratitude :) Will otherwise manage to read the last pages at the library.&lt;br /&gt;
(And if you ever think of installing VISTA....just don&#039;t! Cost me me half a day to undo what it did to my poor little machine.)&lt;br /&gt;
take care,&lt;br /&gt;
Jens&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Two sessions for Mercier - 4 for Shelley?==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Ich finde es eine gute Idee, mehr Zeit für &amp;quot;The Last Man&amp;quot; zu lassen. --[[User:Lindsay|Lindsay]] 14:36, 23 November 2007 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==On Mercier and Foucault==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I posted some notes I took while comparing Mercier&#039;s text with Foucault&#039;s &#039;&#039;Überwachen und Strafen&#039;&#039;. I&#039;m not sure if contributions like this are what we are expected to do here, so feel free to delete it if necessary. The last bit about the plague may or may not come in handy when reading Shelley&#039;s novel, so I thought it was worth mentioning.&lt;br /&gt;
--Christian Heinen 15:13, 28 November 2007 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Perfect, we shall discuss your statements in class - very much appreciated. --[[User:Olaf Simons|Olaf Simons]] 15:29, 28 November 2007 (CET).&lt;br /&gt;
:PS: Open an account with your first and last name and blank in between, you can then sign with &amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;~~~~&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt; to get a signature with link to your personal page. Your signature will also connect all your edits with your personal pages.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::Works perfectly. Thank you! [[User:C|Christian Heinen]] 15:47, 28 November 2007 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
::edit: &#039;&#039;Now&#039;&#039; I understand. I&#039;ll create a new account with my real name later. Thanks! [[User:C|Christian Heinen]] 15:58, 28 November 2007 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
==I am Legend==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Can&#039;t be there to watch the OV, promised a friend to proof read her work. Needs it tomorrow :/ sry. [[User:Jens|Jens]] 15:35, 14 January 2008 (CET)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Jens</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.angl-am.uni-oldenburg.de/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2007-08_MM_18th-_and_19th-Century_Futures&amp;diff=10086</id>
		<title>Talk:2007-08 MM 18th- and 19th-Century Futures</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://wiki.angl-am.uni-oldenburg.de/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2007-08_MM_18th-_and_19th-Century_Futures&amp;diff=10086"/>
		<updated>2008-01-17T08:59:47Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Jens: /* I am Legend */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Should we put our notes online before or after next class, or does it matter?&lt;br /&gt;
Thanks!&lt;br /&gt;
Lindsay&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:I&#039;ll not be able to put notes online before - maybe we&#039;ll have the discussion first, yet if you take your notes using a computer feel free to do it as you like. It will be convenient, if people can see what others found - while still reading...  --[[User:Olaf Simons|Olaf Simons]] 12:38, 3 November 2007 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hi,&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Dealing with another problem: Lost the login for the pdf. I can remember the password but not the login. If someone could send it to me via mail (Jenshagemann@gmx.net), she or he would have my gratitude :) Will otherwise manage to read the last pages at the library.&lt;br /&gt;
(And if you ever think of installing VISTA....just don&#039;t! Cost me me half a day to undo what it did to my poor little machine.)&lt;br /&gt;
take care,&lt;br /&gt;
Jens&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Two sessions for Mercier - 4 for Shelley?==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Ich finde es eine gute Idee, mehr Zeit für &amp;quot;The Last Man&amp;quot; zu lassen. --[[User:Lindsay|Lindsay]] 14:36, 23 November 2007 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==On Mercier and Foucault==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I posted some notes I took while comparing Mercier&#039;s text with Foucault&#039;s &#039;&#039;Überwachen und Strafen&#039;&#039;. I&#039;m not sure if contributions like this are what we are expected to do here, so feel free to delete it if necessary. The last bit about the plague may or may not come in handy when reading Shelley&#039;s novel, so I thought it was worth mentioning.&lt;br /&gt;
--Christian Heinen 15:13, 28 November 2007 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Perfect, we shall discuss your statements in class - very much appreciated. --[[User:Olaf Simons|Olaf Simons]] 15:29, 28 November 2007 (CET).&lt;br /&gt;
:PS: Open an account with your first and last name and blank in between, you can then sign with &amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;~~~~&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt; to get a signature with link to your personal page. Your signature will also connect all your edits with your personal pages.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::Works perfectly. Thank you! [[User:C|Christian Heinen]] 15:47, 28 November 2007 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
::edit: &#039;&#039;Now&#039;&#039; I understand. I&#039;ll create a new account with my real name later. Thanks! [[User:C|Christian Heinen]] 15:58, 28 November 2007 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
==I am Legend==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Can&#039;t be there to watch the OV, promised a friend to prrof read her work. Needs it tomorrow :/ sry. [[User:Jens|Jens]] 15:35, 14 January 2008 (CET)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Jens</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.angl-am.uni-oldenburg.de/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2007-08_MM_18th-_and_19th-Century_Futures&amp;diff=10030</id>
		<title>Talk:2007-08 MM 18th- and 19th-Century Futures</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://wiki.angl-am.uni-oldenburg.de/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2007-08_MM_18th-_and_19th-Century_Futures&amp;diff=10030"/>
		<updated>2008-01-14T23:15:01Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Jens: /* I am Legend */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Should we put our notes online before or after next class, or does it matter?&lt;br /&gt;
Thanks!&lt;br /&gt;
Lindsay&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:I&#039;ll not be able to put notes online before - maybe we&#039;ll have the discussion first, yet if you take your notes using a computer feel free to do it as you like. It will be convenient, if people can see what others found - while still reading...  --[[User:Olaf Simons|Olaf Simons]] 12:38, 3 November 2007 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hi,&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Dealing with another problem: Lost the login for the pdf. I can remember the password but not the login. If someone could send it to me via mail (Jenshagemann@gmx.net), she or he would have my gratitude :) Will otherwise manage to read the last pages at the library.&lt;br /&gt;
(And if you ever think of installing VISTA....just don&#039;t! Cost me me half a day to undo what it did to my poor little machine.)&lt;br /&gt;
take care,&lt;br /&gt;
Jens&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Two sessions for Mercier - 4 for Shelley?==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Ich finde es eine gute Idee, mehr Zeit für &amp;quot;The Last Man&amp;quot; zu lassen. --[[User:Lindsay|Lindsay]] 14:36, 23 November 2007 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==On Mercier and Foucault==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I posted some notes I took while comparing Mercier&#039;s text with Foucault&#039;s &#039;&#039;Überwachen und Strafen&#039;&#039;. I&#039;m not sure if contributions like this are what we are expected to do here, so feel free to delete it if necessary. The last bit about the plague may or may not come in handy when reading Shelley&#039;s novel, so I thought it was worth mentioning.&lt;br /&gt;
--Christian Heinen 15:13, 28 November 2007 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Perfect, we shall discuss your statements in class - very much appreciated. --[[User:Olaf Simons|Olaf Simons]] 15:29, 28 November 2007 (CET).&lt;br /&gt;
:PS: Open an account with your first and last name and blank in between, you can then sign with &amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;~~~~&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt; to get a signature with link to your personal page. Your signature will also connect all your edits with your personal pages.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::Works perfectly. Thank you! [[User:C|Christian Heinen]] 15:47, 28 November 2007 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
::edit: &#039;&#039;Now&#039;&#039; I understand. I&#039;ll create a new account with my real name later. Thanks! [[User:C|Christian Heinen]] 15:58, 28 November 2007 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
==I am Legend==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Can&#039;t be there to watch the OV, promised a friend to prrof read her work. Needs it tomorrow :/ sry. [[User:Jens|Jens]] 15:35, 14 January 2008 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
- done- looking forward to discuss this movie. Hope you enjoyed it![[User:Jens|Jens]] 00:15, 15 January 2008 (CET)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Jens</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.angl-am.uni-oldenburg.de/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2007-08_MM_18th-_and_19th-Century_Futures&amp;diff=10023</id>
		<title>Talk:2007-08 MM 18th- and 19th-Century Futures</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://wiki.angl-am.uni-oldenburg.de/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2007-08_MM_18th-_and_19th-Century_Futures&amp;diff=10023"/>
		<updated>2008-01-14T14:35:40Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Jens: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Should we put our notes online before or after next class, or does it matter?&lt;br /&gt;
Thanks!&lt;br /&gt;
Lindsay&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:I&#039;ll not be able to put notes online before - maybe we&#039;ll have the discussion first, yet if you take your notes using a computer feel free to do it as you like. It will be convenient, if people can see what others found - while still reading...  --[[User:Olaf Simons|Olaf Simons]] 12:38, 3 November 2007 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hi,&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Dealing with another problem: Lost the login for the pdf. I can remember the password but not the login. If someone could send it to me via mail (Jenshagemann@gmx.net), she or he would have my gratitude :) Will otherwise manage to read the last pages at the library.&lt;br /&gt;
(And if you ever think of installing VISTA....just don&#039;t! Cost me me half a day to undo what it did to my poor little machine.)&lt;br /&gt;
take care,&lt;br /&gt;
Jens&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Two sessions for Mercier - 4 for Shelley?==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Ich finde es eine gute Idee, mehr Zeit für &amp;quot;The Last Man&amp;quot; zu lassen. --[[User:Lindsay|Lindsay]] 14:36, 23 November 2007 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==On Mercier and Foucault==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I posted some notes I took while comparing Mercier&#039;s text with Foucault&#039;s &#039;&#039;Überwachen und Strafen&#039;&#039;. I&#039;m not sure if contributions like this are what we are expected to do here, so feel free to delete it if necessary. The last bit about the plague may or may not come in handy when reading Shelley&#039;s novel, so I thought it was worth mentioning.&lt;br /&gt;
--Christian Heinen 15:13, 28 November 2007 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:Perfect, we shall discuss your statements in class - very much appreciated. --[[User:Olaf Simons|Olaf Simons]] 15:29, 28 November 2007 (CET).&lt;br /&gt;
:PS: Open an account with your first and last name and blank in between, you can then sign with &amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;~~~~&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt; to get a signature with link to your personal page. Your signature will also connect all your edits with your personal pages.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::Works perfectly. Thank you! [[User:C|Christian Heinen]] 15:47, 28 November 2007 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
::edit: &#039;&#039;Now&#039;&#039; I understand. I&#039;ll create a new account with my real name later. Thanks! [[User:C|Christian Heinen]] 15:58, 28 November 2007 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
==I am Legend==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Can&#039;t be there to watch the OV, promised a friend to prrof read her work. Needs it tomorrow :/ sry. [[User:Jens|Jens]] 15:35, 14 January 2008 (CET)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Jens</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.angl-am.uni-oldenburg.de/wiki/index.php?title=Le_Morte_Darthur_Book_17&amp;diff=9720</id>
		<title>Le Morte Darthur Book 17</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://wiki.angl-am.uni-oldenburg.de/wiki/index.php?title=Le_Morte_Darthur_Book_17&amp;diff=9720"/>
		<updated>2007-12-20T17:55:47Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Jens: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;{{Template:Malory 21 Books}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Whenever I think a passage to contain something of the below mentioned topics I will mark it with a corresponding letter. Hope that it will help. And yes, Book 17 seems really just to contain bits and pieces thrown together with no apparent order.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;A&#039;&#039;&#039; - Aspect of cheap entertainment (Chapbooks) - personally I think all those &amp;quot;Action Scenes&amp;quot; could be part of this topic.&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;B&#039;&#039;&#039; - Prophecies, predictions of what is to come, moments of reflection when things happened as predicted &lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;C&#039;&#039;&#039; - Marriage &amp;amp; Fidelity &lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;D&#039;&#039;&#039; - Violence &amp;amp; second thoughts &lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;E&#039;&#039;&#039; - Christianity and the heathen world, supernatural incidents, miracles, moments where other mythologies interfere&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;F&#039;&#039;&#039; - Gender roles &lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;G&#039;&#039;&#039; - Is this text historical or fictional, do we get proofs, sources, doubts second thoughts on the status of the stories.&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;H&#039;&#039;&#039; - Modern adaptations: key scenes (which that are is yet to be determined) &lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;I&#039;&#039;&#039; - Concepts of honour and morality in general and individual &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Summary Book XVII===&lt;br /&gt;
Four Arthurian knights receive visions and divine guidance to their way towards the Holy Grail as they prove themselves in several adventures. Galahad, Percival, Bors as a group and Lancelot on his own reach the Holy Grail. Lancelot may only see it shortly for he is not free of sin and then returns to Camelot. The other knights,fullfilling the prophecies, are blessed by Jesus himself and Galahad outshines the other two be his healing powers and his purity in his belief and deeds. In the end Galahad is crowned king and dies. While Percival follows him shortly, overcome with grief, Bors returns to Camelot to tell the tale. &lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum i=== &lt;br /&gt;
After having rescued Sir Percival from the 20 knights, Sir Galahad traveled a vast forest and persists through many, not further mentioned, adventures. On his way to the sea he comes past a castle were a siege is taking place. He quickly decides to help those &amp;quot;good knights&amp;quot; in the castle and is soon attacked by the besieging knights. With them are Sir Gawayn and Sir Hector de Marys who recognize Galahad&#039;s white shield with the red cross and attack him. Galahad defeats them all and Gawayn receives a near fatal head wound. After all the &amp;quot;knights without&amp;quot; are chased off and Gawayn is brought to safety by Hector, Galahad simple rides away. &lt;br /&gt;
Gawayn marvels at the storys the tell about the sword from the lake and only after months is healed from his terrible wound. An Hector tells him that his quest has come to an end.&lt;br /&gt;
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Sir Galahad rides on to Castle Carbonek (called Castle Corbin or Castle Corbin) rests nearby at a hermitage and is woken at night by a “gentilwoman” that asks him to get armed and follow her, for in the next three days she would grant him adventures never seen by a knight before. Galahad follows.    &#039;&#039;&#039;A B&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum ii===&lt;br /&gt;
Galahad is lead to the castle of that “gentilwoman’s” lady where he rests some time before he is lead towards the sea by that “gentilwoman” and with them they carry a child and some riches. On the beach the ship,with cheering Bors and Percival on board, is waiting for them. As soon as they are on board the ship starts sailing again and all three knights exchange the storys of their adventures and their temptations. Bors is only missing Lancelot in his party. After a while they meet another ship between two big rocks. Writings on on the ship tell them, that only those of “steadfast believe” should enter the ship because the author of those letters would not help them if they should fail. At that point the “gentilwoman” reveals that she is Percival’s sister and warns him, that he will perish should he not firmly believe in Jesus Christ. Happy to see his sister, Percival replies that he, should he be an untrue knight, could as well perish. &#039;&#039;&#039;B E F I&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum iii===&lt;br /&gt;
On board of the other ship the the four find it full of riches and with a large bed in the middle, at it’s foot a sword could be found. The swords pommel was made a of multicolored stone and the cross guard (?) (“scales”) was made of the rips of two beasts: the Serpent of the Fiend and the Fish Ertanax. First should save its bearer from weariness and harm, the other would strengthen the bearer’s will as to focus solemly on the task before him and avoid distraction.. Percival and Bors both can’t draw the word and in Galahad’s hands it displayed strange red letters (like blood), telling him of the special powers of the sword and that only a man passing all other man would be able to draw it. Galahad doesn’t try to draw it out of disgust. &lt;br /&gt;
Percival’s sister remembers some tales in which the word is found on a ship and could only be employed by a severly wounded man against a muslim king who then died after returning the sword to the ship.  &#039;&#039;&#039;A E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum iv===&lt;br /&gt;
They then see that the scabbard of the sword is made from snake skin and bears golden and silvern letters but the girdle was crude and unfitting to hold the scabbard. The letters read that he who wants to bear the sword should be hardier (&amp;quot; more harder&amp;quot;) than any other man. And that despite of the crude girdle the bearer should not be ashamed. The girdle could only be replaced by the hands of a virgin from royal blood. And a virgin she must stay all her life or a dreadful death would befall her.&lt;br /&gt;
As they turn the word they perceive it to be black, showing red letters which warn them, that the sword will turn on him that praises it most or to whom it is most courteous. Sir Percival&#039;s sister remembers a tale of a man called Nacyen who lived 40 years after the passion of Christ and who found the ship with the sword. First he couldn&#039;t draw it and the wind drives the ship to different places. And when he encountered a giant he found the sword out of his scabbard, praised it much and it broke at his first strike.&lt;br /&gt;
After meeting king &amp;quot;Mordrayne&amp;quot; on another ship Nacyen learns that he must have sinned and he (Mordryane probably) sets the pieces of teh sword together which is as good as new. They are then asked to leave the ship and Nacyen receives a sword stroke to his right foot for, as a voice claims, he was never worthy to handle the sword. &#039;&#039;&#039;A G E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum v===&lt;br /&gt;
another tale – King Pelles, later on called the Maimed King, was a great supporter of the church, found the ship after getting separated with all but one of his knightes he rode out for hunting. After reading the letters and entering the ship lone he tried to draw the sword and was struck by spear through both thighs a wound that could never be healed since then.  &lt;br /&gt;
We then switch back to the three knights, who find two swords and three white, green and red “spyndels” of vibrant color near the head of the bed. Sir Percival’s sister tells the knight’s the story how Eve planted the branch of the tree that carried “the apple” after their banishment from paradise into the earth and a majestic white tree grew out of it. After Adam and Eve had had sex under the tree it turned green and later, after Cain killed his brother Abel below it, it turned red and all plants except this tree withered. Much later wise king Solomon reigned the marvellous red tree still existed.&lt;br /&gt;
King Solomon’s wife is said to be an evil woman and the king himself despises women in his books until the Holy Spirit tells him, that from his lineage will come a glorrious woman, from the man, who would not only be a formidable knight but also the last of Solomon’s bloodline and a virgin. [“man whiche shalle be a mayde”] &#039;&#039;&#039;E F&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum vi===&lt;br /&gt;
King Solomon kept studying and thought long time who could be this man and finally he told his wife about the prophecy. She asked him to have an excellent ship build and the sword of David fitted with a new pommel, crossguard and sheath. She herself outfitted the ship with riches and added the hempen girdle (against the protest of Solomon)to the sword. And  she forced a carpenter to cut enough wood from the white, the green and the red tree to craft three “spyndlys” out of it. Those were added to the bed. After all is done Solomon wonders what this all is about but his wife just answers that he will get answers soon enough &#039;&#039;&#039;B E F G&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum vii===&lt;br /&gt;
At night Solomon dreams of angels that spray the ship with holy water (consecrate it?) and wirte on’s sides warnings for those that enter and on the sword another message. Shocked he retreated and the ship glided into the sea and vanished quickly while a little voice told Solomon that the knight he is looking for will rest on this bed and ship. He then told his wife about his dream. [Back on board the ship] Percival finds writings that tell them the story of the ship and the sword and they understand, that they must find a suitable girdle for the famous sword. Percival’s sister then produces a girdle made from her own hair that she had crafted as soon as she knew about her mission. And then Galahad is girded with the sword then called the Sword of the Strange Girdles. Then they leave the ship (of Solomon) and the winds drive them to the coast of Scotland, near to a castle on the cliffs. where Percival’s sister warns the knights about assailants, who know that they were Arthur’s knights. &#039;&#039;&#039;E A B G&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum viii===&lt;br /&gt;
After introducing themselves to a squire of that castle who then returned with the message the hear horns and are warned by a “gentilwoman” to leave or they would die. Some well armed knights are dispatched from the castle to take the knights prisoners but are quickly killed or flee, while the knights take some of the horses and follow the survivers into the castle, were the kill quite many people. As they wonder on what they have done and are quite sure to have sinned. But why had God given them the strength to kill them?   A priest in the castle tells them that there is no need for self-doubt since the former lord (Earl Hernox) of this castle was fataly wounded thrown into prison by his three sons, who before that had  raped and then, when she told her father, killed her sister and afterwards killed priests and destroyed churches. The priests also says, that Earl Hernox forsaw the arrival of servants of God to redeem this injustice. &#039;&#039;&#039;D(!) E I&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum ix===&lt;br /&gt;
Earl Hernox dies in Galahad’s arms and with his last breath asks the knight to go and seek out the Maimed King, for he will be healed by Galahad.&lt;br /&gt;
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The three knights and Percival’s sister depart and on their travel they meet a white stag with four “lions” (?lyons) in a vast forest which they folllow to a hermitage were an armored priest conducts mass in a chapel, which the four travelers attend. In mass they see the white stag become a man and the lions turn into another man, a lion (…),  an eagle, and an ox, that all receive a blessing at the altar and leave, somehow incorporeal, through the painted glaswindow. Then the knights hear a voice that tells them that like this the Virgin Mary received his son. They ask the priest about what had happened and he explains to them, that they are choosen to learn about secrets of God himself and that they will bring an end to the “Sancgreal” (Sangreal – Holy Grail, probably: the quest for the grail).&lt;br /&gt;
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The white stag and the lions are a symbol for Jesus  and the Evangelists but assumes that the knights won’t see these anymore. The knight’s rejoice and travel past a castle on the next day, when a knight bearing a message comes after them. &#039;&#039;&#039;E B&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum x===&lt;br /&gt;
The knight from the castle asks Percival’s sister to give a dish full of her maiden blood as it is custom. The three knights defend her and even manage fend off a superior number of knights (soldiers), Galahad seemingly going berserk, until nightfall. They are then invited into the castle to rest and learn about this custom. &#039;&#039;&#039;I A&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum xi===&lt;br /&gt;
Bors, Galahad, Percival and his sister accept and learn that the blood of a maiden is needed to cure the Lady of the castle. &lt;br /&gt;
Percival’s sister offers to heal the lady with her blood and  voluntarily gives enough to heal the lady as well as to kill herself. Her last wish is her body to be send forth on a ship so that, as she forsees, she will arrive in due time at the city of Sarras where she is going to be buried under a tower were Percival and Galahad,too, shall be buried at some point in time. Percival fullfills her wish and even adds a letter that contains all her deeds to her dead hands. After a strong tempest the three knights see a wounded knight praying to God for help and being chased by a “dwarf” and Bors sets out save that knight.  &#039;&#039;&#039;B D E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum xii===&lt;br /&gt;
Galahad and Percival pray all night for Bors save return. And when they leave the chappel the find everyone in the castle dead and hear a voice that names this God’s vengeance for the shedding of virgin blood. They then find 36 the well preserved tombs of the “maydens that were martred for the seke ladyes sake”, all of whom were of royal blood. Then they leave the castle. &#039;&#039;&#039;E&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum xiii===&lt;br /&gt;
While Lanceleot is resting near the “waters of Mortoyse” he receives a vision that aks him to board the first ship that he may find. On a beach he finds a ship without sail or oars and as soon as he enters he is overwhelmed with joy and falls asleep. As he awakes he finds Percival’s dead sister on a bed in the ship and reads of her and her brother’s deeds. &lt;br /&gt;
Lancelot stays onboard the ship for a month and ist sustained by prayers alone. One night he meets his son Galahad and both are full of joy and, as he sees Percival’s dead sister on the bed, tell each other stories of their deeds. Lancelot is especially keen to hear and praise the sword Galahad procured on the ship of Solomon. Both travel together on the ship for half a year and worship good, while again and again fight against wild beasts on unchartered isles, which is not elaborated on since it has nothing to to with the grail.&#039;&#039;&#039;B E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum xiv===&lt;br /&gt;
On a Monday Galahad is picked up by heavily armored knight who tells him, that he had passed enough time with his father and a voice tells them, that they will only see each other again on Judgement Day. Thy bid farewell to each other and Lancelot ist driven out unto the sea again for another month full of prayers.&lt;br /&gt;
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Lancelot finally arrives at a castle whose doors are open but guarded with two lions but before he canenter he is reprimanded by a voice that he will need the strength in the Lord more than his armor. (actually a suddenly appearing dwarf hits him after he readies sword and armor O_o ) &lt;br /&gt;
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Lancelot thanks the Lord and manages to enter the castle through open doors and non-aggressive lions. Only a last door is closed to him and he tries to open it. &#039;&#039;&#039;B E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum xv===&lt;br /&gt;
With all his strength he can’t open the door. He only hears an angelic voice praising the Lord. So he prays for God to let him in if he had done something in his life that had pleased him. The door opens and he sees that inside there is a richly decorated and bright altar, some angels and a holy vessel with a priest holding mass in front of it. Lancelot is warned to by that mysterious voice but after seeing the priest struggling while holds the young child of two other people aloft he enters to help the priest. And feels instantly burned and weakened. He falls to the ground, absolutely powerless, and is brought outside. There he is found the next morning and the people of the castle decide to look after him although he seems dead for many of them. &#039;&#039;&#039;B  E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum xvi===&lt;br /&gt;
For 24 days they serve Lancelot and as he suddenly awakes he is furious about it since he was shown great secrets and miracles in his sleep. He perceives those 24 (25th day he awakes) as his punishment for his 25 years being a sinner and he remebers that he hadn’t worn the hair-shirt (“hayr”) a hermit had given to him as he promised a year ago.  Afterward wears the hair-shirt beneath his other clothing. He also is told that he will never see the Grail any closer than he already has and he accepts it, grateful for the mercy shown to him by God.&lt;br /&gt;
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He then gives his full name and is happily greeting by the king for he is at the Castle of Carbonek and at King Pelles court.&lt;br /&gt;
The King relates the sad story of his dead daughter whereof Lancelot is genuinely sorry. After four days he wants to leave the court and suddenly during their last meal, that the Grail had provided, all the windows and doors of the castle close magically. A single knights shouts outside the castle that he wihes to enter and finally the king himself asks him, from a window, what this knight&#039;s business is and that he surley is not one knight of the quest and not in the service of the Lord. The knight introduces himself as Hector de Marys, brother of Sir Lancelot. When the king tells him that Lancelot is inside his castle, Sir Hector tells the king that his (Hector&#039;s) sorrow and shame are thereby doubled and that the &amp;quot;good man of the hill&amp;quot; said the truth about Gawayns and his dreams. The Sir Hector leaves as fast as possible.&#039;&#039;&#039;B I E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum xvii===&lt;br /&gt;
Sir Lancelot departs from King Pelles to travel back to the realm of Logrys and after a long travel he rests at a white Abbey. Here he finds a newly made tomb with an inscription stating that this is the grave of Bagdemagus of Gore who had been killed by Sir Gawayn. Lancelot mourns the loss. On his further way he visits the Abbey where Galahad won his shield and finally reaches Camelot, where he is greeted happily. More than half of the knights had been killed on their quest so far. The Sirs Hector, Gawayn and Lyonel were among those returned. Lancelot tells them all about his adventures and about the adventures of Percival, Galahad and Bors, of which he knew through the letter of Sir Percival&#039;s dead sister. He also tells the king that only one of these three knights will return to his court.&#039;&#039;&#039;B D&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum xviii===&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;E G I&#039;&#039;&#039; After many travels Sir Galahad comes to an Abbey, where he meets King Mordrayns (who must be quite old be now). The King tells him that he is the purest of all knights asks him to embrace him so that he may die (of age) in his arms. Galahad does as asked and even prays to God to visit him and god hears his prayer and the King departs. &lt;br /&gt;
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As he travels on pure Galahad calms a boiling well, called Callahady&#039;s well, with a touch of his hand. And he later reaches the Abbey where Badgemagus tomb could be found and extinguishes the flames of teh burning tomb of Simeon, which only the knight that passes all other knights of the table round could accomplish and in which Sir Lancelot had already failed. Galahad relieves the spirit of a sinner that had done wrong to Joseph of Arimathea 354 years before by granting him a proper burial. [not sure I got the &amp;quot;who is who&amp;quot; right here]&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum xix===&lt;br /&gt;
Galahad departs and meets Bors and Percival on the way. Together, they ride to the castle of Carbonek. The son of their host King Pelles shows them the sword that struck Joseph through the thigh; it&#039;s broken, and one by one they try to make it whole again, but only Galahad succeeds. He gifts the repaired sword to Bors. &lt;br /&gt;
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After they have all sat down for dinner, nine foreign knights come to meet Galahad - three from Gaulle, three from Ireland, and three from Denmark - and sit with them. &lt;br /&gt;
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An old, sick man wearing a gold crown is brought into the room where dinner is held, lying in a bed. Without identifying himself, he welcomes Galahad and tells him that he&#039;s long wanted to meet him, and sends King Pelles and his son away. &lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum xx===&lt;br /&gt;
A man in the garments of a bishop and four angels descend from heaven; the bishop is holding a cross, and letters written on his forehead identify him as Joseph, the first bishop of Christendom. The angels who accompanied him return, two of them bearing candles, one a towel, and one a spear with blood dripping from it. Galahad takes some of the blood and anoints the sick man&#039;s legs with it, making him healthy again. &lt;br /&gt;
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Then, Jesus himself appears and blesses everyone present. He gives Galahad a special plate and tells him it can&#039;t be in Britain any longer; Galahad should take his sword, Bors and Percival, and depart on a ship that he&#039;ll find waiting for him at the coast. Jesus also prophecies that two of them won&#039;t return from their quest. &lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum xxi===&lt;br /&gt;
Galahad asks the three knights from Gaulle to greet Lancelot for him if they go to Arthur&#039;s court, and then departs. On the ship, Galahad prays and is granted the gift that he&#039;ll be able to die when- and wherever he chooses, and his soul will go on to eternal life. &lt;br /&gt;
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Upon their landing in Sarras, Galahad heals a cripple. Percival buries his sister there, who had died in the meantime. They see the tyrant king and tell him the story of their quest, but he throws them into prison. &lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum xxii===&lt;br /&gt;
Eventually the king dies, asking forgiveness of the three, which they grant. The people of Sarras make Galahad their new king; he accepts, but soon after his coronation, he dies during Mass. &lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum xxiii===&lt;br /&gt;
Percival and Bors grieve for him, Percival so much so that he enters a hermitage to live as a holy man for a year and two days, before he, too, dies. Bors buries him next to his sister and Galahad and then returns to Britain, where he is warmly welcomed at court and the story he has to tell is written down in books.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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Whenever I think a passage to contain something of the below mentioned topics I will mark it with a corresponding letter. Hope that it will help. And yes, Book 17 seems really just to contain bits and pieces thrown together with no apparent order.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;A&#039;&#039;&#039; - Aspect of cheap entertainment (Chapbooks) - personally I think all those &amp;quot;Action Scenes&amp;quot; could be part of this topic.&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;B&#039;&#039;&#039; - Prophecies, predictions of what is to come, moments of reflection when things happened as predicted &lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;C&#039;&#039;&#039; - Marriage &amp;amp; Fidelity &lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;D&#039;&#039;&#039; - Violence &amp;amp; second thoughts &lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;E&#039;&#039;&#039; - Christianity and the heathen world, supernatural incidents, miracles, moments where other mythologies interfere&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;F&#039;&#039;&#039; - Gender roles &lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;G&#039;&#039;&#039; - Is this text historical or fictional, do we get proofs, sources, doubts second thoughts on the status of the stories.&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;H&#039;&#039;&#039; - Modern adaptations: key scenes (which that are is yet to be determined) &lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;I&#039;&#039;&#039; - Concepts of honour and morality in general and individual &lt;br /&gt;
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===Summary Book XVII===&lt;br /&gt;
Four Arthurian knights receive visions and divine guidance to their way towards the Holy Grail as they prove themselves in several adventures. Galahad, Percival, Bors as a group and Lancelot on his own reach the Holy Grail. Lancelot may only see it shortly for he is not free of sin and then returns to Camelot. The other knights are blessed by Jesus himself and Galahad outshines the other two be his healing powers and his purity in his belief and deeds. In the end Galahad is crowned king and dies. While Percival follows him shortly, overcome with grief, Bors returns to Camelot to tell the tale. &lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum i=== &lt;br /&gt;
After having rescued Sir Percival from the 20 knights, Sir Galahad traveled a vast forest and persists through many, not further mentioned, adventures. On his way to the sea he comes past a castle were a siege is taking place. He quickly decides to help those &amp;quot;good knights&amp;quot; in the castle and is soon attacked by the besieging knights. With them are Sir Gawayn and Sir Hector de Marys who recognize Galahad&#039;s white shield with the red cross and attack him. Galahad defeats them all and Gawayn receives a near fatal head wound. After all the &amp;quot;knights without&amp;quot; are chased off and Gawayn is brought to safety by Hector, Galahad simple rides away. &lt;br /&gt;
Gawayn marvels at the storys the tell about the sword from the lake and only after months is healed from his terrible wound. An Hector tells him that his quest has come to an end.&lt;br /&gt;
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Sir Galahad rides on to Castle Carbonek (called Castle Corbin or Castle Corbin) rests nearby at a hermitage and is woken at night by a “gentilwoman” that asks him to get armed and follow her, for in the next three days she would grant him adventures never seen by a knight before. Galahad follows.    &#039;&#039;&#039;A B&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum ii===&lt;br /&gt;
Galahad is lead to the castle of that “gentilwoman’s” lady where he rests some time before he is lead towards the sea by that “gentilwoman” and with them they carry a child and some riches. On the beach the ship,with cheering Bors and Percival on board, is waiting for them. As soon as they are on board the ship starts sailing again and all three knights exchange the storys of their adventures and their temptations. Bors is only missing Lancelot in his party. After a while they meet another ship between two big rocks. Writings on on the ship tell them, that only those of “steadfast believe” should enter the ship because the author of those letters would not help them if they should fail. At that point the “gentilwoman” reveals that she is Percival’s sister and warns him, that he will perish should he not firmly believe in Jesus Christ. Happy to see his sister, Percival replies that he, should he be an untrue knight, could as well perish. &#039;&#039;&#039;B E F I&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum iii===&lt;br /&gt;
On board of the other ship the the four find it full of riches and with a large bed in the middle, at it’s foot a sword could be found. The swords pommel was made a of multicolored stone and the cross guard (?) (“scales”) was made of the rips of two beasts: the Serpent of the Fiend and the Fish Ertanax. First should save its bearer from weariness and harm, the other would strengthen the bearer’s will as to focus solemly on the task before him and avoid distraction.. Percival and Bors both can’t draw the word and in Galahad’s hands it displayed strange red letters (like blood), telling him of the special powers of the sword and that only a man passing all other man would be able to draw it. Galahad doesn’t try to draw it out of disgust. &lt;br /&gt;
Percival’s sister remembers some tales in which the word is found on a ship and could only be employed by a severly wounded man against a muslim king who then died after returning the sword to the ship.  &#039;&#039;&#039;A E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum iv===&lt;br /&gt;
They then see that the scabbard of the sword is made from snake skin and bears golden and silvern letters but the girdle was crude and unfitting to hold the scabbard. The letters read that he who wants to bear the sword should be hardier (&amp;quot; more harder&amp;quot;) than any other man. And that despite of the crude girdle the bearer should not be ashamed. The girdle could only be replaced by the hands of a virgin from royal blood. And a virgin she must stay all her life or a dreadful death would befall her.&lt;br /&gt;
As they turn the word they perceive it to be black, showing red letters which warn them, that the sword will turn on him that praises it most or to whom it is most courteous. Sir Percival&#039;s sister remembers a tale of a man called Nacyen who lived 40 years after the passion of Christ and who found the ship with the sword. First he couldn&#039;t draw it and the wind drives the ship to different places. And when he encountered a giant he found the sword out of his scabbard, praised it much and it broke at his first strike.&lt;br /&gt;
After meeting king &amp;quot;Mordrayne&amp;quot; on another ship Nacyen learns that he must have sinned and he (Mordryane probably) sets the pieces of teh sword together which is as good as new. They are then asked to leave the ship and Nacyen receives a sword stroke to his right foot for, as a voice claims, he was never worthy to handle the sword. &#039;&#039;&#039;A G E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum v===&lt;br /&gt;
another tale – King Pelles, later on called the Maimed King, was a great supporter of the church, found the ship after getting separated with all but one of his knightes he rode out for hunting. After reading the letters and entering the ship lone he tried to draw the sword and was struck by spear through both thighs a wound that could never be healed since then.  &lt;br /&gt;
We then switch back to the three knights, who find two swords and three white, green and red “spyndels” of vibrant color near the head of the bed. Sir Percival’s sister tells the knight’s the story how Eve planted the branch of the tree that carried “the apple” after their banishment from paradise into the earth and a majestic white tree grew out of it. After Adam and Eve had had sex under the tree it turned green and later, after Cain killed his brother Abel below it, it turned red and all plants except this tree withered. Much later wise king Solomon reigned the marvellous red tree still existed.&lt;br /&gt;
King Solomon’s wife is said to be an evil woman and the king himself despises women in his books until the Holy Spirit tells him, that from his lineage will come a glorrious woman, from the man, who would not only be a formidable knight but also the last of Solomon’s bloodline and a virgin. [“man whiche shalle be a mayde”] &#039;&#039;&#039;E F&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum vi===&lt;br /&gt;
King Solomon kept studying and thought long time who could be this man and finally he told his wife about the prophecy. She asked him to have an excellent ship build and the sword of David fitted with a new pommel, crossguard and sheath. She herself outfitted the ship with riches and added the hempen girdle (against the protest of Solomon)to the sword. And  she forced a carpenter to cut enough wood from the white, the green and the red tree to craft three “spyndlys” out of it. Those were added to the bed. After all is done Solomon wonders what this all is about but his wife just answers that he will get answers soon enough &#039;&#039;&#039;B E F G&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum vii===&lt;br /&gt;
At night Solomon dreams of angels that spray the ship with holy water (consecrate it?) and wirte on’s sides warnings for those that enter and on the sword another message. Shocked he retreated and the ship glided into the sea and vanished quickly while a little voice told Solomon that the knight he is looking for will rest on this bed and ship. He then told his wife about his dream. [Back on board the ship] Percival finds writings that tell them the story of the ship and the sword and they understand, that they must find a suitable girdle for the famous sword. Percival’s sister then produces a girdle made from her own hair that she had crafted as soon as she knew about her mission. And then Galahad is girded with the sword then called the Sword of the Strange Girdles. Then they leave the ship (of Solomon) and the winds drive them to the coast of Scotland, near to a castle on the cliffs. where Percival’s sister warns the knights about assailants, who know that they were Arthur’s knights. &#039;&#039;&#039;E A B G&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum viii===&lt;br /&gt;
After introducing themselves to a squire of that castle who then returned with the message the hear horns and are warned by a “gentilwoman” to leave or they would die. Some well armed knights are dispatched from the castle to take the knights prisoners but are quickly killed or flee, while the knights take some of the horses and follow the survivers into the castle, were the kill quite many people. As they wonder on what they have done and are quite sure to have sinned. But why had God given them the strength to kill them?   A priest in the castle tells them that there is no need for self-doubt since the former lord (Earl Hernox) of this castle was fataly wounded thrown into prison by his three sons, who before that had  raped and then, when she told her father, killed her sister and afterwards killed priests and destroyed churches. The priests also says, that Earl Hernox forsaw the arrival of servants of God to redeem this injustice. &#039;&#039;&#039;D(!) E I&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum ix===&lt;br /&gt;
Earl Hernox dies in Galahad’s arms and with his last breath asks the knight to go and seek out the Maimed King, for he will be healed by Galahad.&lt;br /&gt;
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The three knights and Percival’s sister depart and on their travel they meet a white stag with four “lions” (?lyons) in a vast forest which they folllow to a hermitage were an armored priest conducts mass in a chapel, which the four travelers attend. In mass they see the white stag become a man and the lions turn into another man, a lion (…),  an eagle, and an ox, that all receive a blessing at the altar and leave, somehow incorporeal, through the painted glaswindow. Then the knights hear a voice that tells them that like this the Virgin Mary received his son. They ask the priest about what had happened and he explains to them, that they are choosen to learn about secrets of God himself and that they will bring an end to the “Sancgreal” (Sangreal – Holy Grail, probably: the quest for the grail).&lt;br /&gt;
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The white stag and the lions are a symbol for Jesus  and the Evangelists but assumes that the knights won’t see these anymore. The knight’s rejoice and travel past a castle on the next day, when a knight bearing a message comes after them. &#039;&#039;&#039;E B&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum x===&lt;br /&gt;
The knight from the castle asks Percival’s sister to give a dish full of her maiden blood as it is custom. The three knights defend her and even manage fend off a superior number of knights (soldiers), Galahad seemingly going berserk, until nightfall. They are then invited into the castle to rest and learn about this custom. &#039;&#039;&#039;I A&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum xi===&lt;br /&gt;
Bors, Galahad, Percival and his sister accept and learn that the blood of a maiden is needed to cure the Lady of the castle. &lt;br /&gt;
Percival’s sister offers to heal the lady with her blood and  voluntarily gives enough to heal the lady as well as to kill herself. Her last wish is her body to be send forth on a ship so that, as she forsees, she will arrive in due time at the city of Sarras where she is going to be buried under a tower were Percival and Galahad,too, shall be buried at some point in time. Percival fullfills her wish and even adds a letter that contains all her deeds to her dead hands. After a strong tempest the three knights see a wounded knight praying to God for help and being chased by a “dwarf” and Bors sets out save that knight.  &#039;&#039;&#039;B D E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum xii===&lt;br /&gt;
Galahad and Percival pray all night for Bors save return. And when they leave the chappel the find everyone in the castle dead and hear a voice that names this God’s vengeance for the shedding of virgin blood. They then find 36 the well preserved tombs of the “maydens that were martred for the seke ladyes sake”, all of whom were of royal blood. Then they leave the castle. &#039;&#039;&#039;E&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum xiii===&lt;br /&gt;
While Lanceleot is resting near the “waters of Mortoyse” he receives a vision that aks him to board the first ship that he may find. On a beach he finds a ship without sail or oars and as soon as he enters he is overwhelmed with joy and falls asleep. As he awakes he finds Percival’s dead sister on a bed in the ship and reads of her and her brother’s deeds. &lt;br /&gt;
Lancelot stays onboard the ship for a month and ist sustained by prayers alone. One night he meets his son Galahad and both are full of joy and, as he sees Percival’s dead sister on the bed, tell each other stories of their deeds. Lancelot is especially keen to hear and praise the sword Galahad procured on the ship of Solomon. Both travel together on the ship for half a year and worship good, while again and again fight against wild beasts on unchartered isles, which is not elaborated on since it has nothing to to with the grail.&#039;&#039;&#039;B E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum xiv===&lt;br /&gt;
On a Monday Galahad is picked up by heavily armored knight who tells him, that he had passed enough time with his father and a voice tells them, that they will only see each other again on Judgement Day. Thy bid farewell to each other and Lancelot ist driven out unto the sea again for another month full of prayers.&lt;br /&gt;
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Lancelot finally arrives at a castle whose doors are open but guarded with two lions but before he canenter he is reprimanded by a voice that he will need the strength in the Lord more than his armor. (actually a suddenly appearing dwarf hits him after he readies sword and armor O_o ) &lt;br /&gt;
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Lancelot thanks the Lord and manages to enter the castle through open doors and non-aggressive lions. Only a last door is closed to him and he tries to open it. &#039;&#039;&#039;B E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum xv===&lt;br /&gt;
With all his strength he can’t open the door. He only hears an angelic voice praising the Lord. So he prays for God to let him in if he had done something in his life that had pleased him. The door opens and he sees that inside there is a richly decorated and bright altar, some angels and a holy vessel with a priest holding mass in front of it. Lancelot is warned to by that mysterious voice but after seeing the priest struggling while holds the young child of two other people aloft he enters to help the priest. And feels instantly burned and weakened. He falls to the ground, absolutely powerless, and is brought outside. There he is found the next morning and the people of the castle decide to look after him although he seems dead for many of them. &#039;&#039;&#039;B  E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum xvi===&lt;br /&gt;
For 24 days they serve Lancelot and as he suddenly awakes he is furious about it since he was shown great secrets and miracles in his sleep. He perceives those 24 (25th day he awakes) as his punishment for his 25 years being a sinner and he remebers that he hadn’t worn the hair-shirt (“hayr”) a hermit had given to him as he promised a year ago.  Afterward wears the hair-shirt beneath his other clothing. He also is told that he will never see the Grail any closer than he already has and he accepts it, grateful for the mercy shown to him by God.&lt;br /&gt;
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He then gives his full name and is happily greeting by the king for he is at the Castle of Carbonek and at King Pelles court.&lt;br /&gt;
The King relates the sad story of his dead daughter whereof Lancelot is genuinely sorry. After four days he wants to leave the court and suddenly during their last meal, that the Grail had provided, all the windows and doors of the castle close magically. A single knights shouts outside the castle that he wihes to enter and finally the king himself asks him, from a window, what this knight&#039;s business is and that he surley is not one knight of the quest and not in the service of the Lord. The knight introduces himself as Hector de Marys, brother of Sir Lancelot. When the king tells him that Lancelot is inside his castle, Sir Hector tells the king that his (Hector&#039;s) sorrow and shame are thereby doubled and that the &amp;quot;good man of the hill&amp;quot; said the truth about Gawayns and his dreams. The Sir Hector leaves as fast as possible.&#039;&#039;&#039;B I E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum xvii===&lt;br /&gt;
Sir Lancelot departs from King Pelles to travel back to the realm of Logrys and after a long travel he rests at a white Abbey. Here he finds a newly made tomb with an inscription stating that this is the grave of Bagdemagus of Gore who had been killed by Sir Gawayn. Lancelot mourns the loss. On his further way he visits the Abbey where Galahad won his shield and finally reaches Camelot, where he is greeted happily. More than half of the knights had been killed on their quest so far. The Sirs Hector, Gawayn and Lyonel were among those returned. Lancelot tells them all about his adventures and about the adventures of Percival, Galahad and Bors, of which he knew through the letter of Sir Percival&#039;s dead sister. He also tells the king that only one of these three knights will return to his court.&#039;&#039;&#039;B D&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum xviii===&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;E G I&#039;&#039;&#039; After many travels Sir Galahad comes to an Abbey, where he meets King Mordrayns (who must be quite old be now). The King tells him that he is the purest of all knights asks him to embrace him so that he may die (of age) in his arms. Galahad does as asked and even prays to God to visit him and god hears his prayer and the King departs. &lt;br /&gt;
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As he travels on pure Galahad calms a boiling well, called Callahady&#039;s well, with a touch of his hand. And he later reaches the Abbey where Badgemagus tomb could be found and extinguishes the flames of teh burning tomb of Simeon, which only the knight that passes all other knights of the table round could accomplish and in which Sir Lancelot had already failed. Galahad relieves the spirit of a sinner that had done wrong to Joseph of Arimathea 354 years before by granting him a proper burial. [not sure I got the &amp;quot;who is who&amp;quot; right here]&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum xix===&lt;br /&gt;
Galahad departs and meets Bors and Percival on the way. Together, they ride to the castle of Carbonek. The son of their host King Pelles shows them the sword that struck Joseph through the thigh; it&#039;s broken, and one by one they try to make it whole again, but only Galahad succeeds. He gifts the repaired sword to Bors. &lt;br /&gt;
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After they have all sat down for dinner, nine foreign knights come to meet Galahad - three from Gaulle, three from Ireland, and three from Denmark - and sit with them. &lt;br /&gt;
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An old, sick man wearing a gold crown is brought into the room where dinner is held, lying in a bed. Without identifying himself, he welcomes Galahad and tells him that he&#039;s long wanted to meet him, and sends King Pelles and his son away. &lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum xx===&lt;br /&gt;
A man in the garments of a bishop and four angels descend from heaven; the bishop is holding a cross, and letters written on his forehead identify him as Joseph, the first bishop of Christendom. The angels who accompanied him return, two of them bearing candles, one a towel, and one a spear with blood dripping from it. Galahad takes some of the blood and anoints the sick man&#039;s legs with it, making him healthy again. &lt;br /&gt;
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Then, Jesus himself appears and blesses everyone present. He gives Galahad a special plate and tells him it can&#039;t be in Britain any longer; Galahad should take his sword, Bors and Percival, and depart on a ship that he&#039;ll find waiting for him at the coast. Jesus also prophecies that two of them won&#039;t return from their quest. &lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum xxi===&lt;br /&gt;
Galahad asks the three knights from Gaulle to greet Lancelot for him if they go to Arthur&#039;s court, and then departs. On the ship, Galahad prays and is granted the gift that he&#039;ll be able to die when- and wherever he chooses, and his soul will go on to eternal life. &lt;br /&gt;
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Upon their landing in Sarras, Galahad heals a cripple. Percival buries his sister there, who had died in the meantime. They see the tyrant king and tell him the story of their quest, but he throws them into prison. &lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum xxii===&lt;br /&gt;
Eventually the king dies, asking forgiveness of the three, which they grant. The people of Sarras make Galahad their new king; he accepts, but soon after his coronation, he dies during Mass. &lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum xxiii===&lt;br /&gt;
Percival and Bors grieve for him, Percival so much so that he enters a hermitage to live as a holy man for a year and two days, before he, too, dies. Bors buries him next to his sister and Galahad and then returns to Britain, where he is warmly welcomed at court and the story he has to tell is written down in books.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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Whenever I think a passage to contain something of the below mentioned topics I will mark it with a corresponding letter. Hope that it will help. And yes, Book 17 seems really just to contain bits and pieces thrown together with no apparent order.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;A&#039;&#039;&#039; - Aspect of cheap entertainment (Chapbooks) - personally I think all those &amp;quot;Action Scenes&amp;quot; could be part of this topic.&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;B&#039;&#039;&#039; - Prophecies, predictions of what is to come, moments of reflection when things happened as predicted &lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;C&#039;&#039;&#039; - Marriage &amp;amp; Fidelity &lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;D&#039;&#039;&#039; - Violence &amp;amp; second thoughts &lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;E&#039;&#039;&#039; - Christianity and the heathen world, supernatural incidents, miracles, moments where other mythologies interfere&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;F&#039;&#039;&#039; - Gender roles &lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;G&#039;&#039;&#039; - Is this text historical or fictional, do we get proofs, sources, doubts second thoughts on the status of the stories.&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;H&#039;&#039;&#039; - Modern adaptations: key scenes (which that are is yet to be determined) &lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;I&#039;&#039;&#039; - Concepts of honour and morality in general and individual &lt;br /&gt;
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===Summary Book XVII===&lt;br /&gt;
Four Arthurian knights receive visions and divine guidance to their way towards the Holy Grail as they prove themselves in several adventures. Galahad, Percival, Bors as a group and Lancelot on his own reach the Holy Grail. Lancelot may only see it shortly for he is not free of sin and then returns to Camelot. The other knights are blessed by Jesus himself and Galahad outshines the other two be his healing powers and his purity in his belief and deeds. In the end Galahad is croned king and dies. While Percival follows him shortly, overcome with grief, Bors returns to Camelot to tell the tale. &lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum i=== &lt;br /&gt;
After having rescued Sir Percival from the 20 knights, Sir Galahad traveled a vast forest and persists through many, not further mentioned, adventures. On his way to the sea he comes past a castle were a siege is taking place. He quickly decides to help those &amp;quot;good knights&amp;quot; in the castle and is soon attacked by the besieging knights. With them are Sir Gawayn and Sir Hector de Marys who recognize Galahad&#039;s white shield with the red cross and attack him. Galahad defeats them all and Gawayn receives a near fatal head wound. After all the &amp;quot;knights without&amp;quot; are chased off and Gawayn is brought to safety by Hector, Galahad simple rides away. &lt;br /&gt;
Gawayn marvels at the storys the tell about the sword from the lake and only after months is healed from his terrible wound. An Hector tells him that his quest has come to an end.&lt;br /&gt;
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Sir Galahad rides on to Castle Carbonek (called Castle Corbin or Castle Corbin) rests nearby at a hermitage and is woken at night by a “gentilwoman” that asks him to get armed and follow her, for in the next three days she would grant him adventures never seen by a knight before. Galahad follows.    &#039;&#039;&#039;A B&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum ii===&lt;br /&gt;
Galahad is lead to the castle of that “gentilwoman’s” lady where he rests some time before he is lead towards the sea by that “gentilwoman” and with them they carry a child and some riches. On the beach the ship,with cheering Bors and Percival on board, is waiting for them. As soon as they are on board the ship starts sailing again and all three knights exchange the storys of their adventures and their temptations. Bors is only missing Lancelot in his party. After a while they meet another ship between two big rocks. Writings on on the ship tell them, that only those of “steadfast believe” should enter the ship because the author of those letters would not help them if they should fail. At that point the “gentilwoman” reveals that she is Percival’s sister and warns him, that he will perish should he not firmly believe in Jesus Christ. Happy to see his sister, Percival replies that he, should he be an untrue knight, could as well perish. &#039;&#039;&#039;B E F I&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum iii===&lt;br /&gt;
On board of the other ship the the four find it full of riches and with a large bed in the middle, at it’s foot a sword could be found. The swords pommel was made a of multicolored stone and the cross guard (?) (“scales”) was made of the rips of two beasts: the Serpent of the Fiend and the Fish Ertanax. First should save its bearer from weariness and harm, the other would strengthen the bearer’s will as to focus solemly on the task before him and avoid distraction.. Percival and Bors both can’t draw the word and in Galahad’s hands it displayed strange red letters (like blood), telling him of the special powers of the sword and that only a man passing all other man would be able to draw it. Galahad doesn’t try to draw it out of disgust. &lt;br /&gt;
Percival’s sister remembers some tales in which the word is found on a ship and could only be employed by a severly wounded man against a muslim king who then died after returning the sword to the ship.  &#039;&#039;&#039;A E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum iv===&lt;br /&gt;
They then see that the scabbard of the sword is made from snake skin and bears golden and silvern letters but the girdle was crude and unfitting to hold the scabbard. The letters read that he who wants to bear the sword should be hardier (&amp;quot; more harder&amp;quot;) than any other man. And that despite of the crude girdle the bearer should not be ashamed. The girdle could only be replaced by the hands of a virgin from royal blood. And a virgin she must stay all her life or a dreadful death would befall her.&lt;br /&gt;
As they turn the word they perceive it to be black, showing red letters which warn them, that the sword will turn on him that praises it most or to whom it is most courteous. Sir Percival&#039;s sister remembers a tale of a man called Nacyen who lived 40 years after the passion of Christ and who found the ship with the sword. First he couldn&#039;t draw it and the wind drives the ship to different places. And when he encountered a giant he found the sword out of his scabbard, praised it much and it broke at his first strike.&lt;br /&gt;
After meeting king &amp;quot;Mordrayne&amp;quot; on another ship Nacyen learns that he must have sinned and he (Mordryane probably) sets the pieces of teh sword together which is as good as new. They are then asked to leave the ship and Nacyen receives a sword stroke to his right foot for, as a voice claims, he was never worthy to handle the sword. &#039;&#039;&#039;A G E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum v===&lt;br /&gt;
another tale – King Pelles, later on called the Maimed King, was a great supporter of the church, found the ship after getting separated with all but one of his knightes he rode out for hunting. After reading the letters and entering the ship lone he tried to draw the sword and was struck by spear through both thighs a wound that could never be healed since then.  &lt;br /&gt;
We then switch back to the three knights, who find two swords and three white, green and red “spyndels” of vibrant color near the head of the bed. Sir Percival’s sister tells the knight’s the story how Eve planted the branch of the tree that carried “the apple” after their banishment from paradise into the earth and a majestic white tree grew out of it. After Adam and Eve had had sex under the tree it turned green and later, after Cain killed his brother Abel below it, it turned red and all plants except this tree withered. Much later wise king Solomon reigned the marvellous red tree still existed.&lt;br /&gt;
King Solomon’s wife is said to be an evil woman and the king himself despises women in his books until the Holy Spirit tells him, that from his lineage will come a glorrious woman, from the man, who would not only be a formidable knight but also the last of Solomon’s bloodline and a virgin. [“man whiche shalle be a mayde”] &#039;&#039;&#039;E F&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum vi===&lt;br /&gt;
King Solomon kept studying and thought long time who could be this man and finally he told his wife about the prophecy. She asked him to have an excellent ship build and the sword of David fitted with a new pommel, crossguard and sheath. She herself outfitted the ship with riches and added the hempen girdle (against the protest of Solomon)to the sword. And  she forced a carpenter to cut enough wood from the white, the green and the red tree to craft three “spyndlys” out of it. Those were added to the bed. After all is done Solomon wonders what this all is about but his wife just answers that he will get answers soon enough &#039;&#039;&#039;B E F G&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum vii===&lt;br /&gt;
At night Solomon dreams of angels that spray the ship with holy water (consecrate it?) and wirte on’s sides warnings for those that enter and on the sword another message. Shocked he retreated and the ship glided into the sea and vanished quickly while a little voice told Solomon that the knight he is looking for will rest on this bed and ship. He then told his wife about his dream. [Back on board the ship] Percival finds writings that tell them the story of the ship and the sword and they understand, that they must find a suitable girdle for the famous sword. Percival’s sister then produces a girdle made from her own hair that she had crafted as soon as she knew about her mission. And then Galahad is girded with the sword then called the Sword of the Strange Girdles. Then they leave the ship (of Solomon) and the winds drive them to the coast of Scotland, near to a castle on the cliffs. where Percival’s sister warns the knights about assailants, who know that they were Arthur’s knights. &#039;&#039;&#039;E A B G&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum viii===&lt;br /&gt;
After introducing themselves to a squire of that castle who then returned with the message the hear horns and are warned by a “gentilwoman” to leave or they would die. Some well armed knights are dispatched from the castle to take the knights prisoners but are quickly killed or flee, while the knights take some of the horses and follow the survivers into the castle, were the kill quite many people. As they wonder on what they have done and are quite sure to have sinned. But why had God given them the strength to kill them?   A priest in the castle tells them that there is no need for self-doubt since the former lord (Earl Hernox) of this castle was fataly wounded thrown into prison by his three sons, who before that had  raped and then, when she told her father, killed her sister and afterwards killed priests and destroyed churches. The priests also says, that Earl Hernox forsaw the arrival of servants of God to redeem this injustice. &#039;&#039;&#039;D(!) E I&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum ix===&lt;br /&gt;
Earl Hernox dies in Galahad’s arms and with his last breath asks the knight to go and seek out the Maimed King, for he will be healed by Galahad.&lt;br /&gt;
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The three knights and Percival’s sister depart and on their travel they meet a white stag with four “lions” (?lyons) in a vast forest which they folllow to a hermitage were an armored priest conducts mass in a chapel, which the four travelers attend. In mass they see the white stag become a man and the lions turn into another man, a lion (…),  an eagle, and an ox, that all receive a blessing at the altar and leave, somehow incorporeal, through the painted glaswindow. Then the knights hear a voice that tells them that like this the Virgin Mary received his son. They ask the priest about what had happened and he explains to them, that they are choosen to learn about secrets of God himself and that they will bring an end to the “Sancgreal” (Sangreal – Holy Grail, probably: the quest for the grail).&lt;br /&gt;
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The white stag and the lions are a symbol for Jesus  and the Evangelists but assumes that the knights won’t see these anymore. The knight’s rejoice and travel past a castle on the next day, when a knight bearing a message comes after them. &#039;&#039;&#039;E B&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum x===&lt;br /&gt;
The knight from the castle asks Percival’s sister to give a dish full of her maiden blood as it is custom. The three knights defend her and even manage fend off a superior number of knights (soldiers), Galahad seemingly going berserk, until nightfall. They are then invited into the castle to rest and learn about this custom. &#039;&#039;&#039;I A&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum xi===&lt;br /&gt;
Bors, Galahad, Percival and his sister accept and learn that the blood of a maiden is needed to cure the Lady of the castle. &lt;br /&gt;
Percival’s sister offers to heal the lady with her blood and  voluntarily gives enough to heal the lady as well as to kill herself. Her last wish is her body to be send forth on a ship so that, as she forsees, she will arrive in due time at the city of Sarras where she is going to be buried under a tower were Percival and Galahad,too, shall be buried at some point in time. Percival fullfills her wish and even adds a letter that contains all her deeds to her dead hands. After a strong tempest the three knights see a wounded knight praying to God for help and being chased by a “dwarf” and Bors sets out save that knight.  &#039;&#039;&#039;B D E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum xii===&lt;br /&gt;
Galahad and Percival pray all night for Bors save return. And when they leave the chappel the find everyone in the castle dead and hear a voice that names this God’s vengeance for the shedding of virgin blood. They then find 36 the well preserved tombs of the “maydens that were martred for the seke ladyes sake”, all of whom were of royal blood. Then they leave the castle. &#039;&#039;&#039;E&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum xiii===&lt;br /&gt;
While Lanceleot is resting near the “waters of Mortoyse” he receives a vision that aks him to board the first ship that he may find. On a beach he finds a ship without sail or oars and as soon as he enters he is overwhelmed with joy and falls asleep. As he awakes he finds Percival’s dead sister on a bed in the ship and reads of her and her brother’s deeds. &lt;br /&gt;
Lancelot stays onboard the ship for a month and ist sustained by prayers alone. One night he meets his son Galahad and both are full of joy and, as he sees Percival’s dead sister on the bed, tell each other stories of their deeds. Lancelot is especially keen to hear and praise the sword Galahad procured on the ship of Solomon. Both travel together on the ship for half a year and worship good, while again and again fight against wild beasts on unchartered isles, which is not elaborated on since it has nothing to to with the grail.&#039;&#039;&#039;B E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum xiv===&lt;br /&gt;
On a Monday Galahad is picked up by heavily armored knight who tells him, that he had passed enough time with his father and a voice tells them, that they will only see each other again on Judgement Day. Thy bid farewell to each other and Lancelot ist driven out unto the sea again for another month full of prayers.&lt;br /&gt;
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Lancelot finally arrives at a castle whose doors are open but guarded with two lions but before he canenter he is reprimanded by a voice that he will need the strength in the Lord more than his armor. (actually a suddenly appearing dwarf hits him after he readies sword and armor O_o ) &lt;br /&gt;
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Lancelot thanks the Lord and manages to enter the castle through open doors and non-aggressive lions. Only a last door is closed to him and he tries to open it. &#039;&#039;&#039;B E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum xv===&lt;br /&gt;
With all his strength he can’t open the door. He only hears an angelic voice praising the Lord. So he prays for God to let him in if he had done something in his life that had pleased him. The door opens and he sees that inside there is a richly decorated and bright altar, some angels and a holy vessel with a priest holding mass in front of it. Lancelot is warned to by that mysterious voice but after seeing the priest struggling while holds the young child of two other people aloft he enters to help the priest. And feels instantly burned and weakened. He falls to the ground, absolutely powerless, and is brought outside. There he is found the next morning and the people of the castle decide to look after him although he seems dead for many of them. &#039;&#039;&#039;B  E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum xvi===&lt;br /&gt;
For 24 days they serve Lancelot and as he suddenly awakes he is furious about it since he was shown great secrets and miracles in his sleep. He perceives those 24 (25th day he awakes) as his punishment for his 25 years being a sinner and he remebers that he hadn’t worn the hair-shirt (“hayr”) a hermit had given to him as he promised a year ago.  Afterward wears the hair-shirt beneath his other clothing. He also is told that he will never see the Grail any closer than he already has and he accepts it, grateful for the mercy shown to him by God.&lt;br /&gt;
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He then gives his full name and is happily greeting by the king for he is at the Castle of Carbonek and at King Pelles court.&lt;br /&gt;
The King relates the sad story of his dead daughter whereof Lancelot is genuinely sorry. After four days he wants to leave the court and suddenly during their last meal, that the Grail had provided, all the windows and doors of the castle close magically. A single knights shouts outside the castle that he wihes to enter and finally the king himself asks him, from a window, what this knight&#039;s business is and that he surley is not one knight of the quest and not in the service of the Lord. The knight introduces himself as Hector de Marys, brother of Sir Lancelot. When the king tells him that Lancelot is inside his castle, Sir Hector tells the king that his (Hector&#039;s) sorrow and shame are thereby doubled and that the &amp;quot;good man of the hill&amp;quot; said the truth about Gawayns and his dreams. The Sir Hector leaves as fast as possible.&#039;&#039;&#039;B I E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum xvii===&lt;br /&gt;
Sir Lancelot departs from King Pelles to travel back to the realm of Logrys and after a long travel he rests at a white Abbey. Here he finds a newly made tomb with an inscription stating that this is the grave of Bagdemagus of Gore who had been killed by Sir Gawayn. Lancelot mourns the loss. On his further way he visits the Abbey where Galahad won his shield and finally reaches Camelot, where he is greeted happily. More than half of the knights had been killed on their quest so far. The Sirs Hector, Gawayn and Lyonel were among those returned. Lancelot tells them all about his adventures and about the adventures of Percival, Galahad and Bors, of which he knew through the letter of Sir Percival&#039;s dead sister. He also tells the king that only one of these three knights will return to his court.&#039;&#039;&#039;B D&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum xviii===&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;E G I&#039;&#039;&#039; After many travels Sir Galahad comes to an Abbey, where he meets King Mordrayns (who must be quite old be now). The King tells him that he is the purest of all knights asks him to embrace him so that he may die (of age) in his arms. Galahad does as asked and even prays to God to visit him and god hears his prayer and the King departs. &lt;br /&gt;
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As he travels on pure Galahad calms a boiling well, called Callahady&#039;s well, with a touch of his hand. And he later reaches the Abbey where Badgemagus tomb could be found and extinguishes the flames of teh burning tomb of Simeon, which only the knight that passes all other knights of the table round could accomplish and in which Sir Lancelot had already failed. Galahad relieves the spirit of a sinner that had done wrong to Joseph of Arimathea 354 years before by granting him a proper burial. [not sure I got the &amp;quot;who is who&amp;quot; right here]&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum xix===&lt;br /&gt;
Galahad departs and meets Bors and Percival on the way. Together, they ride to the castle of Carbonek. The son of their host King Pelles shows them the sword that struck Joseph through the thigh; it&#039;s broken, and one by one they try to make it whole again, but only Galahad succeeds. He gifts the repaired sword to Bors. &lt;br /&gt;
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After they have all sat down for dinner, nine foreign knights come to meet Galahad - three from Gaulle, three from Ireland, and three from Denmark - and sit with them. &lt;br /&gt;
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An old, sick man wearing a gold crown is brought into the room where dinner is held, lying in a bed. Without identifying himself, he welcomes Galahad and tells him that he&#039;s long wanted to meet him, and sends King Pelles and his son away. &lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum xx===&lt;br /&gt;
A man in the garments of a bishop and four angels descend from heaven; the bishop is holding a cross, and letters written on his forehead identify him as Joseph, the first bishop of Christendom. The angels who accompanied him return, two of them bearing candles, one a towel, and one a spear with blood dripping from it. Galahad takes some of the blood and anoints the sick man&#039;s legs with it, making him healthy again. &lt;br /&gt;
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Then, Jesus himself appears and blesses everyone present. He gives Galahad a special plate and tells him it can&#039;t be in Britain any longer; Galahad should take his sword, Bors and Percival, and depart on a ship that he&#039;ll find waiting for him at the coast. Jesus also prophecies that two of them won&#039;t return from their quest. &lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum xxi===&lt;br /&gt;
Galahad asks the three knights from Gaulle to greet Lancelot for him if they go to Arthur&#039;s court, and then departs. On the ship, Galahad prays and is granted the gift that he&#039;ll be able to die when- and wherever he chooses, and his soul will go on to eternal life. &lt;br /&gt;
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Upon their landing in Sarras, Galahad heals a cripple. Percival buries his sister there, who had died in the meantime. They see the tyrant king and tell him the story of their quest, but he throws them into prison. &lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum xxii===&lt;br /&gt;
Eventually the king dies, asking forgiveness of the three, which they grant. The people of Sarras make Galahad their new king; he accepts, but soon after his coronation, he dies during Mass. &lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum xxiii===&lt;br /&gt;
Percival and Bors grieve for him, Percival so much so that he enters a hermitage to live as a holy man for a year and two days, before he, too, dies. Bors buries him next to his sister and Galahad and then returns to Britain, where he is warmly welcomed at court and the story he has to tell is written down in books.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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Whenever I think a passage to contain something of the below mentioned topics I will mark it with a corresponding letter. Hope that it will help. And yes, Book 17 seems really just to contain bits and pieces thrown together with no apparent order.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;A&#039;&#039;&#039; - Aspect of cheap entertainment (Chapbooks) - personally I think all those &amp;quot;Action Scenes&amp;quot; could be part of this topic.&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;B&#039;&#039;&#039; - Prophecies, predictions of what is to come, moments of reflection when things happened as predicted &lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;C&#039;&#039;&#039; - Marriage &amp;amp; Fidelity &lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;D&#039;&#039;&#039; - Violence &amp;amp; second thoughts &lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;E&#039;&#039;&#039; - Christianity and the heathen world, supernatural incidents, miracles, moments where other mythologies interfere&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;F&#039;&#039;&#039; - Gender roles &lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;G&#039;&#039;&#039; - Is this text historical or fictional, do we get proofs, sources, doubts second thoughts on the status of the stories.&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;H&#039;&#039;&#039; - Modern adaptations: key scenes (which that are is yet to be determined) &lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;I&#039;&#039;&#039; - Concepts of honour and morality in general and individual &lt;br /&gt;
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===Summary Book XVII===&lt;br /&gt;
Four Arthurian knights receive visions and divine guidance to their way towards the Holy Grail as they prove themselves in several adventures. Galahad, Percival, Bors as a group and Lancelot on his own reach the Grail. Lancelot may only see it shortly for he is not free of sin and then returns to Camelot.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum i=== &lt;br /&gt;
After having rescued Sir Percival from the 20 knights, Sir Galahad traveled a vast forest and persists through many, not further mentioned, adventures. On his way to the sea he comes past a castle were a siege is taking place. He quickly decides to help those &amp;quot;good knights&amp;quot; in the castle and is soon attacked by the besieging knights. With them are Sir Gawayn and Sir Hector de Marys who recognize Galahad&#039;s white shield with the red cross and attack him. Galahad defeats them all and Gawayn receives a near fatal head wound. After all the &amp;quot;knights without&amp;quot; are chased off and Gawayn is brought to safety by Hector, Galahad simple rides away. &lt;br /&gt;
Gawayn marvels at the storys the tell about the sword from the lake and only after months is healed from his terrible wound. An Hector tells him that his quest has come to an end.&lt;br /&gt;
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Sir Galahad rides on to Castle Carbonek (called Castle Corbin or Castle Corbin) rests nearby at a hermitage and is woken at night by a “gentilwoman” that asks him to get armed and follow her, for in the next three days she would grant him adventures never seen by a knight before. Galahad follows.    &#039;&#039;&#039;A B&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum ii===&lt;br /&gt;
Galahad is lead to the castle of that “gentilwoman’s” lady where he rests some time before he is lead towards the sea by that “gentilwoman” and with them they carry a child and some riches. On the beach the ship,with cheering Bors and Percival on board, is waiting for them. As soon as they are on board the ship starts sailing again and all three knights exchange the storys of their adventures and their temptations. Bors is only missing Lancelot in his party. After a while they meet another ship between two big rocks. Writings on on the ship tell them, that only those of “steadfast believe” should enter the ship because the author of those letters would not help them if they should fail. At that point the “gentilwoman” reveals that she is Percival’s sister and warns him, that he will perish should he not firmly believe in Jesus Christ. Happy to see his sister, Percival replies that he, should he be an untrue knight, could as well perish. &#039;&#039;&#039;B E F I&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum iii===&lt;br /&gt;
On board of the other ship the the four find it full of riches and with a large bed in the middle, at it’s foot a sword could be found. The swords pommel was made a of multicolored stone and the cross guard (?) (“scales”) was made of the rips of two beasts: the Serpent of the Fiend and the Fish Ertanax. First should save its bearer from weariness and harm, the other would strengthen the bearer’s will as to focus solemly on the task before him and avoid distraction.. Percival and Bors both can’t draw the word and in Galahad’s hands it displayed strange red letters (like blood), telling him of the special powers of the sword and that only a man passing all other man would be able to draw it. Galahad doesn’t try to draw it out of disgust. &lt;br /&gt;
Percival’s sister remembers some tales in which the word is found on a ship and could only be employed by a severly wounded man against a muslim king who then died after returning the sword to the ship.  &#039;&#039;&#039;A E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum iv===&lt;br /&gt;
They then see that the scabbard of the sword is made from snake skin and bears golden and silvern letters but the girdle was crude and unfitting to hold the scabbard. The letters read that he who wants to bear the sword should be hardier (&amp;quot; more harder&amp;quot;) than any other man. And that despite of the crude girdle the bearer should not be ashamed. The girdle could only be replaced by the hands of a virgin from royal blood. And a virgin she must stay all her life or a dreadful death would befall her.&lt;br /&gt;
As they turn the word they perceive it to be black, showing red letters which warn them, that the sword will turn on him that praises it most or to whom it is most courteous. Sir Percival&#039;s sister remembers a tale of a man called Nacyen who lived 40 years after the passion of Christ and who found the ship with the sword. First he couldn&#039;t draw it and the wind drives the ship to different places. And when he encountered a giant he found the sword out of his scabbard, praised it much and it broke at his first strike.&lt;br /&gt;
After meeting king &amp;quot;Mordrayne&amp;quot; on another ship Nacyen learns that he must have sinned and he (Mordryane probably) sets the pieces of teh sword together which is as good as new. They are then asked to leave the ship and Nacyen receives a sword stroke to his right foot for, as a voice claims, he was never worthy to handle the sword. &#039;&#039;&#039;A G E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum v===&lt;br /&gt;
another tale – King Pelles, later on called the Maimed King, was a great supporter of the church, found the ship after getting separated with all but one of his knightes he rode out for hunting. After reading the letters and entering the ship lone he tried to draw the sword and was struck by spear through both thighs a wound that could never be healed since then.  &lt;br /&gt;
We then switch back to the three knights, who find two swords and three white, green and red “spyndels” of vibrant color near the head of the bed. Sir Percival’s sister tells the knight’s the story how Eve planted the branch of the tree that carried “the apple” after their banishment from paradise into the earth and a majestic white tree grew out of it. After Adam and Eve had had sex under the tree it turned green and later, after Cain killed his brother Abel below it, it turned red and all plants except this tree withered. Much later wise king Solomon reigned the marvellous red tree still existed.&lt;br /&gt;
King Solomon’s wife is said to be an evil woman and the king himself despises women in his books until the Holy Spirit tells him, that from his lineage will come a glorrious woman, from the man, who would not only be a formidable knight but also the last of Solomon’s bloodline and a virgin. [“man whiche shalle be a mayde”] &#039;&#039;&#039;E F&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum vi===&lt;br /&gt;
King Solomon kept studying and thought long time who could be this man and finally he told his wife about the prophecy. She asked him to have an excellent ship build and the sword of David fitted with a new pommel, crossguard and sheath. She herself outfitted the ship with riches and added the hempen girdle (against the protest of Solomon)to the sword. And  she forced a carpenter to cut enough wood from the white, the green and the red tree to craft three “spyndlys” out of it. Those were added to the bed. After all is done Solomon wonders what this all is about but his wife just answers that he will get answers soon enough &#039;&#039;&#039;B E F G&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum vii===&lt;br /&gt;
At night Solomon dreams of angels that spray the ship with holy water (consecrate it?) and wirte on’s sides warnings for those that enter and on the sword another message. Shocked he retreated and the ship glided into the sea and vanished quickly while a little voice told Solomon that the knight he is looking for will rest on this bed and ship. He then told his wife about his dream. [Back on board the ship] Percival finds writings that tell them the story of the ship and the sword and they understand, that they must find a suitable girdle for the famous sword. Percival’s sister then produces a girdle made from her own hair that she had crafted as soon as she knew about her mission. And then Galahad is girded with the sword then called the Sword of the Strange Girdles. Then they leave the ship (of Solomon) and the winds drive them to the coast of Scotland, near to a castle on the cliffs. where Percival’s sister warns the knights about assailants, who know that they were Arthur’s knights. &#039;&#039;&#039;E A B G&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum viii===&lt;br /&gt;
After introducing themselves to a squire of that castle who then returned with the message the hear horns and are warned by a “gentilwoman” to leave or they would die. Some well armed knights are dispatched from the castle to take the knights prisoners but are quickly killed or flee, while the knights take some of the horses and follow the survivers into the castle, were the kill quite many people. As they wonder on what they have done and are quite sure to have sinned. But why had God given them the strength to kill them?   A priest in the castle tells them that there is no need for self-doubt since the former lord (Earl Hernox) of this castle was fataly wounded thrown into prison by his three sons, who before that had  raped and then, when she told her father, killed her sister and afterwards killed priests and destroyed churches. The priests also says, that Earl Hernox forsaw the arrival of servants of God to redeem this injustice. &#039;&#039;&#039;D(!) E I&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum ix===&lt;br /&gt;
Earl Hernox dies in Galahad’s arms and with his last breath asks the knight to go and seek out the Maimed King, for he will be healed by Galahad.&lt;br /&gt;
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The three knights and Percival’s sister depart and on their travel they meet a white stag with four “lions” (?lyons) in a vast forest which they folllow to a hermitage were an armored priest conducts mass in a chapel, which the four travelers attend. In mass they see the white stag become a man and the lions turn into another man, a lion (…),  an eagle, and an ox, that all receive a blessing at the altar and leave, somehow incorporeal, through the painted glaswindow. Then the knights hear a voice that tells them that like this the Virgin Mary received his son. They ask the priest about what had happened and he explains to them, that they are choosen to learn about secrets of God himself and that they will bring an end to the “Sancgreal” (Sangreal – Holy Grail, probably: the quest for the grail).&lt;br /&gt;
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The white stag and the lions are a symbol for Jesus  and the Evangelists but assumes that the knights won’t see these anymore. The knight’s rejoice and travel past a castle on the next day, when a knight bearing a message comes after them. &#039;&#039;&#039;E B&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum x===&lt;br /&gt;
The knight from the castle asks Percival’s sister to give a dish full of her maiden blood as it is custom. The three knights defend her and even manage fend off a superior number of knights (soldiers), Galahad seemingly going berserk, until nightfall. They are then invited into the castle to rest and learn about this custom. &#039;&#039;&#039;I A&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum xi===&lt;br /&gt;
Bors, Galahad, Percival and his sister accept and learn that the blood of a maiden is needed to cure the Lady of the castle. &lt;br /&gt;
Percival’s sister offers to heal the lady with her blood and  voluntarily gives enough to heal the lady as well as to kill herself. Her last wish is her body to be send forth on a ship so that, as she forsees, she will arrive in due time at the city of Sarras where she is going to be buried under a tower were Percival and Galahad,too, shall be buried at some point in time. Percival fullfills her wish and even adds a letter that contains all her deeds to her dead hands. After a strong tempest the three knights see a wounded knight praying to God for help and being chased by a “dwarf” and Bors sets out save that knight.  &#039;&#039;&#039;B D E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum xii===&lt;br /&gt;
Galahad and Percival pray all night for Bors save return. And when they leave the chappel the find everyone in the castle dead and hear a voice that names this God’s vengeance for the shedding of virgin blood. They then find 36 the well preserved tombs of the “maydens that were martred for the seke ladyes sake”, all of whom were of royal blood. Then they leave the castle. &#039;&#039;&#039;E&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum xiii===&lt;br /&gt;
While Lanceleot is resting near the “waters of Mortoyse” he receives a vision that aks him to board the first ship that he may find. On a beach he finds a ship without sail or oars and as soon as he enters he is overwhelmed with joy and falls asleep. As he awakes he finds Percival’s dead sister on a bed in the ship and reads of her and her brother’s deeds. &lt;br /&gt;
Lancelot stays onboard the ship for a month and ist sustained by prayers alone. One night he meets his son Galahad and both are full of joy and, as he sees Percival’s dead sister on the bed, tell each other stories of their deeds. Lancelot is especially keen to hear and praise the sword Galahad procured on the ship of Solomon. Both travel together on the ship for half a year and worship good, while again and again fight against wild beasts on unchartered isles, which is not elaborated on since it has nothing to to with the grail.&#039;&#039;&#039;B E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum xiv===&lt;br /&gt;
On a Monday Galahad is picked up by heavily armored knight who tells him, that he had passed enough time with his father and a voice tells them, that they will only see each other again on Judgement Day. Thy bid farewell to each other and Lancelot ist driven out unto the sea again for another month full of prayers.&lt;br /&gt;
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Lancelot finally arrives at a castle whose doors are open but guarded with two lions but before he canenter he is reprimanded by a voice that he will need the strength in the Lord more than his armor. (actually a suddenly appearing dwarf hits him after he readies sword and armor O_o ) &lt;br /&gt;
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Lancelot thanks the Lord and manages to enter the castle through open doors and non-aggressive lions. Only a last door is closed to him and he tries to open it. &#039;&#039;&#039;B E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum xv===&lt;br /&gt;
With all his strength he can’t open the door. He only hears an angelic voice praising the Lord. So he prays for God to let him in if he had done something in his life that had pleased him. The door opens and he sees that inside there is a richly decorated and bright altar, some angels and a holy vessel with a priest holding mass in front of it. Lancelot is warned to by that mysterious voice but after seeing the priest struggling while holds the young child of two other people aloft he enters to help the priest. And feels instantly burned and weakened. He falls to the ground, absolutely powerless, and is brought outside. There he is found the next morning and the people of the castle decide to look after him although he seems dead for many of them. &#039;&#039;&#039;B  E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum xvi===&lt;br /&gt;
For 24 days they serve Lancelot and as he suddenly awakes he is furious about it since he was shown great secrets and miracles in his sleep. He perceives those 24 (25th day he awakes) as his punishment for his 25 years being a sinner and he remebers that he hadn’t worn the hair-shirt (“hayr”) a hermit had given to him as he promised a year ago.  Afterward wears the hair-shirt beneath his other clothing. He also is told that he will never see the Grail any closer than he already has and he accepts it, grateful for the mercy shown to him by God.&lt;br /&gt;
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He then gives his full name and is happily greeting by the king for he is at the Castle of Carbonek and at King Pelles court.&lt;br /&gt;
The King relates the sad story of his dead daughter whereof Lancelot is genuinely sorry. After four days he wants to leave the court and suddenly during their last meal, that the Grail had provided, all the windows and doors of the castle close magically. A single knights shouts outside the castle that he wihes to enter and finally the king himself asks him, from a window, what this knight&#039;s business is and that he surley is not one knight of the quest and not in the service of the Lord. The knight introduces himself as Hector de Marys, brother of Sir Lancelot. When the king tells him that Lancelot is inside his castle, Sir Hector tells the king that his (Hector&#039;s) sorrow and shame are thereby doubled and that the &amp;quot;good man of the hill&amp;quot; said the truth about Gawayns and his dreams. The Sir Hector leaves as fast as possible.&#039;&#039;&#039;B I E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum xvii===&lt;br /&gt;
Sir Lancelot departs from King Pelles to travel back to the realm of Logrys and after a long travel he rests at a white Abbey. Here he finds a newly made tomb with an inscription stating that this is the grave of Bagdemagus of Gore who had been killed by Sir Gawayn. Lancelot mourns the loss. On his further way he visits the Abbey where Galahad won his shield and finally reaches Camelot, where he is greeted happily. More than half of the knights had been killed on their quest so far. The Sirs Hector, Gawayn and Lyonel were among those returned. Lancelot tells them all about his adventures and about the adventures of Percival, Galahad and Bors, of which he knew through the letter of Sir Percival&#039;s dead sister. He also tells the king that only one of these three knights will return to his court.&#039;&#039;&#039;B D&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum xviii===&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;E G I&#039;&#039;&#039; After many travels Sir Galahad comes to an Abbey, where he meets King Mordrayns (who must be quite old be now). The King tells him that he is the purest of all knights asks him to embrace him so that he may die (of age) in his arms. Galahad does as asked and even prays to God to visit him and god hears his prayer and the King departs. &lt;br /&gt;
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As he travels on pure Galahad calms a boiling well, called Callahady&#039;s well, with a touch of his hand. And he later reaches the Abbey where Badgemagus tomb could be found and extinguishes the flames of teh burning tomb of Simeon, which only the knight that passes all other knights of the table round could accomplish and in which Sir Lancelot had already failed. Galahad relieves the spirit of a sinner that had done wrong to Joseph of Arimathea 354 years before by granting him a proper burial. [not sure I got the &amp;quot;who is who&amp;quot; right here]&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum xix===&lt;br /&gt;
Galahad departs and meets Bors and Percival on the way. Together, they ride to the castle of Carbonek. The son of their host King Pelles shows them the sword that struck Joseph through the thigh; it&#039;s broken, and one by one they try to make it whole again, but only Galahad succeeds. He gifts the repaired sword to Bors. &lt;br /&gt;
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After they have all sat down for dinner, nine foreign knights come to meet Galahad - three from Gaulle, three from Ireland, and three from Denmark - and sit with them. &lt;br /&gt;
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An old, sick man wearing a gold crown is brought into the room where dinner is held, lying in a bed. Without identifying himself, he welcomes Galahad and tells him that he&#039;s long wanted to meet him, and sends King Pelles and his son away. &lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum xx===&lt;br /&gt;
A man in the garments of a bishop and four angels descend from heaven; the bishop is holding a cross, and letters written on his forehead identify him as Joseph, the first bishop of Christendom. The angels who accompanied him return, two of them bearing candles, one a towel, and one a spear with blood dripping from it. Galahad takes some of the blood and anoints the sick man&#039;s legs with it, making him healthy again. &lt;br /&gt;
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Then, Jesus himself appears and blesses everyone present. He gives Galahad a special plate and tells him it can&#039;t be in Britain any longer; Galahad should take his sword, Bors and Percival, and depart on a ship that he&#039;ll find waiting for him at the coast. Jesus also prophecies that two of them won&#039;t return from their quest. &lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum xxi===&lt;br /&gt;
Galahad asks the three knights from Gaulle to greet Lancelot for him if they go to Arthur&#039;s court, and then departs. On the ship, Galahad prays and is granted the gift that he&#039;ll be able to die when- and wherever he chooses, and his soul will go on to eternal life. &lt;br /&gt;
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Upon their landing in Sarras, Galahad heals a cripple. Percival buries his sister there, who had died in the meantime. They see the tyrant king and tell him the story of their quest, but he throws them into prison. &lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum xxii===&lt;br /&gt;
Eventually the king dies, asking forgiveness of the three, which they grant. The people of Sarras make Galahad their new king; he accepts, but soon after his coronation, he dies during Mass. &lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum xxiii===&lt;br /&gt;
Percival and Bors grieve for him, Percival so much so that he enters a hermitage to live as a holy man for a year and two days, before he, too, dies. Bors buries him next to his sister and Galahad and then returns to Britain, where he is warmly welcomed at court and the story he has to tell is written down in books.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Jens</name></author>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Jens: /* Capitulum i */&lt;/p&gt;
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Whenever I think a passage to contain something of the below mentioned topics I will mark it with a corresponding letter. Hope that it will help. And yes, Book 17 seems really just to contain bits and pieces thrown together with no apparent order.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;A&#039;&#039;&#039; - Aspect of cheap entertainment (Chapbooks) - personally I think all those &amp;quot;Action Scenes&amp;quot; could be part of this topic.&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;B&#039;&#039;&#039; - Prophecies, predictions of what is to come, moments of reflection when things happened as predicted &lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;C&#039;&#039;&#039; - Marriage &amp;amp; Fidelity &lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;D&#039;&#039;&#039; - Violence &amp;amp; second thoughts &lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;E&#039;&#039;&#039; - Christianity and the heathen world, supernatural incidents, miracles, moments where other mythologies interfere&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;F&#039;&#039;&#039; - Gender roles &lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;G&#039;&#039;&#039; - Is this text historical or fictional, do we get proofs, sources, doubts second thoughts on the status of the stories.&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;H&#039;&#039;&#039; - Modern adaptations: key scenes (which that are is yet to be determined) &lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;I&#039;&#039;&#039; - Concepts of honour and morality in general and individual &lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum i=== &lt;br /&gt;
After having rescued Sir Percival from the 20 knights, Sir Galahad traveled a vast forest and persists through many, not further mentioned, adventures. On his way to the sea he comes past a castle were a siege is taking place. He quickly decides to help those &amp;quot;good knights&amp;quot; in the castle and is soon attacked by the besieging knights. With them are Sir Gawayn and Sir Hector de Marys who recognize Galahad&#039;s white shield with the red cross and attack him. Galahad defeats them all and Gawayn receives a near fatal head wound. After all the &amp;quot;knights without&amp;quot; are chased off and Gawayn is brought to safety by Hector, Galahad simple rides away. &lt;br /&gt;
Gawayn marvels at the storys the tell about the sword from the lake and only after months is healed from his terrible wound. An Hector tells him that his quest has come to an end.&lt;br /&gt;
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Sir Galahad rides on to Castle Carbonek (called Castle Corbin or Castle Corbin) rests nearby at a hermitage and is woken at night by a “gentilwoman” that asks him to get armed and follow her, for in the next three days she would grant him adventures never seen by a knight before. Galahad follows.    &#039;&#039;&#039;A B&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum ii===&lt;br /&gt;
Galahad is lead to the castle of that “gentilwoman’s” lady where he rests some time before he is lead towards the sea by that “gentilwoman” and with them they carry a child and some riches. On the beach the ship,with cheering Bors and Percival on board, is waiting for them. As soon as they are on board the ship starts sailing again and all three knights exchange the storys of their adventures and their temptations. Bors is only missing Lancelot in his party. After a while they meet another ship between two big rocks. Writings on on the ship tell them, that only those of “steadfast believe” should enter the ship because the author of those letters would not help them if they should fail. At that point the “gentilwoman” reveals that she is Percival’s sister and warns him, that he will perish should he not firmly believe in Jesus Christ. Happy to see his sister, Percival replies that he, should he be an untrue knight, could as well perish. &#039;&#039;&#039;B E F I&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum iii===&lt;br /&gt;
On board of the other ship the the four find it full of riches and with a large bed in the middle, at it’s foot a sword could be found. The swords pommel was made a of multicolored stone and the cross guard (?) (“scales”) was made of the rips of two beasts: the Serpent of the Fiend and the Fish Ertanax. First should save its bearer from weariness and harm, the other would strengthen the bearer’s will as to focus solemly on the task before him and avoid distraction.. Percival and Bors both can’t draw the word and in Galahad’s hands it displayed strange red letters (like blood), telling him of the special powers of the sword and that only a man passing all other man would be able to draw it. Galahad doesn’t try to draw it out of disgust. &lt;br /&gt;
Percival’s sister remembers some tales in which the word is found on a ship and could only be employed by a severly wounded man against a muslim king who then died after returning the sword to the ship.  &#039;&#039;&#039;A E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum iv===&lt;br /&gt;
They then see that the scabbard of the sword is made from snake skin and bears golden and silvern letters but the girdle was crude and unfitting to hold the scabbard. The letters read that he who wants to bear the sword should be hardier (&amp;quot; more harder&amp;quot;) than any other man. And that despite of the crude girdle the bearer should not be ashamed. The girdle could only be replaced by the hands of a virgin from royal blood. And a virgin she must stay all her life or a dreadful death would befall her.&lt;br /&gt;
As they turn the word they perceive it to be black, showing red letters which warn them, that the sword will turn on him that praises it most or to whom it is most courteous. Sir Percival&#039;s sister remembers a tale of a man called Nacyen who lived 40 years after the passion of Christ and who found the ship with the sword. First he couldn&#039;t draw it and the wind drives the ship to different places. And when he encountered a giant he found the sword out of his scabbard, praised it much and it broke at his first strike.&lt;br /&gt;
After meeting king &amp;quot;Mordrayne&amp;quot; on another ship Nacyen learns that he must have sinned and he (Mordryane probably) sets the pieces of teh sword together which is as good as new. They are then asked to leave the ship and Nacyen receives a sword stroke to his right foot for, as a voice claims, he was never worthy to handle the sword. &#039;&#039;&#039;A G E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum v===&lt;br /&gt;
another tale – King Pelles, later on called the Maimed King, was a great supporter of the church, found the ship after getting separated with all but one of his knightes he rode out for hunting. After reading the letters and entering the ship lone he tried to draw the sword and was struck by spear through both thighs a wound that could never be healed since then.  &lt;br /&gt;
We then switch back to the three knights, who find two swords and three white, green and red “spyndels” of vibrant color near the head of the bed. Sir Percival’s sister tells the knight’s the story how Eve planted the branch of the tree that carried “the apple” after their banishment from paradise into the earth and a majestic white tree grew out of it. After Adam and Eve had had sex under the tree it turned green and later, after Cain killed his brother Abel below it, it turned red and all plants except this tree withered. Much later wise king Solomon reigned the marvellous red tree still existed.&lt;br /&gt;
King Solomon’s wife is said to be an evil woman and the king himself despises women in his books until the Holy Spirit tells him, that from his lineage will come a glorrious woman, from the man, who would not only be a formidable knight but also the last of Solomon’s bloodline and a virgin. [“man whiche shalle be a mayde”] &#039;&#039;&#039;E F&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum vi===&lt;br /&gt;
King Solomon kept studying and thought long time who could be this man and finally he told his wife about the prophecy. She asked him to have an excellent ship build and the sword of David fitted with a new pommel, crossguard and sheath. She herself outfitted the ship with riches and added the hempen girdle (against the protest of Solomon)to the sword. And  she forced a carpenter to cut enough wood from the white, the green and the red tree to craft three “spyndlys” out of it. Those were added to the bed. After all is done Solomon wonders what this all is about but his wife just answers that he will get answers soon enough &#039;&#039;&#039;B E F G&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum vii===&lt;br /&gt;
At night Solomon dreams of angels that spray the ship with holy water (consecrate it?) and wirte on’s sides warnings for those that enter and on the sword another message. Shocked he retreated and the ship glided into the sea and vanished quickly while a little voice told Solomon that the knight he is looking for will rest on this bed and ship. He then told his wife about his dream. [Back on board the ship] Percival finds writings that tell them the story of the ship and the sword and they understand, that they must find a suitable girdle for the famous sword. Percival’s sister then produces a girdle made from her own hair that she had crafted as soon as she knew about her mission. And then Galahad is girded with the sword then called the Sword of the Strange Girdles. Then they leave the ship (of Solomon) and the winds drive them to the coast of Scotland, near to a castle on the cliffs. where Percival’s sister warns the knights about assailants, who know that they were Arthur’s knights. &#039;&#039;&#039;E A B G&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum viii===&lt;br /&gt;
After introducing themselves to a squire of that castle who then returned with the message the hear horns and are warned by a “gentilwoman” to leave or they would die. Some well armed knights are dispatched from the castle to take the knights prisoners but are quickly killed or flee, while the knights take some of the horses and follow the survivers into the castle, were the kill quite many people. As they wonder on what they have done and are quite sure to have sinned. But why had God given them the strength to kill them?   A priest in the castle tells them that there is no need for self-doubt since the former lord (Earl Hernox) of this castle was fataly wounded thrown into prison by his three sons, who before that had  raped and then, when she told her father, killed her sister and afterwards killed priests and destroyed churches. The priests also says, that Earl Hernox forsaw the arrival of servants of God to redeem this injustice. &#039;&#039;&#039;D(!) E I&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum ix===&lt;br /&gt;
Earl Hernox dies in Galahad’s arms and with his last breath asks the knight to go and seek out the Maimed King, for he will be healed by Galahad.&lt;br /&gt;
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The three knights and Percival’s sister depart and on their travel they meet a white stag with four “lions” (?lyons) in a vast forest which they folllow to a hermitage were an armored priest conducts mass in a chapel, which the four travelers attend. In mass they see the white stag become a man and the lions turn into another man, a lion (…),  an eagle, and an ox, that all receive a blessing at the altar and leave, somehow incorporeal, through the painted glaswindow. Then the knights hear a voice that tells them that like this the Virgin Mary received his son. They ask the priest about what had happened and he explains to them, that they are choosen to learn about secrets of God himself and that they will bring an end to the “Sancgreal” (Sangreal – Holy Grail, probably: the quest for the grail).&lt;br /&gt;
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The white stag and the lions are a symbol for Jesus  and the Evangelists but assumes that the knights won’t see these anymore. The knight’s rejoice and travel past a castle on the next day, when a knight bearing a message comes after them. &#039;&#039;&#039;E B&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum x===&lt;br /&gt;
The knight from the castle asks Percival’s sister to give a dish full of her maiden blood as it is custom. The three knights defend her and even manage fend off a superior number of knights (soldiers), Galahad seemingly going berserk, until nightfall. They are then invited into the castle to rest and learn about this custom. &#039;&#039;&#039;I A&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum xi===&lt;br /&gt;
Bors, Galahad, Percival and his sister accept and learn that the blood of a maiden is needed to cure the Lady of the castle. &lt;br /&gt;
Percival’s sister offers to heal the lady with her blood and  voluntarily gives enough to heal the lady as well as to kill herself. Her last wish is her body to be send forth on a ship so that, as she forsees, she will arrive in due time at the city of Sarras where she is going to be buried under a tower were Percival and Galahad,too, shall be buried at some point in time. Percival fullfills her wish and even adds a letter that contains all her deeds to her dead hands. After a strong tempest the three knights see a wounded knight praying to God for help and being chased by a “dwarf” and Bors sets out save that knight.  &#039;&#039;&#039;B D E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum xii===&lt;br /&gt;
Galahad and Percival pray all night for Bors save return. And when they leave the chappel the find everyone in the castle dead and hear a voice that names this God’s vengeance for the shedding of virgin blood. They then find 36 the well preserved tombs of the “maydens that were martred for the seke ladyes sake”, all of whom were of royal blood. Then they leave the castle. &#039;&#039;&#039;E&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum xiii===&lt;br /&gt;
While Lanceleot is resting near the “waters of Mortoyse” he receives a vision that aks him to board the first ship that he may find. On a beach he finds a ship without sail or oars and as soon as he enters he is overwhelmed with joy and falls asleep. As he awakes he finds Percival’s dead sister on a bed in the ship and reads of her and her brother’s deeds. &lt;br /&gt;
Lancelot stays onboard the ship for a month and ist sustained by prayers alone. One night he meets his son Galahad and both are full of joy and, as he sees Percival’s dead sister on the bed, tell each other stories of their deeds. Lancelot is especially keen to hear and praise the sword Galahad procured on the ship of Solomon. Both travel together on the ship for half a year and worship good, while again and again fight against wild beasts on unchartered isles, which is not elaborated on since it has nothing to to with the grail.&#039;&#039;&#039;B E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum xiv===&lt;br /&gt;
On a Monday Galahad is picked up by heavily armored knight who tells him, that he had passed enough time with his father and a voice tells them, that they will only see each other again on Judgement Day. Thy bid farewell to each other and Lancelot ist driven out unto the sea again for another month full of prayers.&lt;br /&gt;
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Lancelot finally arrives at a castle whose doors are open but guarded with two lions but before he canenter he is reprimanded by a voice that he will need the strength in the Lord more than his armor. (actually a suddenly appearing dwarf hits him after he readies sword and armor O_o ) &lt;br /&gt;
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Lancelot thanks the Lord and manages to enter the castle through open doors and non-aggressive lions. Only a last door is closed to him and he tries to open it. &#039;&#039;&#039;B E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum xv===&lt;br /&gt;
With all his strength he can’t open the door. He only hears an angelic voice praising the Lord. So he prays for God to let him in if he had done something in his life that had pleased him. The door opens and he sees that inside there is a richly decorated and bright altar, some angels and a holy vessel with a priest holding mass in front of it. Lancelot is warned to by that mysterious voice but after seeing the priest struggling while holds the young child of two other people aloft he enters to help the priest. And feels instantly burned and weakened. He falls to the ground, absolutely powerless, and is brought outside. There he is found the next morning and the people of the castle decide to look after him although he seems dead for many of them. &#039;&#039;&#039;B  E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum xvi===&lt;br /&gt;
For 24 days they serve Lancelot and as he suddenly awakes he is furious about it since he was shown great secrets and miracles in his sleep. He perceives those 24 (25th day he awakes) as his punishment for his 25 years being a sinner and he remebers that he hadn’t worn the hair-shirt (“hayr”) a hermit had given to him as he promised a year ago.  Afterward wears the hair-shirt beneath his other clothing. He also is told that he will never see the Grail any closer than he already has and he accepts it, grateful for the mercy shown to him by God.&lt;br /&gt;
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He then gives his full name and is happily greeting by the king for he is at the Castle of Carbonek and at King Pelles court.&lt;br /&gt;
The King relates the sad story of his dead daughter whereof Lancelot is genuinely sorry. After four days he wants to leave the court and suddenly during their last meal, that the Grail had provided, all the windows and doors of the castle close magically. A single knights shouts outside the castle that he wihes to enter and finally the king himself asks him, from a window, what this knight&#039;s business is and that he surley is not one knight of the quest and not in the service of the Lord. The knight introduces himself as Hector de Marys, brother of Sir Lancelot. When the king tells him that Lancelot is inside his castle, Sir Hector tells the king that his (Hector&#039;s) sorrow and shame are thereby doubled and that the &amp;quot;good man of the hill&amp;quot; said the truth about Gawayns and his dreams. The Sir Hector leaves as fast as possible.&#039;&#039;&#039;B I E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum xvii===&lt;br /&gt;
Sir Lancelot departs from King Pelles to travel back to the realm of Logrys and after a long travel he rests at a white Abbey. Here he finds a newly made tomb with an inscription stating that this is the grave of Bagdemagus of Gore who had been killed by Sir Gawayn. Lancelot mourns the loss. On his further way he visits the Abbey where Galahad won his shield and finally reaches Camelot, where he is greeted happily. More than half of the knights had been killed on their quest so far. The Sirs Hector, Gawayn and Lyonel were among those returned. Lancelot tells them all about his adventures and about the adventures of Percival, Galahad and Bors, of which he knew through the letter of Sir Percival&#039;s dead sister. He also tells the king that only one of these three knights will return to his court.&#039;&#039;&#039;B D&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum xviii===&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;E G I&#039;&#039;&#039; After many travels Sir Galahad comes to an Abbey, where he meets King Mordrayns (who must be quite old be now). The King tells him that he is the purest of all knights asks him to embrace him so that he may die (of age) in his arms. Galahad does as asked and even prays to God to visit him and god hears his prayer and the King departs. &lt;br /&gt;
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As he travels on pure Galahad calms a boiling well, called Callahady&#039;s well, with a touch of his hand. And he later reaches the Abbey where Badgemagus tomb could be found and extinguishes the flames of teh burning tomb of Simeon, which only the knight that passes all other knights of the table round could accomplish and in which Sir Lancelot had already failed. Galahad relieves the spirit of a sinner that had done wrong to Joseph of Arimathea 354 years before by granting him a proper burial. [not sure I got the &amp;quot;who is who&amp;quot; right here]&lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum xix===&lt;br /&gt;
Galahad departs and meets Bors and Percival on the way. Together, they ride to the castle of Carbonek. The son of their host King Pelles shows them the sword that struck Joseph through the thigh; it&#039;s broken, and one by one they try to make it whole again, but only Galahad succeeds. He gifts the repaired sword to Bors. &lt;br /&gt;
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After they have all sat down for dinner, nine foreign knights come to meet Galahad - three from Gaulle, three from Ireland, and three from Denmark - and sit with them. &lt;br /&gt;
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An old, sick man wearing a gold crown is brought into the room where dinner is held, lying in a bed. Without identifying himself, he welcomes Galahad and tells him that he&#039;s long wanted to meet him, and sends King Pelles and his son away. &lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum xx===&lt;br /&gt;
A man in the garments of a bishop and four angels descend from heaven; the bishop is holding a cross, and letters written on his forehead identify him as Joseph, the first bishop of Christendom. The angels who accompanied him return, two of them bearing candles, one a towel, and one a spear with blood dripping from it. Galahad takes some of the blood and anoints the sick man&#039;s legs with it, making him healthy again. &lt;br /&gt;
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Then, Jesus himself appears and blesses everyone present. He gives Galahad a special plate and tells him it can&#039;t be in Britain any longer; Galahad should take his sword, Bors and Percival, and depart on a ship that he&#039;ll find waiting for him at the coast. Jesus also prophecies that two of them won&#039;t return from their quest. &lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum xxi===&lt;br /&gt;
Galahad asks the three knights from Gaulle to greet Lancelot for him if they go to Arthur&#039;s court, and then departs. On the ship, Galahad prays and is granted the gift that he&#039;ll be able to die when- and wherever he chooses, and his soul will go on to eternal life. &lt;br /&gt;
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Upon their landing in Sarras, Galahad heals a cripple. Percival buries his sister there, who had died in the meantime. They see the tyrant king and tell him the story of their quest, but he throws them into prison. &lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum xxii===&lt;br /&gt;
Eventually the king dies, asking forgiveness of the three, which they grant. The people of Sarras make Galahad their new king; he accepts, but soon after his coronation, he dies during Mass. &lt;br /&gt;
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===Capitulum xxiii===&lt;br /&gt;
Percival and Bors grieve for him, Percival so much so that he enters a hermitage to live as a holy man for a year and two days, before he, too, dies. Bors buries him next to his sister and Galahad and then returns to Britain, where he is warmly welcomed at court and the story he has to tell is written down in books.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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&lt;div&gt;This shall become a list of all characters in the Caxton Morte D’Arthur. A division is (provisorically) made between MAIN Characters (on top) and minor characters (further below), each within ordered alphabetically (use common sense: (King) Arthur under A, Duke of Tyntagil under T, etc.. &lt;br /&gt;
Since there are often lots of variants of spellings, alternatives should be given in brackets behind the name. Generally, a spelling with &amp;lt;i&amp;gt;i&amp;lt;/i&amp;gt; has been chosen as main spelling, &amp;lt;i&amp;gt;e&amp;lt;/i&amp;gt;&#039;s at the end were omitted, i.e. the &amp;quot;standard&amp;quot; name follows a somewhat modernised spelling.&lt;br /&gt;
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(Important) Appearances should be abbreviated in the Book.Chapter format (e.g. I.1). If there are earlier mentions of a special relation to sb., please replace with the earlier mention. If there are contradictions, state both.&lt;br /&gt;
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Current distinctions are made between kings, knights and others. Special groupings are listed in the end. Crosslinking is currently missing.&lt;br /&gt;
Suggestion for genealogy: List only the closest relations (i.e.: Gawain: Son of Lot of Lothien and Morgause). Note proper reference as above. Do not list further relations that can be easily deduced, i.e. Gawain being nephew to Arthur due to Morgause being Arthur&#039;s half-sister (on the mother&#039;s side); UNLESS it is especially important at one point.&lt;br /&gt;
These suggestions are free to debate.&lt;br /&gt;
Feel also free to move characters around...especially from unimportant to important. Importance is to be seen not in the whole book but also for high importance in smaller parts.&lt;br /&gt;
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Characters added for Books: 1 (complete); 13 (complete)&lt;br /&gt;
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=Main Characters=&lt;br /&gt;
Main Characters take a prominent role in at least one part of the book. Generally, replacing their name would screw up the narrative and/or relation at whole. They are notable for certain feats or deeds (often in other Romaunces of their own) or their genealogical relations. Omitting them or changing their name would create confusion/irritation.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Kings==&lt;br /&gt;
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===Arthur===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of Uther Pendragon and Igraine. Declines allegiance to Rome twice (I.23, V.1) and consequently becomes Roman Emperor, conquering the empire (V). Lets slay all children born on May Day due to a prophecy of Merlin (I.27)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Bans of Benwic===&lt;br /&gt;
Ally to Arthur by advice of Merlin (I.10ff.); at war with King Claudas.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Bors of Gaule===&lt;br /&gt;
Ally to Arthur by advice of Merlin (I.10ff.); at war with King Claudas. He is lead to the magic ship and send on a journey by God (meeting Galahad and Percival) (XVII.1-11); As fortold by Percival&#039;s sister he is the only knight that returns to Arthur&#039;s court and brings news about Percival and Galahad (VII.18)&lt;br /&gt;
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===King Claudas===&lt;br /&gt;
At war with Bans of Benwic and Bors of Gaule (I.10).&lt;br /&gt;
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===The King with the Hundred Knights===&lt;br /&gt;
Wages war against Arthur (I.8ff). Among the 11 kings swearing an oath against Arthur (I.12).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Lot of Lothien and Orkney (Lott)===&lt;br /&gt;
Husband to Morgause (I.2), father to Gawain (I.2), Gaheris, Aggrevain and Gareth (I.19). Wages war against Arthur (I.8ff). Among the 11 kings swearing an oath against Arthur (I.12).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Pellinore of the Isles (Pellynore)===&lt;br /&gt;
Hunts the Questing Beast (Beast Glatisant) (I.19). Fights and defeats Arthur who is saved only by Merlin. Prophecied to be father of Parcival and Lamorake of Wales; also prophecied to tell Arthur Mordred&#039;s name and thus herald the end of his realm (I.23f)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Royns of North Wales (Ryens, Ryons)===&lt;br /&gt;
Wages war against Lodegreaunce (I.17), enemy to Arthur. Eventually overcomes the 11 kings and challenges Arthur to accept him as overlord - Arthur declines (I.26) and Royns musters a great host (I.27)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Uriens of Gore (Uryens)===&lt;br /&gt;
Husband to Morgan le Fey. Father to Ewayns le Blanche Mayn (I.2). Wages war against Arthur (I.8ff); Among the 11 kings swearing an oath against Arthur (I.12); Father of Sir Uwain (I.12)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Uther Pendragon===&lt;br /&gt;
Father to Artus, married to Igraine after begetting Arthur on her without her knowledge. Is assisted by Merlin. Goes into battle a last time before he dies of illness (I.1-I.5).&lt;br /&gt;
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==Knights==&lt;br /&gt;
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===Aggrevain===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of Morgause and King Lot of Lothien (I.19).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Ector===&lt;br /&gt;
Foster-father of Arthur, selected by Merlin; father of Kay (I.3). Asks for his son to be made seneschall (I.6).&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Hector de Marys&amp;quot; - same guy?&lt;br /&gt;
Is defeated by Galahad (XVII.1) and (magically) denied entrance to castle &amp;quot;Carbonek&amp;quot; as he has fallen from the service of the Lord and is not a knight of the Quest. He claims to be Lancelot&#039;s brother as well. (XVII.16)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Gaheris===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of Morgause and King Lot of Lothien (I.19).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Galahad===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of Lancelot du Lake. Knightd by his father (XII.1), destined to draw Balyn&#039;s sword out of the stone, which he does (XII.3-5). Therewith he follows his father as most powerful knight in the world. Is resembling Lancelot greatly and stems in the ninth degree from Christ (XII.7). Takes a lance from Arthur&#039;s knights but acquires a shield later, which comes from Ioseph of Armathye (XII.9-10). Defeats a fiend assisted by angels (XII.12) Is without sin and therefore defeats their embodiments (XII.13-16) but without slaying them. He duels with Lancelot and Parcival (nobody recognising the other) and is victorious, then flees (XII.17)&lt;br /&gt;
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He successfully fights Sirs Hector and Gawayn, almost killing the later. (XVII.1) Receives the magic &amp;quot;Sword of the Strange Girdles&amp;quot; (Sword of David) from King Solomons magic ship (XVII. 7). Is a virgin and has therefore special powers. (VXIII.18) Is fortold, by Percival&#039;s sister, to be buried near the city of Sarras.(XVII. 1) Receives visons and is said to be destined to end the Quest for the Grail and to learn secrets from God (XVII.9)Furthermore he is deeply devout. (e.g. several mentions of attending mass, praying etc. throughout XVII - .12 for instance)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Gareth===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of Morgause and King Lot of Lothien (I.19).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Gawain===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of Morgause and King Lot of Lothien (I.2). Is told to never achieved the grail since he is wicked but refuses to repent (XIII.16). &lt;br /&gt;
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===Sir Kay (Kaynus, Kaynes)===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of Sir Ector (I.3), foster-brother of Arthur. Asks Arthur to fetch hsi sword upo which occasion Arthur pulls the sword in the stone out of the stone (I.3). Kay himself is claiming to have done it but tells the truth upon oath. He is made seneschall by Arthur and at various occasions portraied as arrogant and condescending, esp. on Gareth. &lt;br /&gt;
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===Lamorake of Wales===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of King Pellinore (I.24).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Lancelot du Lake===&lt;br /&gt;
Long time most powerful knight in the world (even if he does not say so himself) until he is followed in this by his son Galahad (XII.5) by whom he is eventually defeated (without first knowing it) (XIII.17). Sinful in his love to Guinevere (adultery). He repents and confesses and swears to avoid her whenever possible after being unable to reach the Grail (XII.17-20). Was led to the grail on Solomon&#039;s ship, saw it and was punished (as he sees it) for 25 sinful years with 25 days of &amp;quot;coma&amp;quot; after trying to go nearer. (XVII.15-16)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Mordred===&lt;br /&gt;
Bastard-son of Arthur and Morgause (I.19). Survives the May Day Massacre intended to kill him, is taken up by a foster father and later brought to Arthur&#039;s court [a story which Mallory says he will tell later but in fact never tells] (I.27)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Parcival (Percyvall)===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of King Pellinore (I.24). Eventually defeated by Galahad (XIII.17) Has an unknown ,deeply spiritual, sister, who seeks him out in the company of Galahad and aids him in his quest. (XVII.4-11)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Others==&lt;br /&gt;
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===Gwenhyvere===&lt;br /&gt;
Daughter of King Lodegreaunce of Camylerde (I.17), later wife to Arthur (???).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Igraine (Igrayne)===&lt;br /&gt;
Wife to the Duke of Tyntagil (I.1), who is said to be wise and evades a seduction by Uther. Later wife of Uther Pendragon (I.2), and mother of Arthur by said Uther through a plot furthered by Merlin (I.2)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Merlin (Merlyn, Merlyon)===&lt;br /&gt;
Eminence Grise, prophet, magician, generally not liked too much by friends and foes alike; prophecies the end of Arthur&#039;s court as well as various events. Reveals Arthur&#039;s descent (I.7). Advises Arthur to call for King Ban of Benwic and Bors of Gaule (I.10). Advises Arthur further in his battles against the 11 kings (I.12ff). Explains Arthur&#039;s origin (I.21). Advises Arthur to kill all May Day children (I.27).  [list them!]; ultimately falls in love with Nineve, a lady of the lake, and becomes trapped by her under a stone (IV.1) where he remains. &lt;br /&gt;
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===Morgan le Fey===&lt;br /&gt;
Third sister, daughter of Igraine and the duke of Tyntagil (and thus half-sister to Arthur). (I.2). Sister to Elayne and Morgause. Learns Necromancy in a nunnery. Later marries Kyng Uriens of Gore whi is father of Sir Ewain the blanche Mains (I.2). &lt;br /&gt;
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===Morgause (Margeuse, Margawse)===&lt;br /&gt;
Wife to King Lot of Lothien, mother to Gawain; daughter of Igraine and the duke of Tyntagil (and thus half-sister to Arthur). Siter to Elayne and Morgan le Fey (I.2). Mother of Gaheris, Agrevain and Gareth (I.19). Visits King Arthur&#039;s court and begets Mordred on him (I.19)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Groupings==&lt;br /&gt;
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===The 11 Kings===&lt;br /&gt;
The 11 Kings swear an oath to destory Arthur: Duke of Candebenet, Brandegoris of Strangore, Clarihaus of Northuberland, The King with the Hundred Knights, Lot of Lothien, Uriens of Gore, Idres of cornwall, Cradilmans, Anguisshauns, Nentres of Garlot, Carados. (I.12) Eventually subdued by King Royns.&lt;br /&gt;
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=Minor Characters=&lt;br /&gt;
These characters are often only names without further porminence. They are knights that get defeated, participate in jousts, quests, and battles or ladies offering a quest. Generally they could easily be replaced by any other name and nobody would ever notice.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Kings==&lt;br /&gt;
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===Anguisshauns of Ireland (Anwysshauns)===&lt;br /&gt;
Among the 11 kings swearing an oath against Arthur (I.12).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Brandeforis of Strangore===&lt;br /&gt;
Among the 11 kings swearing an oath against Arthur (I.12).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Carados===&lt;br /&gt;
Among the 11 kings swearing an oath against Arthur (I.12).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Duke of Candebenet===&lt;br /&gt;
Among the 11 kings swearing an oath against Arthur (I.12).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Clarihaus of Northumberland===&lt;br /&gt;
Among the 11 kings swearing an oath against Arthur (I.12).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Cradilmans (Cradilmente, Cradilmasse)===&lt;br /&gt;
Among the 11 kings swearing an oath against Arthur (I.12).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Idres of Conrwall===&lt;br /&gt;
Among the 11 kings swearing an oath against Arthur (I.12).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Lodegreaunce of Camylarde===&lt;br /&gt;
Is attacked by Royns; Arthur asists Lodegreanunce (I.17). Father to Gwenhyvere.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Morganore (Morganoure)===&lt;br /&gt;
Seneschall of the King with the Hundred Knights (I.14). Killed by Ban (I.16).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Nentres of Garlot===&lt;br /&gt;
Husband to Elayne (I.2); Among the 11 kings swearing an oath against Arthur (I.12).&lt;br /&gt;
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==Knights==&lt;br /&gt;
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===Annecians===&lt;br /&gt;
Godson of King Bors, noble knight. (I.17)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Bagdemagus===&lt;br /&gt;
Contemplates taking on the adventure of the shield of Ioseph of Armathye (XII.9).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Barcias (Barsias, Brascias, Brastias)===&lt;br /&gt;
A knight of the Duke&#039;s of Tyntagil (I.3). Escorts Arthur later (I.6). Made warden upon the North (I.7), messenger to Ban and Bors (I.10).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Bawdewyn of Britain===&lt;br /&gt;
Escorts Arthur (I.6). Is made Constable (I.7).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Bloyas de Flaundres===&lt;br /&gt;
A knight fighting on Arthur&#039;s side (I.15).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Borre===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of Arthur and Lyonors (I.17)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Bors===&lt;br /&gt;
Cousin to Lancelot (XII.1)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Bryaunte===&lt;br /&gt;
A knight fighting on Arthur&#039;s side (I.15).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Clarinaus de la Forest Savage===&lt;br /&gt;
A knight fighting on Arthur&#039;s side (I.14).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Egglamore (Egglame)===&lt;br /&gt;
Flees from Pellinore (I.25)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Ewayns le Blaunche Mayn===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of King Uriens of Gore (I.2)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Gracian===&lt;br /&gt;
A lord of France. Sent back to hold his castle (I.11)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Gryfflet (Gryflett, Gryflette)===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of God[!] of Cardal (I.10).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Gwenhaus===&lt;br /&gt;
Brother to Ban and Bors, a wise clerk (I.11).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Gwynas===&lt;br /&gt;
A knight fighting on Arthur&#039;s side (I.15).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Gwyniarte de Bloy===&lt;br /&gt;
A knight fighting on Arthur&#039;s side (I.14).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Jordans===&lt;br /&gt;
A knight of the Duke&#039;s of Tyntagil (I.3).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Ioſeph of Armathye===&lt;br /&gt;
Took the blood of Christ Ioſeph of Armathye (XIII.10) and bore a shield which is passed on to Galahad by prophecy (XIII.11). His legend is told in (XIII.10-1).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Ladynas===&lt;br /&gt;
Duels with Gryfflet in a joust between Arthur&#039;s knights and Bors and Bans(I.11).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Lardans===&lt;br /&gt;
Knight fighting against Arthur (I.14). &lt;br /&gt;
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===Lionel===&lt;br /&gt;
Cousin to Lancelot (XII.1).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Lucas the Butler===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of Duke Corneus (I.10).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Lyonses (Lionse)===&lt;br /&gt;
Lord of Bayarne, servant(?) of Bans and Bors (I.10).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Marys de la Roche===&lt;br /&gt;
Fights for Arthur (I.15).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Melias de Lille===&lt;br /&gt;
First squire to Galahad, then knighted by him (XIII.12). Shortly thereafter falling prey to pride and greed and almost mortally wounded but rescued by Galahad and taken care of by a hermit (XIII.13-4).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Naram===&lt;br /&gt;
Knows King Royns (I.26).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Palomydes===&lt;br /&gt;
Follows King Pellinore in hunting the Questing Beast later (I.19).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Placidas===&lt;br /&gt;
A knight of France (I.10). Sent back to hold his castle.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Pharyaunce (Pheriaunce)=== &lt;br /&gt;
Lord of Bayarne, servant(?) of Bans and Bors (I.10).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Duke of Tyntagil===&lt;br /&gt;
Husband to Igrayne and commander of the castles of Tyntagil and Terrabil. Is in war with Uther Pendragon and eventually defeated and killed in the siege of Terrabil. (I.1-I.2)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Ulfyus (Vlfyus)===&lt;br /&gt;
A knight in Uther Penragon&#039;s service. Helps him to get to Igraine (I.1-I.2) and in battle (I.3). He later serves as guard for Arthur (I.6) and is made Chamberlain (I.7); is messager to Bors and Ban together with Brastias (I.10). He later fights for Arthur, good on foot (I.14) but rescued by Arthur who regards him an &#039;old friend&#039;; Among the eleven assaulting the three kings (I.17); accuses Igraine to be cause of Arthur&#039;s problems but then shifts blame to Merlin (I.21).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Uwain (Uwayne)===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of King Uriens (I.12). Wounded critically when bearing the shield of Ioseph of Armathye (XII.9)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Others==&lt;br /&gt;
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===Archbishop of Canterbury===&lt;br /&gt;
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===Elayne (Elaine)===&lt;br /&gt;
Wife to King Nentres of Garlot (I.2), daughter of Igraine and the duke of Tyntagil (and thus half-sister to Arthur). Sister to Morgause and Morgan le Fey.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Lady of the Lake===&lt;br /&gt;
Gives Caliburn (Excalibur) to Arthur (I.25) in exchange for a later request. She later requests the head of Balyn who kills her for former deeds against his kin (II.?).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Lyonors===&lt;br /&gt;
Daughter of the Earl of Sanam, gets a child with Arthur: Borre (I.17)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Groupings==&lt;br /&gt;
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===40 knights===&lt;br /&gt;
40 knights side with Arthzragainst the three kings in I.17: Lyonses, Pheriaunce, Ulfius, Brascias, Ector, Kay, Lucas the Butler, Gryfflet la Fyse de Deu, Marrys de La Roche, Gwynas de Bloy, Bryaunte de la Forest Saveage, Bellaus, Morians of the Castle Maydyns, Flaundres of the Castle of Ladies, Annecians, Ladinas de la Rouse, Emerause, Caulas, Graciens la Castilion, Bloyse de la Case, Colgrevance de Goore [and presumably 20 more].&lt;br /&gt;
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===12 nuns===&lt;br /&gt;
(nameless) Bring Galahad to Lancelot to be knighted (incognito) (XII.1).&lt;br /&gt;
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===7 Brothers of the Castle of Maidens===&lt;br /&gt;
Allegories of the seven sins. Driven away by Galahad; slain by Gawain, Gareth and Uwain (XIII.15; explanation in XIII.16)&lt;br /&gt;
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Note: Wikipedia has a file of [Arthurian Characters http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Arthurian_characters]. These are, however, drastically reduced in number compared to the high number of characters in the Morte d&#039;Arthure. They are, of course, the most well known. (As has been said in the seminar: who woul generally assume the Round Table to consist of 150 knights, some of them eventually deceased and replaced by new ones?) This article does NOT look at the Morte exclusively but at the big Arthurian Tales more in general.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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&lt;div&gt;This shall become a list of all characters in the Caxton Morte D’Arthur. A division is (provisorically) made between MAIN Characters (on top) and minor characters (further below), each within ordered alphabetically (use common sense: (King) Arthur under A, Duke of Tyntagil under T, etc.. &lt;br /&gt;
Since there are often lots of variants of spellings, alternatives should be given in brackets behind the name. Generally, a spelling with &amp;lt;i&amp;gt;i&amp;lt;/i&amp;gt; has been chosen as main spelling, &amp;lt;i&amp;gt;e&amp;lt;/i&amp;gt;&#039;s at the end were omitted, i.e. the &amp;quot;standard&amp;quot; name follows a somewhat modernised spelling.&lt;br /&gt;
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(Important) Appearances should be abbreviated in the Book.Chapter format (e.g. I.1). If there are earlier mentions of a special relation to sb., please replace with the earlier mention. If there are contradictions, state both.&lt;br /&gt;
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Current distinctions are made between kings, knights and others. Special groupings are listed in the end. Crosslinking is currently missing.&lt;br /&gt;
Suggestion for genealogy: List only the closest relations (i.e.: Gawain: Son of Lot of Lothien and Morgause). Note proper reference as above. Do not list further relations that can be easily deduced, i.e. Gawain being nephew to Arthur due to Morgause being Arthur&#039;s half-sister (on the mother&#039;s side); UNLESS it is especially important at one point.&lt;br /&gt;
These suggestions are free to debate.&lt;br /&gt;
Feel also free to move characters around...especially from unimportant to important. Importance is to be seen not in the whole book but also for high importance in smaller parts.&lt;br /&gt;
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Characters added for Books: 1 (complete); 13 (complete)&lt;br /&gt;
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=Main Characters=&lt;br /&gt;
Main Characters take a prominent role in at least one part of the book. Generally, replacing their name would screw up the narrative and/or relation at whole. They are notable for certain feats or deeds (often in other Romaunces of their own) or their genealogical relations. Omitting them or changing their name would create confusion/irritation.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Kings==&lt;br /&gt;
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===Arthur===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of Uther Pendragon and Igraine. Declines allegiance to Rome twice (I.23, V.1) and consequently becomes Roman Emperor, conquering the empire (V). Lets slay all children born on May Day due to a prophecy of Merlin (I.27)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Bans of Benwic===&lt;br /&gt;
Ally to Arthur by advice of Merlin (I.10ff.); at war with King Claudas.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Bors of Gaule===&lt;br /&gt;
Ally to Arthur by advice of Merlin (I.10ff.); at war with King Claudas. He is lead to the magic ship and send on a journey by God (meeting Galahad and Percival) (XVII.1-11); As fortold by Percival&#039;s sister he is the only knight that returns to Arthur&#039;s court and brings news about Percival and Galahad (VII.18)&lt;br /&gt;
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===King Claudas===&lt;br /&gt;
At war with Bans of Benwic and Bors of Gaule (I.10).&lt;br /&gt;
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===The King with the Hundred Knights===&lt;br /&gt;
Wages war against Arthur (I.8ff). Among the 11 kings swearing an oath against Arthur (I.12).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Lot of Lothien and Orkney (Lott)===&lt;br /&gt;
Husband to Morgause (I.2), father to Gawain (I.2), Gaheris, Aggrevain and Gareth (I.19). Wages war against Arthur (I.8ff). Among the 11 kings swearing an oath against Arthur (I.12).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Pellinore of the Isles (Pellynore)===&lt;br /&gt;
Hunts the Questing Beast (Beast Glatisant) (I.19). Fights and defeats Arthur who is saved only by Merlin. Prophecied to be father of Parcival and Lamorake of Wales; also prophecied to tell Arthur Mordred&#039;s name and thus herald the end of his realm (I.23f)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Royns of North Wales (Ryens, Ryons)===&lt;br /&gt;
Wages war against Lodegreaunce (I.17), enemy to Arthur. Eventually overcomes the 11 kings and challenges Arthur to accept him as overlord - Arthur declines (I.26) and Royns musters a great host (I.27)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Uriens of Gore (Uryens)===&lt;br /&gt;
Husband to Morgan le Fey. Father to Ewayns le Blanche Mayn (I.2). Wages war against Arthur (I.8ff); Among the 11 kings swearing an oath against Arthur (I.12); Father of Sir Uwain (I.12)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Uther Pendragon===&lt;br /&gt;
Father to Artus, married to Igraine after begetting Arthur on her without her knowledge. Is assisted by Merlin. Goes into battle a last time before he dies of illness (I.1-I.5).&lt;br /&gt;
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==Knights==&lt;br /&gt;
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===Aggrevain===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of Morgause and King Lot of Lothien (I.19).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Ector===&lt;br /&gt;
Foster-father of Arthur, selected by Merlin; father of Kay (I.3). Asks for his son to be made seneschall (I.6).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Gaheris===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of Morgause and King Lot of Lothien (I.19).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Galahad===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of Lancelot du Lake. Knightd by his father (XII.1), destined to draw Balyn&#039;s sword out of the stone, which he does (XII.3-5). Therewith he follows his father as most powerful knight in the world. Is resembling Lancelot greatly and stems in the ninth degree from Christ (XII.7). Takes a lance from Arthur&#039;s knights but acquires a shield later, which comes from Ioseph of Armathye (XII.9-10). Defeats a fiend assisted by angels (XII.12) Is without sin and therefore defeats their embodiments (XII.13-16) but without slaying them. He duels with Lancelot and Parcival (nobody recognising the other) and is victorious, then flees (XII.17)&lt;br /&gt;
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He successfully fights Sirs Hector and Gawayn, almost killing the later. (XVII.1) Receives the magic &amp;quot;Sword of the Strange Girdles&amp;quot; (Sword of David) from King Solomons magic ship (XVII. 7). Is a virgin and has therefore special powers. (VXIII.18) Is fortold, by Percival&#039;s sister, to be buried near the city of Sarras.(XVII. 1) Receives visons and is said to be destined to end the Quest for the Grail and to learn secrets from God (XVII.9)Furthermore he is deeply devout. (e.g. several mentions of attending mass, praying etc. throughout XVII - .12 for instance)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Gareth===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of Morgause and King Lot of Lothien (I.19).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Gawain===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of Morgause and King Lot of Lothien (I.2). Is told to never achieved the grail since he is wicked but refuses to repent (XIII.16). &lt;br /&gt;
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===Sir Kay (Kaynus, Kaynes)===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of Sir Ector (I.3), foster-brother of Arthur. Asks Arthur to fetch hsi sword upo which occasion Arthur pulls the sword in the stone out of the stone (I.3). Kay himself is claiming to have done it but tells the truth upon oath. He is made seneschall by Arthur and at various occasions portraied as arrogant and condescending, esp. on Gareth. &lt;br /&gt;
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===Lamorake of Wales===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of King Pellinore (I.24).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Lancelot du Lake===&lt;br /&gt;
Long time most powerful knight in the world (even if he does not say so himself) until he is followed in this by his son Galahad (XII.5) by whom he is eventually defeated (without first knowing it) (XIII.17). Sinful in his love to Guinevere (adultery). He repents and confesses and swears to avoid her whenever possible after being unable to reach the Grail (XII.17-20). Was led to the grail on Solomon&#039;s ship, saw it and was punished (as he sees it) for 25 sinful years with 25 days of &amp;quot;coma&amp;quot; after trying to go nearer. (XVII.15-16)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Mordred===&lt;br /&gt;
Bastard-son of Arthur and Morgause (I.19). Survives the May Day Massacre intended to kill him, is taken up by a foster father and later brought to Arthur&#039;s court [a story which Mallory says he will tell later but in fact never tells] (I.27)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Parcival (Percyvall)===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of King Pellinore (I.24). Eventually defeated by Galahad (XIII.17) Has an unknown ,deeply spiritual, sister, who seeks him out in the company of Galahad and aids him in his quest. (XVII.4-11)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Others==&lt;br /&gt;
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===Gwenhyvere===&lt;br /&gt;
Daughter of King Lodegreaunce of Camylerde (I.17), later wife to Arthur (???).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Igraine (Igrayne)===&lt;br /&gt;
Wife to the Duke of Tyntagil (I.1), who is said to be wise and evades a seduction by Uther. Later wife of Uther Pendragon (I.2), and mother of Arthur by said Uther through a plot furthered by Merlin (I.2)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Merlin (Merlyn, Merlyon)===&lt;br /&gt;
Eminence Grise, prophet, magician, generally not liked too much by friends and foes alike; prophecies the end of Arthur&#039;s court as well as various events. Reveals Arthur&#039;s descent (I.7). Advises Arthur to call for King Ban of Benwic and Bors of Gaule (I.10). Advises Arthur further in his battles against the 11 kings (I.12ff). Explains Arthur&#039;s origin (I.21). Advises Arthur to kill all May Day children (I.27).  [list them!]; ultimately falls in love with Nineve, a lady of the lake, and becomes trapped by her under a stone (IV.1) where he remains. &lt;br /&gt;
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===Morgan le Fey===&lt;br /&gt;
Third sister, daughter of Igraine and the duke of Tyntagil (and thus half-sister to Arthur). (I.2). Sister to Elayne and Morgause. Learns Necromancy in a nunnery. Later marries Kyng Uriens of Gore whi is father of Sir Ewain the blanche Mains (I.2). &lt;br /&gt;
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===Morgause (Margeuse, Margawse)===&lt;br /&gt;
Wife to King Lot of Lothien, mother to Gawain; daughter of Igraine and the duke of Tyntagil (and thus half-sister to Arthur). Siter to Elayne and Morgan le Fey (I.2). Mother of Gaheris, Agrevain and Gareth (I.19). Visits King Arthur&#039;s court and begets Mordred on him (I.19)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Groupings==&lt;br /&gt;
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===The 11 Kings===&lt;br /&gt;
The 11 Kings swear an oath to destory Arthur: Duke of Candebenet, Brandegoris of Strangore, Clarihaus of Northuberland, The King with the Hundred Knights, Lot of Lothien, Uriens of Gore, Idres of cornwall, Cradilmans, Anguisshauns, Nentres of Garlot, Carados. (I.12) Eventually subdued by King Royns.&lt;br /&gt;
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=Minor Characters=&lt;br /&gt;
These characters are often only names without further porminence. They are knights that get defeated, participate in jousts, quests, and battles or ladies offering a quest. Generally they could easily be replaced by any other name and nobody would ever notice.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Kings==&lt;br /&gt;
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===Anguisshauns of Ireland (Anwysshauns)===&lt;br /&gt;
Among the 11 kings swearing an oath against Arthur (I.12).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Brandeforis of Strangore===&lt;br /&gt;
Among the 11 kings swearing an oath against Arthur (I.12).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Carados===&lt;br /&gt;
Among the 11 kings swearing an oath against Arthur (I.12).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Duke of Candebenet===&lt;br /&gt;
Among the 11 kings swearing an oath against Arthur (I.12).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Clarihaus of Northumberland===&lt;br /&gt;
Among the 11 kings swearing an oath against Arthur (I.12).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Cradilmans (Cradilmente, Cradilmasse)===&lt;br /&gt;
Among the 11 kings swearing an oath against Arthur (I.12).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Idres of Conrwall===&lt;br /&gt;
Among the 11 kings swearing an oath against Arthur (I.12).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Lodegreaunce of Camylarde===&lt;br /&gt;
Is attacked by Royns; Arthur asists Lodegreanunce (I.17). Father to Gwenhyvere.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Morganore (Morganoure)===&lt;br /&gt;
Seneschall of the King with the Hundred Knights (I.14). Killed by Ban (I.16).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Nentres of Garlot===&lt;br /&gt;
Husband to Elayne (I.2); Among the 11 kings swearing an oath against Arthur (I.12).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Annecians===&lt;br /&gt;
Godson of King Bors, noble knight. (I.17)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Bagdemagus===&lt;br /&gt;
Contemplates taking on the adventure of the shield of Ioseph of Armathye (XII.9).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Barcias (Barsias, Brascias, Brastias)===&lt;br /&gt;
A knight of the Duke&#039;s of Tyntagil (I.3). Escorts Arthur later (I.6). Made warden upon the North (I.7), messenger to Ban and Bors (I.10).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Bawdewyn of Britain===&lt;br /&gt;
Escorts Arthur (I.6). Is made Constable (I.7).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Bloyas de Flaundres===&lt;br /&gt;
A knight fighting on Arthur&#039;s side (I.15).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Borre===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of Arthur and Lyonors (I.17)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Bors===&lt;br /&gt;
Cousin to Lancelot (XII.1)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Bryaunte===&lt;br /&gt;
A knight fighting on Arthur&#039;s side (I.15).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Clarinaus de la Forest Savage===&lt;br /&gt;
A knight fighting on Arthur&#039;s side (I.14).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Egglamore (Egglame)===&lt;br /&gt;
Flees from Pellinore (I.25)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Ewayns le Blaunche Mayn===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of King Uriens of Gore (I.2)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Gracian===&lt;br /&gt;
A lord of France. Sent back to hold his castle (I.11)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Gryfflet (Gryflett, Gryflette)===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of God[!] of Cardal (I.10).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Gwenhaus===&lt;br /&gt;
Brother to Ban and Bors, a wise clerk (I.11).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Gwynas===&lt;br /&gt;
A knight fighting on Arthur&#039;s side (I.15).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Gwyniarte de Bloy===&lt;br /&gt;
A knight fighting on Arthur&#039;s side (I.14).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Jordans===&lt;br /&gt;
A knight of the Duke&#039;s of Tyntagil (I.3).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Ioſeph of Armathye===&lt;br /&gt;
Took the blood of Christ Ioſeph of Armathye (XIII.10) and bore a shield which is passed on to Galahad by prophecy (XIII.11). His legend is told in (XIII.10-1).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Ladynas===&lt;br /&gt;
Duels with Gryfflet in a joust between Arthur&#039;s knights and Bors and Bans(I.11).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Lardans===&lt;br /&gt;
Knight fighting against Arthur (I.14). &lt;br /&gt;
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===Lionel===&lt;br /&gt;
Cousin to Lancelot (XII.1).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Lucas the Butler===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of Duke Corneus (I.10).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Lyonses (Lionse)===&lt;br /&gt;
Lord of Bayarne, servant(?) of Bans and Bors (I.10).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Marys de la Roche===&lt;br /&gt;
Fights for Arthur (I.15).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Melias de Lille===&lt;br /&gt;
First squire to Galahad, then knighted by him (XIII.12). Shortly thereafter falling prey to pride and greed and almost mortally wounded but rescued by Galahad and taken care of by a hermit (XIII.13-4).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Naram===&lt;br /&gt;
Knows King Royns (I.26).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Palomydes===&lt;br /&gt;
Follows King Pellinore in hunting the Questing Beast later (I.19).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Placidas===&lt;br /&gt;
A knight of France (I.10). Sent back to hold his castle.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Pharyaunce (Pheriaunce)=== &lt;br /&gt;
Lord of Bayarne, servant(?) of Bans and Bors (I.10).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Duke of Tyntagil===&lt;br /&gt;
Husband to Igrayne and commander of the castles of Tyntagil and Terrabil. Is in war with Uther Pendragon and eventually defeated and killed in the siege of Terrabil. (I.1-I.2)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Ulfyus (Vlfyus)===&lt;br /&gt;
A knight in Uther Penragon&#039;s service. Helps him to get to Igraine (I.1-I.2) and in battle (I.3). He later serves as guard for Arthur (I.6) and is made Chamberlain (I.7); is messager to Bors and Ban together with Brastias (I.10). He later fights for Arthur, good on foot (I.14) but rescued by Arthur who regards him an &#039;old friend&#039;; Among the eleven assaulting the three kings (I.17); accuses Igraine to be cause of Arthur&#039;s problems but then shifts blame to Merlin (I.21).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Uwain (Uwayne)===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of King Uriens (I.12). Wounded critically when bearing the shield of Ioseph of Armathye (XII.9)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Others==&lt;br /&gt;
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===Archbishop of Canterbury===&lt;br /&gt;
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===Elayne (Elaine)===&lt;br /&gt;
Wife to King Nentres of Garlot (I.2), daughter of Igraine and the duke of Tyntagil (and thus half-sister to Arthur). Sister to Morgause and Morgan le Fey.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Lady of the Lake===&lt;br /&gt;
Gives Caliburn (Excalibur) to Arthur (I.25) in exchange for a later request. She later requests the head of Balyn who kills her for former deeds against his kin (II.?).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Lyonors===&lt;br /&gt;
Daughter of the Earl of Sanam, gets a child with Arthur: Borre (I.17)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Groupings==&lt;br /&gt;
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===40 knights===&lt;br /&gt;
40 knights side with Arthzragainst the three kings in I.17: Lyonses, Pheriaunce, Ulfius, Brascias, Ector, Kay, Lucas the Butler, Gryfflet la Fyse de Deu, Marrys de La Roche, Gwynas de Bloy, Bryaunte de la Forest Saveage, Bellaus, Morians of the Castle Maydyns, Flaundres of the Castle of Ladies, Annecians, Ladinas de la Rouse, Emerause, Caulas, Graciens la Castilion, Bloyse de la Case, Colgrevance de Goore [and presumably 20 more].&lt;br /&gt;
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===12 nuns===&lt;br /&gt;
(nameless) Bring Galahad to Lancelot to be knighted (incognito) (XII.1).&lt;br /&gt;
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===7 Brothers of the Castle of Maidens===&lt;br /&gt;
Allegories of the seven sins. Driven away by Galahad; slain by Gawain, Gareth and Uwain (XIII.15; explanation in XIII.16)&lt;br /&gt;
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Note: Wikipedia has a file of [Arthurian Characters http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Arthurian_characters]. These are, however, drastically reduced in number compared to the high number of characters in the Morte d&#039;Arthure. They are, of course, the most well known. (As has been said in the seminar: who woul generally assume the Round Table to consist of 150 knights, some of them eventually deceased and replaced by new ones?) This article does NOT look at the Morte exclusively but at the big Arthurian Tales more in general.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>Le Morte Darthur Book 17</title>
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Whenever I think a passage to contain something of the below mentioned topics I will mark it with a corresponding letter. Hope that it will help. And yes, Book 17 seems really just to contain bits and pieces thrown together with no apparent order.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;A&#039;&#039;&#039; - Aspect of cheap entertainment (Chapbooks) - personally I think all those &amp;quot;Action Scenes&amp;quot; could be part of this topic.&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;B&#039;&#039;&#039; - Prophecies, predictions of what is to come, moments of reflection when things happened as predicted &lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;C&#039;&#039;&#039; - Marriage &amp;amp; Fidelity &lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;D&#039;&#039;&#039; - Violence &amp;amp; second thoughts &lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;E&#039;&#039;&#039; - Christianity and the heathen world, supernatural incidents, miracles, moments where other mythologies interfere&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;F&#039;&#039;&#039; - Gender roles &lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;G&#039;&#039;&#039; - Is this text historical or fictional, do we get proofs, sources, doubts second thoughts on the status of the stories.&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;H&#039;&#039;&#039; - Modern adaptations: key scenes (which that are is yet to be determined) &lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;I&#039;&#039;&#039; - Concepts of honour and morality in general and individual &lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Book 17.Cpt. 1:  &#039;&#039;&#039;  &lt;br /&gt;
After he had rescued Sir Percival from the 20 knights, Sir Galahad traveled a vast forest and persists through many, not further mentioned, adventures. On his way to the sea he comes past a castle were a siege is taking place. He quickly decides to help those &amp;quot;good knights&amp;quot; in the castle and is soon attacked by the besieging knights. With them are Sir Gawayn and Sir Hector de Marys who recognize Galahad&#039;s white shield with the red cross and attack him. Galahad defeats them all and Gawayn receives a near fatal head wound. After all the &amp;quot;knights without&amp;quot; are chased off and Gawayn is brought to safety by Hector, Galahad simple rides away. &lt;br /&gt;
Gawayn marvels at the storys the tell about the sword from the lake and only after months is healed from his terrible wound. An Hector tells him that his quest has come to an end.&lt;br /&gt;
Sir Galahad rides on to Castle Carbonek (called Castle Corbin or Castle Corbin) rests nearby at a hermitage and is woken at night by a “gentilwoman” that asks him to get armed and follow her, for in the next three days she would grant him adventures never seen by a knight before. Galahad follows.    &#039;&#039;&#039;A B&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 2:    &#039;&#039;&#039;  Galahad is lead to the castle of that “gentilwoman’s” lady where he rests some time before he is lead towards the sea by that “gentilwoman” and with them they carry a child and some riches. On the beach the ship,with cheering Bors and Percival on board, is waiting for them. As soon as they are on board the ship starts sailing again and all three knights exchange the storys of their adventures and their temptations. Bors is only missing Lancelot in his party. After a while they meet another ship between two big rocks. Writings on on the ship tell them, that only those of “steadfast believe” should enter the ship because the author of those letters would not help them if they should fail. At that point the “gentilwoman” reveals that she is Percival’s sister and warns him, that he will perish should he not firmly believe in Jesus Christ. Happy to see his sister, Percival replies that he, should he be an untrue knight, could as well perish. &#039;&#039;&#039;B E F I&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 3:   &#039;&#039;&#039;   On board of the other ship the the four find it full of riches and with a large bed in the middle, at it’s foot a sword could be found. The swords pommel was made a of multicolored stone and the cross guard (?) (“scales”) was made of the rips of two beasts: the Serpent of the Fiend and the Fish Ertanax. First should save its bearer from weariness and harm, the other would strengthen the bearer’s will as to focus solemly on the task before him and avoid distraction.. Percival and Bors both can’t draw the word and in Galahad’s hands it displayed strange red letters (like blood), telling him of the special powers of the sword and that only a man passing all other man would be able to draw it. Galahad doesn’t try to draw it out of disgust. &lt;br /&gt;
Percival’s sister remembers some tales in which the word is found on a ship and could only be employed by a severly wounded man against a muslim king who then died after returning the sword to the ship.  &#039;&#039;&#039;A E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt.4:    &#039;&#039;&#039; They then see that the scabbard of the sword is made from snake skin and bears golden and silvern letters but the girdle was crude and unfitting to hold the scabbard. The letters read that he who wants to bear the sword should be hardier (&amp;quot; more harder&amp;quot;) than any other man. And that despite of the crude girdle the bearer should not be ashamed. The girdle could only be replaced by the hands of a virgin from royal blood. And a virgin she must stay all her life or a dreadful death would befall her.&lt;br /&gt;
As they turn the word they perceive it to be black, showing red letters which warn them, that the sword will turn on him that praises it most or to whom it is most courteous. Sir Percival&#039;s sister remembers a tale of a man called Nacyen who lived 40 years after the passion of Christ and who found the ship with the sword. First he couldn&#039;t draw it and the wind drives the ship to different places. And when he encountered a giant he found the sword out of his scabbard, praised it much and it broke at his first strike.&lt;br /&gt;
After meeting king &amp;quot;Mordrayne&amp;quot; on another ship Nacyen learns that he must have sinned and he (Mordryane probably) sets the pieces of teh sword together which is as good as new. They are then asked to leave the ship and Nacyen receives a sword stroke to his right foot for, as a voice claims, he was never worthy to handle the sword. &#039;&#039;&#039;A G E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 5:   &#039;&#039;&#039; another tale – King Pelles, later on called the Maimed King, was a great supporter of the church, found the ship after getting separated with all but one of his knightes he rode out for hunting. After reading the letters and entering the ship lone he tried to draw the sword and was struck by spear through both thighs a wound that could never be healed since then.  &lt;br /&gt;
We then switch back to the three knights, who find two swords and three white, green and red “spyndels” of vibrant color near the head of the bed. Sir Percival’s sister tells the knight’s the story how Eve planted the branch of the tree that carried “the apple” after their banishment from paradise into the earth and a majestic white tree grew out of it. After Adam and Eve had had sex under the tree it turned green and later, after Cain killed his brother Abel below it, it turned red and all plants except this tree withered. Much later wise king Solomon reigned the marvellous red tree still existed.&lt;br /&gt;
King Solomon’s wife is said to be an evil woman and the king himself despises women in his books until the Holy Spirit tells him, that from his lineage will come a glorrious woman, from the man, who would not only be a formidable knight but also the last of Solomon’s bloodline and a virgin. [“man whiche shalle be a mayde”] &#039;&#039;&#039;E F&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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King Solomon kept studying and thought long time who could be this man and finally he told his wife about the prophecy. She asked him to have an excellent ship build and the sword of David fitted with a new pommel, crossguard and sheath. She herself outfitted the ship with riches and added the hempen girdle (against the protest of Solomon)to the sword. And  she forced a carpenter to cut enough wood from the white, the green and the red tree to craft three “spyndlys” out of it. Those were added to the bed. After all is done Solomon wonders what this all is about but his wife just answers that he will get answers soon enough &#039;&#039;&#039;B E F G&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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At night Solomon dreams of angels that spray the ship with holy water (consecrate it?) and wirte on’s sides warnings for those that enter and on the sword another message. Shocked he retreated and the ship glided into the sea and vanished quickly while a little voice told Solomon that the knight he is looking for will rest on this bed and ship. He then told his wife about his dream. [Back on board the ship] Percival finds writings that tell them the story of the ship and the sword and they understand, that they must find a suitable girdle for the famous sword. Percival’s sister then produces a girdle made from her own hair that she had crafted as soon as she knew about her mission. And then Galahad is girded with the sword then called the Sword of the Strange Girdles. Then they leave the ship (of Solomon) and the winds drive them to the coast of Scotland, near to a castle on the cliffs. where Percival’s sister warns the knights about assailants, who know that they were Arthur’s knights. &#039;&#039;&#039;E A B G&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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After introducing themselves to a squire of that castle who then returned with the message the hear horns and are warned by a “gentilwoman” to leave or they would die. Some well armed knights are dispatched from the castle to take the knights prisoners but are quickly killed or flee, while the knights take some of the horses and follow the survivers into the castle, were the kill quite many people. As they wonder on what they have done and are quite sure to have sinned. But why had God given them the strength to kill them?   A priest in the castle tells them that there is no need for self-doubt since the former lord (Earl Hernox) of this castle was fataly wounded thrown into prison by his three sons, who before that had  raped and then, when she told her father, killed her sister and afterwards killed priests and destroyed churches. The priests also says, that Earl Hernox forsaw the arrival of servants of God to redeem this injustice. &#039;&#039;&#039;D(!) E I&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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Earl Hernox dies in Galahad’s arms and with his last breath asks the knight to go and seek out the Maimed King, for he will be healed by Galahad. &lt;br /&gt;
The three knights and Percival’s sister depart and on their travel they meet a white stag with four “lions” (?lyons) in a vast forest which they folllow to a hermitage were an armored priest conducts mass in a chapel, which the four travelers attend. In mass they see the white stag become a man and the lions turn into another man, a lion (…),  an eagle, and an ox, that all receive a blessing at the altar and leave, somehow incorporeal, through the painted glaswindow. Then the knights hear a voice that tells them that like this the Virgin Mary received his son. They ask the priest about what had happened and he explains to them, that they are choosen to learn about secrets of God himself and that they will bring an end to the “Sancgreal” (Sangreal – Holy Grail, probably: the quest for the grail).&lt;br /&gt;
The white stag and the lions are a symbol for Jesus  and the Evangelists but assumes that the knights won’t see these anymore. The knight’s rejoice and travel past a castle on the next day, when a knight bearing a message comes after them. &#039;&#039;&#039;E B&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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The knight from the castle asks Percival’s sister to give a dish full of her maiden blood as it is custom. The three knights defend her and even manage fend off a superior number of knights (soldiers), Galahad seemingly going berserk, until nightfall. They are then invited into the castle to rest and learn about this custom. &#039;&#039;&#039;I A&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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Bors, Galahad, Percival and his sister accept and learn that the blood of a maiden is needed to cure the Lady of the castle. &lt;br /&gt;
Percival’s sister offers to heal the lady with her blood and  voluntarily gives enough to heal the lady as well as to kill herself. Her last wish is her body to be send forth on a ship so that, as she forsees, she will arrive in due time at the city of Sarras where she is going to be buried under a tower were Percival and Galahad,too, shall be buried at some point in time. Percival fullfills her wish and even adds a letter that contains all her deeds to her dead hands. After a strong tempest the three knights see a wounded knight praying to God for help and being chased by a “dwarf” and Bors sets out save that knight.  &#039;&#039;&#039;B D E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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Galahad and Percival pray all night for Bors save return. And when they leave the chappel the find everyone in the castle dead and hear a voice that names this God’s vengeance for the shedding of virgin blood. They then find 36 the well preserved tombs of the “maydens that were martred for the seke ladyes sake”, all of whom were of royal blood. Then they leave the castle. &#039;&#039;&#039;E&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
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While Lanceleot is resting near the “waters of Mortoyse” he receives a vision that aks him to board the first ship that he may find. On a beach he finds a ship without sail or oars and as soon as he enters he is overwhelmed with joy and falls asleep. As he awakes he finds Percival’s dead sister on a bed in the ship and reads of her and her brother’s deeds. &lt;br /&gt;
Lancelot stays onboard the ship for a month and ist sustained by prayers alone. One night he meets his son Galahad and both are full of joy and, as he sees Percival’s dead sister on the bed, tell each other stories of their deeds. Lancelot is especially keen to hear and praise the sword Galahad procured on the ship of Solomon. Both travel together on the ship for half a year and worship good, while again and again fight against wild beasts on unchartered isles, which is not elaborated on since it has nothing to to with the grail.&#039;&#039;&#039;B E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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On a Monday Galahad is picked up by heavily armored knight who tells him, that he had passed enough time with his father and a voice tells them, that they will only see each other again on Judgement Day. Thy bid farewell to each other and Lancelot ist driven out unto the sea again for another month full of prayers.&lt;br /&gt;
Lancelot finally arrives at a castle whose doors are open but guarded with two lions but before he canenter he is reprimanded by a voice that he will need the strength in the Lord more than his armor. (actually a suddenly appearing dwarf hits him after he readies sword and armor O_o ) &lt;br /&gt;
Lancelot thanks the Lord and manages to enter the castle through open doors and non-aggressive lions. Only a last door is closed to him and he tries to open it. &#039;&#039;&#039;B E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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With all his strength he can’t open the door. He only hears an angelic voice praising the Lord. So he prays for God to let him in if he had done something in his life that had pleased him. The door opens and he sees that inside there is a richly decorated and bright altar, some angels and a holy vessel with a priest holding mass in front of it. Lancelot is warned to by that mysterios voice but after seeing the priest struggling while holds the young child of two other people aloft he enters to help the priest. And feels instantly burned and weakend. He falls to the ground, absolutely powerless, and is brought outside. There he is found the next morning and the people of the castle decide to look after him although he seems dead for many of them. &#039;&#039;&#039;B  E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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For 24 days they serve Lancelot and as he suddenly awakes he is furious about it since he was shown great secrets and miracles in his sleep. He perceives those 24 (25th day he awakes) as his punishment for his 25 years being a sinner and he remebers that he hadn’t worn the hair-shirt (“hayr”) a hermit had given to him as he promised a year ago.  Afterward wears the hair-shirt beneath his other clothing. He also is told that he will never see the Grail any closer than he already has and he accepts it, grateful for the mercy shown to him by God. &lt;br /&gt;
He then gives his full name and is happily greeting by the king for he is at the Castle of Carbonek and at King Pelles court.&lt;br /&gt;
The King relates the sad story of his dead daughter whereof Lancelot is genuinely sorry. After four days he wants to leave the court and suddenly during their last meal, that the Grail had provided, all the windows and doors of the castle close magically. A single knights shouts outside the castle that he wihes to enter and finally the king himself asks him, from a window, what this knight&#039;s business is and that he surley is not one knight of the quest and not in the service of the Lord. The knight introduces himself as Hector de Marys, brother of Sir Lancelot. When the king tells him that Lancelot is inside his castle, Sir Hector tells the king that his (Hector&#039;s) sorrow and shame are thereby doubled and that the &amp;quot;good man of the hill&amp;quot; said the truth about Gawayns and his dreams. The Sir Hector leaves as fast as possible.&#039;&#039;&#039;B I E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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Sir Lancelot departs from King Pelles to travel back to the realm of Logrys and after a long travel he rests at a white Abbey. Here he finds a newly made tomb with an inscription stating that this is the grave of Bagdemagus of Gore who had been killed by Sir Gawayn. Lancelot mourns the loss. On his further way he visits the Abbey where Galahad won his shield and finally reaches Camelot, where he is greeted happily. More than half of the knights had been killed on their quest so far. The Sirs Hector, Gawayn and Lyonel were among those returned. Lancelot tells them all about his adventures and about the adventures of Percival, Galahad and Bors, of which he knew through the letter of Sir Percival&#039;s dead sister. He also tells the king that only one of these three knights will return to his court.&#039;&#039;&#039;B D&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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After many travels Sir Galahad comes to an Abbey, where he meets King Mordrayns (who must be quite old be now). The King tells him that he is the purest of all knights asks him to embrace him so that he may die (of age) in his arms. Galahad does as asked and even prays to God to visit him and god hears his prayer and the King departs. &lt;br /&gt;
As he travels on pure Galahad calms a boiling well, called Callahady&#039;s well, with a touch of his hand. And he later reaches the Abbey where Badgemagus tomb could be found and extinguishes the flames of teh burning tomb of Simeon, which only the knight that passes all other knights of the table round could accomplish and in which Sir Lancelot had already failed. Galahad relieves the spirit of a sinner that had done wrong to Joseph of Arimathea 354 years before by granting him a proper burial. [not sure I got the &amp;quot;who is who&amp;quot; right here]&#039;&#039;&#039;E G I&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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BOOK 17, CHAPTER NINETEEN&lt;br /&gt;
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Galahad departs and meets Bors and Percival on the way. Together, they ride to the castle of Carbonek. The son of their host King Pelles shows them the sword that struck Joseph through the thigh; it&#039;s broken, and one by one they try to make it whole again, but only Galahad succeeds. He gifts the repaired sword to Bors. &lt;br /&gt;
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After they have all sat down for dinner, nine foreign knights come to meet Galahad - three from Gaulle, three from Ireland, and three from Denmark - and sit with them. &lt;br /&gt;
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An old, sick man wearing a gold crown is brought into the room where dinner is held, lying in a bed. Without identifying himself, he welcomes Galahad and tells him that he&#039;s long wanted to meet him, and sends King Pelles and his son away. &lt;br /&gt;
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CHAPTER TWENTY&lt;br /&gt;
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A man in the garments of a bishop and four angels descend from heaven; the bishop is holding a cross, and letters written on his forehead identify him as Joseph, the first bishop of Christendom. The angels who accompanied him return, two of them bearing candles, one a towel, and one a spear with blood dripping from it. Galahad takes some of the blood and anoints the sick man&#039;s legs with it, making him healthy again. &lt;br /&gt;
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Then, Jesus himself appears and blesses everyone present. He gives Galahad a special plate and tells him it can&#039;t be in Britain any longer; Galahad should take his sword, Bors and Percival, and depart on a ship that he&#039;ll find waiting for him at the coast. Jesus also prophecies that two of them won&#039;t return from their quest. &lt;br /&gt;
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CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE&lt;br /&gt;
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Galahad asks the three knights from Gaulle to greet Lancelot for him if they go to Arthur&#039;s court, and then departs. On the ship, Galahad prays and is granted the gift that he&#039;ll be able to die when- and wherever he chooses, and his soul will go on to eternal life. &lt;br /&gt;
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Upon their landing in Sarras, Galahad heals a cripple. Percival buries his sister there, who had died in the meantime. They see the tyrant king and tell him the story of their quest, but he throws them into prison. &lt;br /&gt;
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CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO&lt;br /&gt;
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Eventually the king dies, asking forgiveness of the three, which they grant. The people of Sarras make Galahad their new king; he accepts, but soon after his coronation, he dies during Mass. &lt;br /&gt;
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CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE&lt;br /&gt;
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Percival and Bors grieve for him, Percival so much so that he enters a hermitage to live as a holy man for a year and two days, before he, too, dies. Bors buries him next to his sister and Galahad and then returns to Britain, where he is warmly welcomed at court and the story he has to tell is written down in books. &lt;br /&gt;
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END OF BOOK 17&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Jens: /* Lancelot du Lake */&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;This shall become a list of all characters in the Caxton Morte D’Arthur. A division is (provisorically) made between MAIN Characters (on top) and minor characters (further below), each within ordered alphabetically (use common sense: (King) Arthur under A, Duke of Tyntagil under T, etc.. &lt;br /&gt;
Since there are often lots of variants of spellings, alternatives should be given in brackets behind the name. Generally, a spelling with &amp;lt;i&amp;gt;i&amp;lt;/i&amp;gt; has been chosen as main spelling, &amp;lt;i&amp;gt;e&amp;lt;/i&amp;gt;&#039;s at the end were omitted, i.e. the &amp;quot;standard&amp;quot; name follows a somewhat modernised spelling.&lt;br /&gt;
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(Important) Appearances should be abbreviated in the Book.Chapter format (e.g. I.1). If there are earlier mentions of a special relation to sb., please replace with the earlier mention. If there are contradictions, state both.&lt;br /&gt;
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Current distinctions are made between kings, knights and others. Special groupings are listed in the end. Crosslinking is currently missing.&lt;br /&gt;
Suggestion for genealogy: List only the closest relations (i.e.: Gawain: Son of Lot of Lothien and Morgause). Note proper reference as above. Do not list further relations that can be easily deduced, i.e. Gawain being nephew to Arthur due to Morgause being Arthur&#039;s half-sister (on the mother&#039;s side); UNLESS it is especially important at one point.&lt;br /&gt;
These suggestions are free to debate.&lt;br /&gt;
Feel also free to move characters around...especially from unimportant to important. Importance is to be seen not in the whole book but also for high importance in smaller parts.&lt;br /&gt;
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Characters added for Books: 1 (complete); 13 (complete)&lt;br /&gt;
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=Main Characters=&lt;br /&gt;
Main Characters take a prominent role in at least one part of the book. Generally, replacing their name would screw up the narrative and/or relation at whole. They are notable for certain feats or deeds (often in other Romaunces of their own) or their genealogical relations. Omitting them or changing their name would create confusion/irritation.&lt;br /&gt;
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Son of Uther Pendragon and Igraine. Declines allegiance to Rome twice (I.23, V.1) and consequently becomes Roman Emperor, conquering the empire (V). Lets slay all children born on May Day due to a prophecy of Merlin (I.27)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Bans of Benwic===&lt;br /&gt;
Ally to Arthur by advice of Merlin (I.10ff.); at war with King Claudas.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Bors of Gaule===&lt;br /&gt;
Ally to Arthur by advice of Merlin (I.10ff.); at war with King Claudas.&lt;br /&gt;
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===King Claudas===&lt;br /&gt;
At war with Bans of Benwic and Bors of Gaule (I.10).&lt;br /&gt;
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===The King with the Hundred Knights===&lt;br /&gt;
Wages war against Arthur (I.8ff). Among the 11 kings swearing an oath against Arthur (I.12).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Lot of Lothien and Orkney (Lott)===&lt;br /&gt;
Husband to Morgause (I.2), father to Gawain (I.2), Gaheris, Aggrevain and Gareth (I.19). Wages war against Arthur (I.8ff). Among the 11 kings swearing an oath against Arthur (I.12).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Pellinore of the Isles (Pellynore)===&lt;br /&gt;
Hunts the Questing Beast (Beast Glatisant) (I.19). Fights and defeats Arthur who is saved only by Merlin. Prophecied to be father of Parcival and Lamorake of Wales; also prophecied to tell Arthur Mordred&#039;s name and thus herald the end of his realm (I.23f)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Royns of North Wales (Ryens, Ryons)===&lt;br /&gt;
Wages war against Lodegreaunce (I.17), enemy to Arthur. Eventually overcomes the 11 kings and challenges Arthur to accept him as overlord - Arthur declines (I.26) and Royns musters a great host (I.27)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Uriens of Gore (Uryens)===&lt;br /&gt;
Husband to Morgan le Fey. Father to Ewayns le Blanche Mayn (I.2). Wages war against Arthur (I.8ff); Among the 11 kings swearing an oath against Arthur (I.12); Father of Sir Uwain (I.12)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Uther Pendragon===&lt;br /&gt;
Father to Artus, married to Igraine after begetting Arthur on her without her knowledge. Is assisted by Merlin. Goes into battle a last time before he dies of illness (I.1-I.5).&lt;br /&gt;
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==Knights==&lt;br /&gt;
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===Aggrevain===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of Morgause and King Lot of Lothien (I.19).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Ector===&lt;br /&gt;
Foster-father of Arthur, selected by Merlin; father of Kay (I.3). Asks for his son to be made seneschall (I.6).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Gaheris===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of Morgause and King Lot of Lothien (I.19).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Galahad===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of Lancelot du Lake. Knightd by his father (XII.1), destined to draw Balyn&#039;s sword out of the stone, which he does (XII.3-5). Therewith he follows his father as most powerful knight in the world. Is resembling Lancelot greatly and stems in the ninth degree from Christ (XII.7). Takes a lance from Arthur&#039;s knights but acquires a shield later, which comes from Ioseph of Armathye (XII.9-10). Defeats a fiend assisted by angels (XII.12) Is without sin and therefore defeats their embodiments (XII.13-16) but without slaying them. He duels with Lancelot and Parcival (nobody recognising the other) and is victorious, then flees (XII.17)&lt;br /&gt;
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He successfully fights Sirs Hector and Gawayn, almost killing the later. (XVII.1) Receives the magic &amp;quot;Sword of the Strange Girdles&amp;quot; (Sword of David) from King Solomons magic ship (XVII. 7). Is a virgin and has therefore special powers. (VXIII.18) Is fortold, by Percival&#039;s sister, to be buried near the city of Sarras.(XVII. 1) Receives visons and is said to be destined to end the Quest for the Grail and to learn secrets from God (XVII.9)Furthermore he is deeply devout. (e.g. several mentions of attending mass, praying etc. throughout XVII - .12 for instance)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Gareth===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of Morgause and King Lot of Lothien (I.19).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Gawain===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of Morgause and King Lot of Lothien (I.2). Is told to never achieved the grail since he is wicked but refuses to repent (XIII.16). &lt;br /&gt;
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===Sir Kay (Kaynus, Kaynes)===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of Sir Ector (I.3), foster-brother of Arthur. Asks Arthur to fetch hsi sword upo which occasion Arthur pulls the sword in the stone out of the stone (I.3). Kay himself is claiming to have done it but tells the truth upon oath. He is made seneschall by Arthur and at various occasions portraied as arrogant and condescending, esp. on Gareth. &lt;br /&gt;
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===Lamorake of Wales===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of King Pellinore (I.24).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Lancelot du Lake===&lt;br /&gt;
Long time most powerful knight in the world (even if he does not say so himself) until he is followed in this by his son Galahad (XII.5) by whom he is eventually defeated (without first knowing it) (XIII.17). Sinful in his love to Guinevere (adultery). He repents and confesses and swears to avoid her whenever possible after being unable to reach the Grail (XII.17-20). Was led to the grail on Solomon&#039;s ship, saw it and was punished (as he sees it) for 25 sinful years with 25 days of &amp;quot;coma&amp;quot; after trying to go nearer. (XVII.15-16)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Mordred===&lt;br /&gt;
Bastard-son of Arthur and Morgause (I.19). Survives the May Day Massacre intended to kill him, is taken up by a foster father and later brought to Arthur&#039;s court [a story which Mallory says he will tell later but in fact never tells] (I.27)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Parcival (Percyvall)===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of King Pellinore (I.24). Eventually defeated by Galahad (XIII.17) Has an unknown ,deeply spiritual, sister, who seeks him out in the company of Galahad and aids him in his quest. (XVII.4-11)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Others==&lt;br /&gt;
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===Gwenhyvere===&lt;br /&gt;
Daughter of King Lodegreaunce of Camylerde (I.17), later wife to Arthur (???).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Igraine (Igrayne)===&lt;br /&gt;
Wife to the Duke of Tyntagil (I.1), who is said to be wise and evades a seduction by Uther. Later wife of Uther Pendragon (I.2), and mother of Arthur by said Uther through a plot furthered by Merlin (I.2)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Merlin (Merlyn, Merlyon)===&lt;br /&gt;
Eminence Grise, prophet, magician, generally not liked too much by friends and foes alike; prophecies the end of Arthur&#039;s court as well as various events. Reveals Arthur&#039;s descent (I.7). Advises Arthur to call for King Ban of Benwic and Bors of Gaule (I.10). Advises Arthur further in his battles against the 11 kings (I.12ff). Explains Arthur&#039;s origin (I.21). Advises Arthur to kill all May Day children (I.27).  [list them!]; ultimately falls in love with Nineve, a lady of the lake, and becomes trapped by her under a stone (IV.1) where he remains. &lt;br /&gt;
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===Morgan le Fey===&lt;br /&gt;
Third sister, daughter of Igraine and the duke of Tyntagil (and thus half-sister to Arthur). (I.2). Sister to Elayne and Morgause. Learns Necromancy in a nunnery. Later marries Kyng Uriens of Gore whi is father of Sir Ewain the blanche Mains (I.2). &lt;br /&gt;
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===Morgause (Margeuse, Margawse)===&lt;br /&gt;
Wife to King Lot of Lothien, mother to Gawain; daughter of Igraine and the duke of Tyntagil (and thus half-sister to Arthur). Siter to Elayne and Morgan le Fey (I.2). Mother of Gaheris, Agrevain and Gareth (I.19). Visits King Arthur&#039;s court and begets Mordred on him (I.19)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Groupings==&lt;br /&gt;
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===The 11 Kings===&lt;br /&gt;
The 11 Kings swear an oath to destory Arthur: Duke of Candebenet, Brandegoris of Strangore, Clarihaus of Northuberland, The King with the Hundred Knights, Lot of Lothien, Uriens of Gore, Idres of cornwall, Cradilmans, Anguisshauns, Nentres of Garlot, Carados. (I.12) Eventually subdued by King Royns.&lt;br /&gt;
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=Minor Characters=&lt;br /&gt;
These characters are often only names without further porminence. They are knights that get defeated, participate in jousts, quests, and battles or ladies offering a quest. Generally they could easily be replaced by any other name and nobody would ever notice.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Kings==&lt;br /&gt;
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===Anguisshauns of Ireland (Anwysshauns)===&lt;br /&gt;
Among the 11 kings swearing an oath against Arthur (I.12).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Brandeforis of Strangore===&lt;br /&gt;
Among the 11 kings swearing an oath against Arthur (I.12).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Carados===&lt;br /&gt;
Among the 11 kings swearing an oath against Arthur (I.12).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Duke of Candebenet===&lt;br /&gt;
Among the 11 kings swearing an oath against Arthur (I.12).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Clarihaus of Northumberland===&lt;br /&gt;
Among the 11 kings swearing an oath against Arthur (I.12).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Cradilmans (Cradilmente, Cradilmasse)===&lt;br /&gt;
Among the 11 kings swearing an oath against Arthur (I.12).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Idres of Conrwall===&lt;br /&gt;
Among the 11 kings swearing an oath against Arthur (I.12).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Lodegreaunce of Camylarde===&lt;br /&gt;
Is attacked by Royns; Arthur asists Lodegreanunce (I.17). Father to Gwenhyvere.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Morganore (Morganoure)===&lt;br /&gt;
Seneschall of the King with the Hundred Knights (I.14). Killed by Ban (I.16).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Nentres of Garlot===&lt;br /&gt;
Husband to Elayne (I.2); Among the 11 kings swearing an oath against Arthur (I.12).&lt;br /&gt;
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==Knights==&lt;br /&gt;
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===Annecians===&lt;br /&gt;
Godson of King Bors, noble knight. (I.17)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Bagdemagus===&lt;br /&gt;
Contemplates taking on the adventure of the shield of Ioseph of Armathye (XII.9).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Barcias (Barsias, Brascias, Brastias)===&lt;br /&gt;
A knight of the Duke&#039;s of Tyntagil (I.3). Escorts Arthur later (I.6). Made warden upon the North (I.7), messenger to Ban and Bors (I.10).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Bawdewyn of Britain===&lt;br /&gt;
Escorts Arthur (I.6). Is made Constable (I.7).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Bloyas de Flaundres===&lt;br /&gt;
A knight fighting on Arthur&#039;s side (I.15).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Borre===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of Arthur and Lyonors (I.17)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Bors===&lt;br /&gt;
Cousin to Lancelot (XII.1)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Bryaunte===&lt;br /&gt;
A knight fighting on Arthur&#039;s side (I.15).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Clarinaus de la Forest Savage===&lt;br /&gt;
A knight fighting on Arthur&#039;s side (I.14).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Egglamore (Egglame)===&lt;br /&gt;
Flees from Pellinore (I.25)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Ewayns le Blaunche Mayn===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of King Uriens of Gore (I.2)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Gracian===&lt;br /&gt;
A lord of France. Sent back to hold his castle (I.11)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Gryfflet (Gryflett, Gryflette)===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of God[!] of Cardal (I.10).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Gwenhaus===&lt;br /&gt;
Brother to Ban and Bors, a wise clerk (I.11).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Gwynas===&lt;br /&gt;
A knight fighting on Arthur&#039;s side (I.15).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Gwyniarte de Bloy===&lt;br /&gt;
A knight fighting on Arthur&#039;s side (I.14).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Jordans===&lt;br /&gt;
A knight of the Duke&#039;s of Tyntagil (I.3).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Ioſeph of Armathye===&lt;br /&gt;
Took the blood of Christ Ioſeph of Armathye (XIII.10) and bore a shield which is passed on to Galahad by prophecy (XIII.11). His legend is told in (XIII.10-1).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Ladynas===&lt;br /&gt;
Duels with Gryfflet in a joust between Arthur&#039;s knights and Bors and Bans(I.11).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Lardans===&lt;br /&gt;
Knight fighting against Arthur (I.14). &lt;br /&gt;
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===Lionel===&lt;br /&gt;
Cousin to Lancelot (XII.1).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Lucas the Butler===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of Duke Corneus (I.10).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Lyonses (Lionse)===&lt;br /&gt;
Lord of Bayarne, servant(?) of Bans and Bors (I.10).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Marys de la Roche===&lt;br /&gt;
Fights for Arthur (I.15).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Melias de Lille===&lt;br /&gt;
First squire to Galahad, then knighted by him (XIII.12). Shortly thereafter falling prey to pride and greed and almost mortally wounded but rescued by Galahad and taken care of by a hermit (XIII.13-4).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Naram===&lt;br /&gt;
Knows King Royns (I.26).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Palomydes===&lt;br /&gt;
Follows King Pellinore in hunting the Questing Beast later (I.19).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Placidas===&lt;br /&gt;
A knight of France (I.10). Sent back to hold his castle.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Pharyaunce (Pheriaunce)=== &lt;br /&gt;
Lord of Bayarne, servant(?) of Bans and Bors (I.10).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Duke of Tyntagil===&lt;br /&gt;
Husband to Igrayne and commander of the castles of Tyntagil and Terrabil. Is in war with Uther Pendragon and eventually defeated and killed in the siege of Terrabil. (I.1-I.2)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Ulfyus (Vlfyus)===&lt;br /&gt;
A knight in Uther Penragon&#039;s service. Helps him to get to Igraine (I.1-I.2) and in battle (I.3). He later serves as guard for Arthur (I.6) and is made Chamberlain (I.7); is messager to Bors and Ban together with Brastias (I.10). He later fights for Arthur, good on foot (I.14) but rescued by Arthur who regards him an &#039;old friend&#039;; Among the eleven assaulting the three kings (I.17); accuses Igraine to be cause of Arthur&#039;s problems but then shifts blame to Merlin (I.21).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Uwain (Uwayne)===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of King Uriens (I.12). Wounded critically when bearing the shield of Ioseph of Armathye (XII.9)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Others==&lt;br /&gt;
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===Archbishop of Canterbury===&lt;br /&gt;
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===Elayne (Elaine)===&lt;br /&gt;
Wife to King Nentres of Garlot (I.2), daughter of Igraine and the duke of Tyntagil (and thus half-sister to Arthur). Sister to Morgause and Morgan le Fey.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Lady of the Lake===&lt;br /&gt;
Gives Caliburn (Excalibur) to Arthur (I.25) in exchange for a later request. She later requests the head of Balyn who kills her for former deeds against his kin (II.?).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Lyonors===&lt;br /&gt;
Daughter of the Earl of Sanam, gets a child with Arthur: Borre (I.17)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Groupings==&lt;br /&gt;
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===40 knights===&lt;br /&gt;
40 knights side with Arthzragainst the three kings in I.17: Lyonses, Pheriaunce, Ulfius, Brascias, Ector, Kay, Lucas the Butler, Gryfflet la Fyse de Deu, Marrys de La Roche, Gwynas de Bloy, Bryaunte de la Forest Saveage, Bellaus, Morians of the Castle Maydyns, Flaundres of the Castle of Ladies, Annecians, Ladinas de la Rouse, Emerause, Caulas, Graciens la Castilion, Bloyse de la Case, Colgrevance de Goore [and presumably 20 more].&lt;br /&gt;
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===12 nuns===&lt;br /&gt;
(nameless) Bring Galahad to Lancelot to be knighted (incognito) (XII.1).&lt;br /&gt;
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===7 Brothers of the Castle of Maidens===&lt;br /&gt;
Allegories of the seven sins. Driven away by Galahad; slain by Gawain, Gareth and Uwain (XIII.15; explanation in XIII.16)&lt;br /&gt;
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Note: Wikipedia has a file of [Arthurian Characters http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Arthurian_characters]. These are, however, drastically reduced in number compared to the high number of characters in the Morte d&#039;Arthure. They are, of course, the most well known. (As has been said in the seminar: who woul generally assume the Round Table to consist of 150 knights, some of them eventually deceased and replaced by new ones?) This article does NOT look at the Morte exclusively but at the big Arthurian Tales more in general.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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&lt;div&gt;This shall become a list of all characters in the Caxton Morte D’Arthur. A division is (provisorically) made between MAIN Characters (on top) and minor characters (further below), each within ordered alphabetically (use common sense: (King) Arthur under A, Duke of Tyntagil under T, etc.. &lt;br /&gt;
Since there are often lots of variants of spellings, alternatives should be given in brackets behind the name. Generally, a spelling with &amp;lt;i&amp;gt;i&amp;lt;/i&amp;gt; has been chosen as main spelling, &amp;lt;i&amp;gt;e&amp;lt;/i&amp;gt;&#039;s at the end were omitted, i.e. the &amp;quot;standard&amp;quot; name follows a somewhat modernised spelling.&lt;br /&gt;
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(Important) Appearances should be abbreviated in the Book.Chapter format (e.g. I.1). If there are earlier mentions of a special relation to sb., please replace with the earlier mention. If there are contradictions, state both.&lt;br /&gt;
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Current distinctions are made between kings, knights and others. Special groupings are listed in the end. Crosslinking is currently missing.&lt;br /&gt;
Suggestion for genealogy: List only the closest relations (i.e.: Gawain: Son of Lot of Lothien and Morgause). Note proper reference as above. Do not list further relations that can be easily deduced, i.e. Gawain being nephew to Arthur due to Morgause being Arthur&#039;s half-sister (on the mother&#039;s side); UNLESS it is especially important at one point.&lt;br /&gt;
These suggestions are free to debate.&lt;br /&gt;
Feel also free to move characters around...especially from unimportant to important. Importance is to be seen not in the whole book but also for high importance in smaller parts.&lt;br /&gt;
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Characters added for Books: 1 (complete); 13 (complete)&lt;br /&gt;
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=Main Characters=&lt;br /&gt;
Main Characters take a prominent role in at least one part of the book. Generally, replacing their name would screw up the narrative and/or relation at whole. They are notable for certain feats or deeds (often in other Romaunces of their own) or their genealogical relations. Omitting them or changing their name would create confusion/irritation.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Kings==&lt;br /&gt;
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===Arthur===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of Uther Pendragon and Igraine. Declines allegiance to Rome twice (I.23, V.1) and consequently becomes Roman Emperor, conquering the empire (V). Lets slay all children born on May Day due to a prophecy of Merlin (I.27)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Bans of Benwic===&lt;br /&gt;
Ally to Arthur by advice of Merlin (I.10ff.); at war with King Claudas.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Bors of Gaule===&lt;br /&gt;
Ally to Arthur by advice of Merlin (I.10ff.); at war with King Claudas.&lt;br /&gt;
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===King Claudas===&lt;br /&gt;
At war with Bans of Benwic and Bors of Gaule (I.10).&lt;br /&gt;
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===The King with the Hundred Knights===&lt;br /&gt;
Wages war against Arthur (I.8ff). Among the 11 kings swearing an oath against Arthur (I.12).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Lot of Lothien and Orkney (Lott)===&lt;br /&gt;
Husband to Morgause (I.2), father to Gawain (I.2), Gaheris, Aggrevain and Gareth (I.19). Wages war against Arthur (I.8ff). Among the 11 kings swearing an oath against Arthur (I.12).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Pellinore of the Isles (Pellynore)===&lt;br /&gt;
Hunts the Questing Beast (Beast Glatisant) (I.19). Fights and defeats Arthur who is saved only by Merlin. Prophecied to be father of Parcival and Lamorake of Wales; also prophecied to tell Arthur Mordred&#039;s name and thus herald the end of his realm (I.23f)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Royns of North Wales (Ryens, Ryons)===&lt;br /&gt;
Wages war against Lodegreaunce (I.17), enemy to Arthur. Eventually overcomes the 11 kings and challenges Arthur to accept him as overlord - Arthur declines (I.26) and Royns musters a great host (I.27)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Uriens of Gore (Uryens)===&lt;br /&gt;
Husband to Morgan le Fey. Father to Ewayns le Blanche Mayn (I.2). Wages war against Arthur (I.8ff); Among the 11 kings swearing an oath against Arthur (I.12); Father of Sir Uwain (I.12)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Uther Pendragon===&lt;br /&gt;
Father to Artus, married to Igraine after begetting Arthur on her without her knowledge. Is assisted by Merlin. Goes into battle a last time before he dies of illness (I.1-I.5).&lt;br /&gt;
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==Knights==&lt;br /&gt;
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===Aggrevain===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of Morgause and King Lot of Lothien (I.19).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Ector===&lt;br /&gt;
Foster-father of Arthur, selected by Merlin; father of Kay (I.3). Asks for his son to be made seneschall (I.6).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Gaheris===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of Morgause and King Lot of Lothien (I.19).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Galahad===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of Lancelot du Lake. Knightd by his father (XII.1), destined to draw Balyn&#039;s sword out of the stone, which he does (XII.3-5). Therewith he follows his father as most powerful knight in the world. Is resembling Lancelot greatly and stems in the ninth degree from Christ (XII.7). Takes a lance from Arthur&#039;s knights but acquires a shield later, which comes from Ioseph of Armathye (XII.9-10). Defeats a fiend assisted by angels (XII.12) Is without sin and therefore defeats their embodiments (XII.13-16) but without slaying them. He duels with Lancelot and Parcival (nobody recognising the other) and is victorious, then flees (XII.17)&lt;br /&gt;
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He successfully fights Sirs Hector and Gawayn, almost killing the later. (XVII.1) Receives the magic &amp;quot;Sword of the Strange Girdles&amp;quot; (Sword of David) from King Solomons magic ship (XVII. 7). Is a virgin and has therefore special powers. (VXIII.18) Is fortold, by Percival&#039;s sister, to be buried near the city of Sarras.(XVII. 1) Receives visons and is said to be destined to end the Quest for the Grail and to learn secrets from God (XVII.9)Furthermore he is deeply devout. (e.g. several mentions of attending mass, praying etc. throughout XVII - .12 for instance)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Gareth===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of Morgause and King Lot of Lothien (I.19).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Gawain===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of Morgause and King Lot of Lothien (I.2). Is told to never achieved the grail since he is wicked but refuses to repent (XIII.16). &lt;br /&gt;
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===Sir Kay (Kaynus, Kaynes)===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of Sir Ector (I.3), foster-brother of Arthur. Asks Arthur to fetch hsi sword upo which occasion Arthur pulls the sword in the stone out of the stone (I.3). Kay himself is claiming to have done it but tells the truth upon oath. He is made seneschall by Arthur and at various occasions portraied as arrogant and condescending, esp. on Gareth. &lt;br /&gt;
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===Lamorake of Wales===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of King Pellinore (I.24).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Lancelot du Lake===&lt;br /&gt;
Long time most powerful knight in the world (even if he does not say so himself) until he is followed in this by his son Galahad (XII.5) by whom he is eventually defeated (without first knowing it) (XIII.17). Sinful in his love to Guinevere (adultery). He repents and confesses and swears to avoid her whenever possible after being unable to reach the Grail (XII.17-20).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Mordred===&lt;br /&gt;
Bastard-son of Arthur and Morgause (I.19). Survives the May Day Massacre intended to kill him, is taken up by a foster father and later brought to Arthur&#039;s court [a story which Mallory says he will tell later but in fact never tells] (I.27)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Parcival (Percyvall)===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of King Pellinore (I.24). Eventually defeated by Galahad (XIII.17) Has an unknown ,deeply spiritual, sister, who seeks him out in the company of Galahad and aids him in his quest. (XVII.4-11)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Others==&lt;br /&gt;
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===Gwenhyvere===&lt;br /&gt;
Daughter of King Lodegreaunce of Camylerde (I.17), later wife to Arthur (???).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Igraine (Igrayne)===&lt;br /&gt;
Wife to the Duke of Tyntagil (I.1), who is said to be wise and evades a seduction by Uther. Later wife of Uther Pendragon (I.2), and mother of Arthur by said Uther through a plot furthered by Merlin (I.2)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Merlin (Merlyn, Merlyon)===&lt;br /&gt;
Eminence Grise, prophet, magician, generally not liked too much by friends and foes alike; prophecies the end of Arthur&#039;s court as well as various events. Reveals Arthur&#039;s descent (I.7). Advises Arthur to call for King Ban of Benwic and Bors of Gaule (I.10). Advises Arthur further in his battles against the 11 kings (I.12ff). Explains Arthur&#039;s origin (I.21). Advises Arthur to kill all May Day children (I.27).  [list them!]; ultimately falls in love with Nineve, a lady of the lake, and becomes trapped by her under a stone (IV.1) where he remains. &lt;br /&gt;
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===Morgan le Fey===&lt;br /&gt;
Third sister, daughter of Igraine and the duke of Tyntagil (and thus half-sister to Arthur). (I.2). Sister to Elayne and Morgause. Learns Necromancy in a nunnery. Later marries Kyng Uriens of Gore whi is father of Sir Ewain the blanche Mains (I.2). &lt;br /&gt;
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===Morgause (Margeuse, Margawse)===&lt;br /&gt;
Wife to King Lot of Lothien, mother to Gawain; daughter of Igraine and the duke of Tyntagil (and thus half-sister to Arthur). Siter to Elayne and Morgan le Fey (I.2). Mother of Gaheris, Agrevain and Gareth (I.19). Visits King Arthur&#039;s court and begets Mordred on him (I.19)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Groupings==&lt;br /&gt;
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===The 11 Kings===&lt;br /&gt;
The 11 Kings swear an oath to destory Arthur: Duke of Candebenet, Brandegoris of Strangore, Clarihaus of Northuberland, The King with the Hundred Knights, Lot of Lothien, Uriens of Gore, Idres of cornwall, Cradilmans, Anguisshauns, Nentres of Garlot, Carados. (I.12) Eventually subdued by King Royns.&lt;br /&gt;
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=Minor Characters=&lt;br /&gt;
These characters are often only names without further porminence. They are knights that get defeated, participate in jousts, quests, and battles or ladies offering a quest. Generally they could easily be replaced by any other name and nobody would ever notice.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Kings==&lt;br /&gt;
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===Anguisshauns of Ireland (Anwysshauns)===&lt;br /&gt;
Among the 11 kings swearing an oath against Arthur (I.12).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Brandeforis of Strangore===&lt;br /&gt;
Among the 11 kings swearing an oath against Arthur (I.12).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Carados===&lt;br /&gt;
Among the 11 kings swearing an oath against Arthur (I.12).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Duke of Candebenet===&lt;br /&gt;
Among the 11 kings swearing an oath against Arthur (I.12).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Clarihaus of Northumberland===&lt;br /&gt;
Among the 11 kings swearing an oath against Arthur (I.12).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Cradilmans (Cradilmente, Cradilmasse)===&lt;br /&gt;
Among the 11 kings swearing an oath against Arthur (I.12).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Idres of Conrwall===&lt;br /&gt;
Among the 11 kings swearing an oath against Arthur (I.12).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Lodegreaunce of Camylarde===&lt;br /&gt;
Is attacked by Royns; Arthur asists Lodegreanunce (I.17). Father to Gwenhyvere.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Morganore (Morganoure)===&lt;br /&gt;
Seneschall of the King with the Hundred Knights (I.14). Killed by Ban (I.16).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Nentres of Garlot===&lt;br /&gt;
Husband to Elayne (I.2); Among the 11 kings swearing an oath against Arthur (I.12).&lt;br /&gt;
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==Knights==&lt;br /&gt;
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===Annecians===&lt;br /&gt;
Godson of King Bors, noble knight. (I.17)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Bagdemagus===&lt;br /&gt;
Contemplates taking on the adventure of the shield of Ioseph of Armathye (XII.9).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Barcias (Barsias, Brascias, Brastias)===&lt;br /&gt;
A knight of the Duke&#039;s of Tyntagil (I.3). Escorts Arthur later (I.6). Made warden upon the North (I.7), messenger to Ban and Bors (I.10).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Bawdewyn of Britain===&lt;br /&gt;
Escorts Arthur (I.6). Is made Constable (I.7).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Bloyas de Flaundres===&lt;br /&gt;
A knight fighting on Arthur&#039;s side (I.15).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Borre===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of Arthur and Lyonors (I.17)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Bors===&lt;br /&gt;
Cousin to Lancelot (XII.1)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Bryaunte===&lt;br /&gt;
A knight fighting on Arthur&#039;s side (I.15).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Clarinaus de la Forest Savage===&lt;br /&gt;
A knight fighting on Arthur&#039;s side (I.14).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Egglamore (Egglame)===&lt;br /&gt;
Flees from Pellinore (I.25)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Ewayns le Blaunche Mayn===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of King Uriens of Gore (I.2)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Gracian===&lt;br /&gt;
A lord of France. Sent back to hold his castle (I.11)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Gryfflet (Gryflett, Gryflette)===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of God[!] of Cardal (I.10).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Gwenhaus===&lt;br /&gt;
Brother to Ban and Bors, a wise clerk (I.11).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Gwynas===&lt;br /&gt;
A knight fighting on Arthur&#039;s side (I.15).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Gwyniarte de Bloy===&lt;br /&gt;
A knight fighting on Arthur&#039;s side (I.14).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Jordans===&lt;br /&gt;
A knight of the Duke&#039;s of Tyntagil (I.3).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Ioſeph of Armathye===&lt;br /&gt;
Took the blood of Christ Ioſeph of Armathye (XIII.10) and bore a shield which is passed on to Galahad by prophecy (XIII.11). His legend is told in (XIII.10-1).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Ladynas===&lt;br /&gt;
Duels with Gryfflet in a joust between Arthur&#039;s knights and Bors and Bans(I.11).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Lardans===&lt;br /&gt;
Knight fighting against Arthur (I.14). &lt;br /&gt;
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===Lionel===&lt;br /&gt;
Cousin to Lancelot (XII.1).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Lucas the Butler===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of Duke Corneus (I.10).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Lyonses (Lionse)===&lt;br /&gt;
Lord of Bayarne, servant(?) of Bans and Bors (I.10).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Marys de la Roche===&lt;br /&gt;
Fights for Arthur (I.15).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Melias de Lille===&lt;br /&gt;
First squire to Galahad, then knighted by him (XIII.12). Shortly thereafter falling prey to pride and greed and almost mortally wounded but rescued by Galahad and taken care of by a hermit (XIII.13-4).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Naram===&lt;br /&gt;
Knows King Royns (I.26).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Palomydes===&lt;br /&gt;
Follows King Pellinore in hunting the Questing Beast later (I.19).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Placidas===&lt;br /&gt;
A knight of France (I.10). Sent back to hold his castle.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Pharyaunce (Pheriaunce)=== &lt;br /&gt;
Lord of Bayarne, servant(?) of Bans and Bors (I.10).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Duke of Tyntagil===&lt;br /&gt;
Husband to Igrayne and commander of the castles of Tyntagil and Terrabil. Is in war with Uther Pendragon and eventually defeated and killed in the siege of Terrabil. (I.1-I.2)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Ulfyus (Vlfyus)===&lt;br /&gt;
A knight in Uther Penragon&#039;s service. Helps him to get to Igraine (I.1-I.2) and in battle (I.3). He later serves as guard for Arthur (I.6) and is made Chamberlain (I.7); is messager to Bors and Ban together with Brastias (I.10). He later fights for Arthur, good on foot (I.14) but rescued by Arthur who regards him an &#039;old friend&#039;; Among the eleven assaulting the three kings (I.17); accuses Igraine to be cause of Arthur&#039;s problems but then shifts blame to Merlin (I.21).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Uwain (Uwayne)===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of King Uriens (I.12). Wounded critically when bearing the shield of Ioseph of Armathye (XII.9)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Others==&lt;br /&gt;
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===Archbishop of Canterbury===&lt;br /&gt;
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===Elayne (Elaine)===&lt;br /&gt;
Wife to King Nentres of Garlot (I.2), daughter of Igraine and the duke of Tyntagil (and thus half-sister to Arthur). Sister to Morgause and Morgan le Fey.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Lady of the Lake===&lt;br /&gt;
Gives Caliburn (Excalibur) to Arthur (I.25) in exchange for a later request. She later requests the head of Balyn who kills her for former deeds against his kin (II.?).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Lyonors===&lt;br /&gt;
Daughter of the Earl of Sanam, gets a child with Arthur: Borre (I.17)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Groupings==&lt;br /&gt;
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===40 knights===&lt;br /&gt;
40 knights side with Arthzragainst the three kings in I.17: Lyonses, Pheriaunce, Ulfius, Brascias, Ector, Kay, Lucas the Butler, Gryfflet la Fyse de Deu, Marrys de La Roche, Gwynas de Bloy, Bryaunte de la Forest Saveage, Bellaus, Morians of the Castle Maydyns, Flaundres of the Castle of Ladies, Annecians, Ladinas de la Rouse, Emerause, Caulas, Graciens la Castilion, Bloyse de la Case, Colgrevance de Goore [and presumably 20 more].&lt;br /&gt;
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===12 nuns===&lt;br /&gt;
(nameless) Bring Galahad to Lancelot to be knighted (incognito) (XII.1).&lt;br /&gt;
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===7 Brothers of the Castle of Maidens===&lt;br /&gt;
Allegories of the seven sins. Driven away by Galahad; slain by Gawain, Gareth and Uwain (XIII.15; explanation in XIII.16)&lt;br /&gt;
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Note: Wikipedia has a file of [Arthurian Characters http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Arthurian_characters]. These are, however, drastically reduced in number compared to the high number of characters in the Morte d&#039;Arthure. They are, of course, the most well known. (As has been said in the seminar: who woul generally assume the Round Table to consist of 150 knights, some of them eventually deceased and replaced by new ones?) This article does NOT look at the Morte exclusively but at the big Arthurian Tales more in general.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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&lt;div&gt;This shall become a list of all characters in the Caxton Morte D’Arthur. A division is (provisorically) made between MAIN Characters (on top) and minor characters (further below), each within ordered alphabetically (use common sense: (King) Arthur under A, Duke of Tyntagil under T, etc.. &lt;br /&gt;
Since there are often lots of variants of spellings, alternatives should be given in brackets behind the name. Generally, a spelling with &amp;lt;i&amp;gt;i&amp;lt;/i&amp;gt; has been chosen as main spelling, &amp;lt;i&amp;gt;e&amp;lt;/i&amp;gt;&#039;s at the end were omitted, i.e. the &amp;quot;standard&amp;quot; name follows a somewhat modernised spelling.&lt;br /&gt;
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(Important) Appearances should be abbreviated in the Book.Chapter format (e.g. I.1). If there are earlier mentions of a special relation to sb., please replace with the earlier mention. If there are contradictions, state both.&lt;br /&gt;
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Current distinctions are made between kings, knights and others. Special groupings are listed in the end. Crosslinking is currently missing.&lt;br /&gt;
Suggestion for genealogy: List only the closest relations (i.e.: Gawain: Son of Lot of Lothien and Morgause). Note proper reference as above. Do not list further relations that can be easily deduced, i.e. Gawain being nephew to Arthur due to Morgause being Arthur&#039;s half-sister (on the mother&#039;s side); UNLESS it is especially important at one point.&lt;br /&gt;
These suggestions are free to debate.&lt;br /&gt;
Feel also free to move characters around...especially from unimportant to important. Importance is to be seen not in the whole book but also for high importance in smaller parts.&lt;br /&gt;
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Characters added for Books: 1 (complete); 13 (complete)&lt;br /&gt;
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=Main Characters=&lt;br /&gt;
Main Characters take a prominent role in at least one part of the book. Generally, replacing their name would screw up the narrative and/or relation at whole. They are notable for certain feats or deeds (often in other Romaunces of their own) or their genealogical relations. Omitting them or changing their name would create confusion/irritation.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Kings==&lt;br /&gt;
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===Arthur===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of Uther Pendragon and Igraine. Declines allegiance to Rome twice (I.23, V.1) and consequently becomes Roman Emperor, conquering the empire (V). Lets slay all children born on May Day due to a prophecy of Merlin (I.27)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Bans of Benwic===&lt;br /&gt;
Ally to Arthur by advice of Merlin (I.10ff.); at war with King Claudas.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Bors of Gaule===&lt;br /&gt;
Ally to Arthur by advice of Merlin (I.10ff.); at war with King Claudas.&lt;br /&gt;
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===King Claudas===&lt;br /&gt;
At war with Bans of Benwic and Bors of Gaule (I.10).&lt;br /&gt;
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===The King with the Hundred Knights===&lt;br /&gt;
Wages war against Arthur (I.8ff). Among the 11 kings swearing an oath against Arthur (I.12).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Lot of Lothien and Orkney (Lott)===&lt;br /&gt;
Husband to Morgause (I.2), father to Gawain (I.2), Gaheris, Aggrevain and Gareth (I.19). Wages war against Arthur (I.8ff). Among the 11 kings swearing an oath against Arthur (I.12).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Pellinore of the Isles (Pellynore)===&lt;br /&gt;
Hunts the Questing Beast (Beast Glatisant) (I.19). Fights and defeats Arthur who is saved only by Merlin. Prophecied to be father of Parcival and Lamorake of Wales; also prophecied to tell Arthur Mordred&#039;s name and thus herald the end of his realm (I.23f)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Royns of North Wales (Ryens, Ryons)===&lt;br /&gt;
Wages war against Lodegreaunce (I.17), enemy to Arthur. Eventually overcomes the 11 kings and challenges Arthur to accept him as overlord - Arthur declines (I.26) and Royns musters a great host (I.27)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Uriens of Gore (Uryens)===&lt;br /&gt;
Husband to Morgan le Fey. Father to Ewayns le Blanche Mayn (I.2). Wages war against Arthur (I.8ff); Among the 11 kings swearing an oath against Arthur (I.12); Father of Sir Uwain (I.12)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Uther Pendragon===&lt;br /&gt;
Father to Artus, married to Igraine after begetting Arthur on her without her knowledge. Is assisted by Merlin. Goes into battle a last time before he dies of illness (I.1-I.5).&lt;br /&gt;
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==Knights==&lt;br /&gt;
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===Aggrevain===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of Morgause and King Lot of Lothien (I.19).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Ector===&lt;br /&gt;
Foster-father of Arthur, selected by Merlin; father of Kay (I.3). Asks for his son to be made seneschall (I.6).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Gaheris===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of Morgause and King Lot of Lothien (I.19).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Galahad===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of Lancelot du Lake. Knightd by his father (XII.1), destined to draw Balyn&#039;s sword out of the stone, which he does (XII.3-5). Therewith he follows his father as most powerful knight in the world. Is resembling Lancelot greatly and stems in the ninth degree from Christ (XII.7). Takes a lance from Arthur&#039;s knights but acquires a shield later, which comes from Ioseph of Armathye (XII.9-10). Defeats a fiend assisted by angels (XII.12) Is without sin and therefore defeats their embodiments (XII.13-16) but without slaying them. He duels with Lancelot and Parcival (nobody recognising the other) and is victorious, then flees (XII.17)&lt;br /&gt;
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He successfully fights Sirs Hector and Gawayn, almost killing the later. (XVII.1) Receives the magic &amp;quot;Sword of the Strange Girdles&amp;quot; (Sword of David) from King Solomons magic ship (XVII. 7). Is a virgin and has therefore special powers. (VXIII.18) Is fortold, by Percival&#039;s sister, to be buried near the city of Sarras.(XVII. 1) Receives visons and is said to be destined to end the Quest for the Grail and to learn secrets from God (XVII.9)Furthermore he is deeply devout. (e.g. several mentions of attending mass, praying etc. throughout XVII - .12 for instance)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Gareth===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of Morgause and King Lot of Lothien (I.19).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Gawain===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of Morgause and King Lot of Lothien (I.2). Is told to never achieved the grail since he is wicked but refuses to repent (XIII.16). &lt;br /&gt;
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===Sir Kay (Kaynus, Kaynes)===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of Sir Ector (I.3), foster-brother of Arthur. Asks Arthur to fetch hsi sword upo which occasion Arthur pulls the sword in the stone out of the stone (I.3). Kay himself is claiming to have done it but tells the truth upon oath. He is made seneschall by Arthur and at various occasions portraied as arrogant and condescending, esp. on Gareth. &lt;br /&gt;
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===Lamorake of Wales===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of King Pellinore (I.24).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Lancelot du Lake===&lt;br /&gt;
Long time most powerful knight in the world (even if he does not say so himself) until he is followed in this by his son Galahad (XII.5) by whom he is eventually defeated (without first knowing it) (XIII.17). Sinful in his love to Guinevere (adultery). He repents and confesses and swears to avoid her whenever possible after being unable to reach the Grail (XII.17-20).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Mordred===&lt;br /&gt;
Bastard-son of Arthur and Morgause (I.19). Survives the May Day Massacre intended to kill him, is taken up by a foster father and later brought to Arthur&#039;s court [a story which Mallory says he will tell later but in fact never tells] (I.27)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Parcival (Percyvall)===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of King Pellinore (I.24). Eventually defeated by Galahad (XIII.17)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Others==&lt;br /&gt;
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===Gwenhyvere===&lt;br /&gt;
Daughter of King Lodegreaunce of Camylerde (I.17), later wife to Arthur (???).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Igraine (Igrayne)===&lt;br /&gt;
Wife to the Duke of Tyntagil (I.1), who is said to be wise and evades a seduction by Uther. Later wife of Uther Pendragon (I.2), and mother of Arthur by said Uther through a plot furthered by Merlin (I.2)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Merlin (Merlyn, Merlyon)===&lt;br /&gt;
Eminence Grise, prophet, magician, generally not liked too much by friends and foes alike; prophecies the end of Arthur&#039;s court as well as various events. Reveals Arthur&#039;s descent (I.7). Advises Arthur to call for King Ban of Benwic and Bors of Gaule (I.10). Advises Arthur further in his battles against the 11 kings (I.12ff). Explains Arthur&#039;s origin (I.21). Advises Arthur to kill all May Day children (I.27).  [list them!]; ultimately falls in love with Nineve, a lady of the lake, and becomes trapped by her under a stone (IV.1) where he remains. &lt;br /&gt;
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===Morgan le Fey===&lt;br /&gt;
Third sister, daughter of Igraine and the duke of Tyntagil (and thus half-sister to Arthur). (I.2). Sister to Elayne and Morgause. Learns Necromancy in a nunnery. Later marries Kyng Uriens of Gore whi is father of Sir Ewain the blanche Mains (I.2). &lt;br /&gt;
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===Morgause (Margeuse, Margawse)===&lt;br /&gt;
Wife to King Lot of Lothien, mother to Gawain; daughter of Igraine and the duke of Tyntagil (and thus half-sister to Arthur). Siter to Elayne and Morgan le Fey (I.2). Mother of Gaheris, Agrevain and Gareth (I.19). Visits King Arthur&#039;s court and begets Mordred on him (I.19)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Groupings==&lt;br /&gt;
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===The 11 Kings===&lt;br /&gt;
The 11 Kings swear an oath to destory Arthur: Duke of Candebenet, Brandegoris of Strangore, Clarihaus of Northuberland, The King with the Hundred Knights, Lot of Lothien, Uriens of Gore, Idres of cornwall, Cradilmans, Anguisshauns, Nentres of Garlot, Carados. (I.12) Eventually subdued by King Royns.&lt;br /&gt;
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=Minor Characters=&lt;br /&gt;
These characters are often only names without further porminence. They are knights that get defeated, participate in jousts, quests, and battles or ladies offering a quest. Generally they could easily be replaced by any other name and nobody would ever notice.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Kings==&lt;br /&gt;
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===Anguisshauns of Ireland (Anwysshauns)===&lt;br /&gt;
Among the 11 kings swearing an oath against Arthur (I.12).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Brandeforis of Strangore===&lt;br /&gt;
Among the 11 kings swearing an oath against Arthur (I.12).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Carados===&lt;br /&gt;
Among the 11 kings swearing an oath against Arthur (I.12).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Duke of Candebenet===&lt;br /&gt;
Among the 11 kings swearing an oath against Arthur (I.12).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Clarihaus of Northumberland===&lt;br /&gt;
Among the 11 kings swearing an oath against Arthur (I.12).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Cradilmans (Cradilmente, Cradilmasse)===&lt;br /&gt;
Among the 11 kings swearing an oath against Arthur (I.12).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Idres of Conrwall===&lt;br /&gt;
Among the 11 kings swearing an oath against Arthur (I.12).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Lodegreaunce of Camylarde===&lt;br /&gt;
Is attacked by Royns; Arthur asists Lodegreanunce (I.17). Father to Gwenhyvere.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Morganore (Morganoure)===&lt;br /&gt;
Seneschall of the King with the Hundred Knights (I.14). Killed by Ban (I.16).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Nentres of Garlot===&lt;br /&gt;
Husband to Elayne (I.2); Among the 11 kings swearing an oath against Arthur (I.12).&lt;br /&gt;
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==Knights==&lt;br /&gt;
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===Annecians===&lt;br /&gt;
Godson of King Bors, noble knight. (I.17)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Bagdemagus===&lt;br /&gt;
Contemplates taking on the adventure of the shield of Ioseph of Armathye (XII.9).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Barcias (Barsias, Brascias, Brastias)===&lt;br /&gt;
A knight of the Duke&#039;s of Tyntagil (I.3). Escorts Arthur later (I.6). Made warden upon the North (I.7), messenger to Ban and Bors (I.10).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Bawdewyn of Britain===&lt;br /&gt;
Escorts Arthur (I.6). Is made Constable (I.7).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Bloyas de Flaundres===&lt;br /&gt;
A knight fighting on Arthur&#039;s side (I.15).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Borre===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of Arthur and Lyonors (I.17)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Bors===&lt;br /&gt;
Cousin to Lancelot (XII.1)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Bryaunte===&lt;br /&gt;
A knight fighting on Arthur&#039;s side (I.15).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Clarinaus de la Forest Savage===&lt;br /&gt;
A knight fighting on Arthur&#039;s side (I.14).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Egglamore (Egglame)===&lt;br /&gt;
Flees from Pellinore (I.25)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Ewayns le Blaunche Mayn===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of King Uriens of Gore (I.2)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Gracian===&lt;br /&gt;
A lord of France. Sent back to hold his castle (I.11)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Gryfflet (Gryflett, Gryflette)===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of God[!] of Cardal (I.10).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Gwenhaus===&lt;br /&gt;
Brother to Ban and Bors, a wise clerk (I.11).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Gwynas===&lt;br /&gt;
A knight fighting on Arthur&#039;s side (I.15).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Gwyniarte de Bloy===&lt;br /&gt;
A knight fighting on Arthur&#039;s side (I.14).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Jordans===&lt;br /&gt;
A knight of the Duke&#039;s of Tyntagil (I.3).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Ioſeph of Armathye===&lt;br /&gt;
Took the blood of Christ Ioſeph of Armathye (XIII.10) and bore a shield which is passed on to Galahad by prophecy (XIII.11). His legend is told in (XIII.10-1).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Ladynas===&lt;br /&gt;
Duels with Gryfflet in a joust between Arthur&#039;s knights and Bors and Bans(I.11).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Lardans===&lt;br /&gt;
Knight fighting against Arthur (I.14). &lt;br /&gt;
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===Lionel===&lt;br /&gt;
Cousin to Lancelot (XII.1).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Lucas the Butler===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of Duke Corneus (I.10).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Lyonses (Lionse)===&lt;br /&gt;
Lord of Bayarne, servant(?) of Bans and Bors (I.10).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Marys de la Roche===&lt;br /&gt;
Fights for Arthur (I.15).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Melias de Lille===&lt;br /&gt;
First squire to Galahad, then knighted by him (XIII.12). Shortly thereafter falling prey to pride and greed and almost mortally wounded but rescued by Galahad and taken care of by a hermit (XIII.13-4).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Naram===&lt;br /&gt;
Knows King Royns (I.26).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Palomydes===&lt;br /&gt;
Follows King Pellinore in hunting the Questing Beast later (I.19).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Placidas===&lt;br /&gt;
A knight of France (I.10). Sent back to hold his castle.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Pharyaunce (Pheriaunce)=== &lt;br /&gt;
Lord of Bayarne, servant(?) of Bans and Bors (I.10).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Duke of Tyntagil===&lt;br /&gt;
Husband to Igrayne and commander of the castles of Tyntagil and Terrabil. Is in war with Uther Pendragon and eventually defeated and killed in the siege of Terrabil. (I.1-I.2)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Ulfyus (Vlfyus)===&lt;br /&gt;
A knight in Uther Penragon&#039;s service. Helps him to get to Igraine (I.1-I.2) and in battle (I.3). He later serves as guard for Arthur (I.6) and is made Chamberlain (I.7); is messager to Bors and Ban together with Brastias (I.10). He later fights for Arthur, good on foot (I.14) but rescued by Arthur who regards him an &#039;old friend&#039;; Among the eleven assaulting the three kings (I.17); accuses Igraine to be cause of Arthur&#039;s problems but then shifts blame to Merlin (I.21).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Uwain (Uwayne)===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of King Uriens (I.12). Wounded critically when bearing the shield of Ioseph of Armathye (XII.9)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Others==&lt;br /&gt;
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===Archbishop of Canterbury===&lt;br /&gt;
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===Elayne (Elaine)===&lt;br /&gt;
Wife to King Nentres of Garlot (I.2), daughter of Igraine and the duke of Tyntagil (and thus half-sister to Arthur). Sister to Morgause and Morgan le Fey.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Lady of the Lake===&lt;br /&gt;
Gives Caliburn (Excalibur) to Arthur (I.25) in exchange for a later request. She later requests the head of Balyn who kills her for former deeds against his kin (II.?).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Lyonors===&lt;br /&gt;
Daughter of the Earl of Sanam, gets a child with Arthur: Borre (I.17)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Groupings==&lt;br /&gt;
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===40 knights===&lt;br /&gt;
40 knights side with Arthzragainst the three kings in I.17: Lyonses, Pheriaunce, Ulfius, Brascias, Ector, Kay, Lucas the Butler, Gryfflet la Fyse de Deu, Marrys de La Roche, Gwynas de Bloy, Bryaunte de la Forest Saveage, Bellaus, Morians of the Castle Maydyns, Flaundres of the Castle of Ladies, Annecians, Ladinas de la Rouse, Emerause, Caulas, Graciens la Castilion, Bloyse de la Case, Colgrevance de Goore [and presumably 20 more].&lt;br /&gt;
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===12 nuns===&lt;br /&gt;
(nameless) Bring Galahad to Lancelot to be knighted (incognito) (XII.1).&lt;br /&gt;
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===7 Brothers of the Castle of Maidens===&lt;br /&gt;
Allegories of the seven sins. Driven away by Galahad; slain by Gawain, Gareth and Uwain (XIII.15; explanation in XIII.16)&lt;br /&gt;
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Note: Wikipedia has a file of [Arthurian Characters http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Arthurian_characters]. These are, however, drastically reduced in number compared to the high number of characters in the Morte d&#039;Arthure. They are, of course, the most well known. (As has been said in the seminar: who woul generally assume the Round Table to consist of 150 knights, some of them eventually deceased and replaced by new ones?) This article does NOT look at the Morte exclusively but at the big Arthurian Tales more in general.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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&lt;div&gt;This shall become a list of all characters in the Caxton Morte D’Arthur. A division is (provisorically) made between MAIN Characters (on top) and minor characters (further below), each within ordered alphabetically (use common sense: (King) Arthur under A, Duke of Tyntagil under T, etc.. &lt;br /&gt;
Since there are often lots of variants of spellings, alternatives should be given in brackets behind the name. Generally, a spelling with &amp;lt;i&amp;gt;i&amp;lt;/i&amp;gt; has been chosen as main spelling, &amp;lt;i&amp;gt;e&amp;lt;/i&amp;gt;&#039;s at the end were omitted, i.e. the &amp;quot;standard&amp;quot; name follows a somewhat modernised spelling.&lt;br /&gt;
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(Important) Appearances should be abbreviated in the Book.Chapter format (e.g. I.1). If there are earlier mentions of a special relation to sb., please replace with the earlier mention. If there are contradictions, state both.&lt;br /&gt;
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Current distinctions are made between kings, knights and others. Special groupings are listed in the end. Crosslinking is currently missing.&lt;br /&gt;
Suggestion for genealogy: List only the closest relations (i.e.: Gawain: Son of Lot of Lothien and Morgause). Note proper reference as above. Do not list further relations that can be easily deduced, i.e. Gawain being nephew to Arthur due to Morgause being Arthur&#039;s half-sister (on the mother&#039;s side); UNLESS it is especially important at one point.&lt;br /&gt;
These suggestions are free to debate.&lt;br /&gt;
Feel also free to move characters around...especially from unimportant to important. Importance is to be seen not in the whole book but also for high importance in smaller parts.&lt;br /&gt;
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Characters added for Books: 1 (complete); 13 (complete)&lt;br /&gt;
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=Main Characters=&lt;br /&gt;
Main Characters take a prominent role in at least one part of the book. Generally, replacing their name would screw up the narrative and/or relation at whole. They are notable for certain feats or deeds (often in other Romaunces of their own) or their genealogical relations. Omitting them or changing their name would create confusion/irritation.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Kings==&lt;br /&gt;
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===Arthur===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of Uther Pendragon and Igraine. Declines allegiance to Rome twice (I.23, V.1) and consequently becomes Roman Emperor, conquering the empire (V). Lets slay all children born on May Day due to a prophecy of Merlin (I.27)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Bans of Benwic===&lt;br /&gt;
Ally to Arthur by advice of Merlin (I.10ff.); at war with King Claudas.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Bors of Gaule===&lt;br /&gt;
Ally to Arthur by advice of Merlin (I.10ff.); at war with King Claudas.&lt;br /&gt;
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===King Claudas===&lt;br /&gt;
At war with Bans of Benwic and Bors of Gaule (I.10).&lt;br /&gt;
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===The King with the Hundred Knights===&lt;br /&gt;
Wages war against Arthur (I.8ff). Among the 11 kings swearing an oath against Arthur (I.12).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Lot of Lothien and Orkney (Lott)===&lt;br /&gt;
Husband to Morgause (I.2), father to Gawain (I.2), Gaheris, Aggrevain and Gareth (I.19). Wages war against Arthur (I.8ff). Among the 11 kings swearing an oath against Arthur (I.12).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Pellinore of the Isles (Pellynore)===&lt;br /&gt;
Hunts the Questing Beast (Beast Glatisant) (I.19). Fights and defeats Arthur who is saved only by Merlin. Prophecied to be father of Parcival and Lamorake of Wales; also prophecied to tell Arthur Mordred&#039;s name and thus herald the end of his realm (I.23f)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Royns of North Wales (Ryens, Ryons)===&lt;br /&gt;
Wages war against Lodegreaunce (I.17), enemy to Arthur. Eventually overcomes the 11 kings and challenges Arthur to accept him as overlord - Arthur declines (I.26) and Royns musters a great host (I.27)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Uriens of Gore (Uryens)===&lt;br /&gt;
Husband to Morgan le Fey. Father to Ewayns le Blanche Mayn (I.2). Wages war against Arthur (I.8ff); Among the 11 kings swearing an oath against Arthur (I.12); Father of Sir Uwain (I.12)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Uther Pendragon===&lt;br /&gt;
Father to Artus, married to Igraine after begetting Arthur on her without her knowledge. Is assisted by Merlin. Goes into battle a last time before he dies of illness (I.1-I.5).&lt;br /&gt;
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==Knights==&lt;br /&gt;
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===Aggrevain===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of Morgause and King Lot of Lothien (I.19).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Ector===&lt;br /&gt;
Foster-father of Arthur, selected by Merlin; father of Kay (I.3). Asks for his son to be made seneschall (I.6).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Gaheris===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of Morgause and King Lot of Lothien (I.19).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Galahad===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of Lancelot du Lake. Knightd by his father (XII.1), destined to draw Balyn&#039;s sword out of the stone, which he does (XII.3-5). Therewith he follows his father as most powerful knight in the world. Is resembling Lancelot greatly and stems in the ninth degree from Christ (XII.7). Takes a lance from Arthur&#039;s knights but acquires a shield later, which comes from Ioseph of Armathye (XII.9-10). Defeats a fiend assisted by angels (XII.12) Is without sin and therefore defeats their embodiments (XII.13-16) but without slaying them. He duels with Lancelot and Parcival (nobody recognising the other) and is victorious, then flees (XII.17)&lt;br /&gt;
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He successfully fights Sirs Hector and Gawayn, almost killing the later. (XVII.1) Receives the magic &amp;quot;Sword of the Strange Girdles&amp;quot; (Sword of David) from King Solomons magic ship (XVII. 7). Is a virgin and has therefore special powers. (VXIII.18) Is fortold, by Percival&#039;s sister, to be buried near the city of Sarras.(XVII. 1) Receives visons and is said to be destined to end the Quest for the Grail and to learn secrets from God (XVII.9)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Gareth===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of Morgause and King Lot of Lothien (I.19).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Gawain===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of Morgause and King Lot of Lothien (I.2). Is told to never achieved the grail since he is wicked but refuses to repent (XIII.16). &lt;br /&gt;
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===Sir Kay (Kaynus, Kaynes)===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of Sir Ector (I.3), foster-brother of Arthur. Asks Arthur to fetch hsi sword upo which occasion Arthur pulls the sword in the stone out of the stone (I.3). Kay himself is claiming to have done it but tells the truth upon oath. He is made seneschall by Arthur and at various occasions portraied as arrogant and condescending, esp. on Gareth. &lt;br /&gt;
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===Lamorake of Wales===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of King Pellinore (I.24).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Lancelot du Lake===&lt;br /&gt;
Long time most powerful knight in the world (even if he does not say so himself) until he is followed in this by his son Galahad (XII.5) by whom he is eventually defeated (without first knowing it) (XIII.17). Sinful in his love to Guinevere (adultery). He repents and confesses and swears to avoid her whenever possible after being unable to reach the Grail (XII.17-20).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Mordred===&lt;br /&gt;
Bastard-son of Arthur and Morgause (I.19). Survives the May Day Massacre intended to kill him, is taken up by a foster father and later brought to Arthur&#039;s court [a story which Mallory says he will tell later but in fact never tells] (I.27)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Parcival (Percyvall)===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of King Pellinore (I.24). Eventually defeated by Galahad (XIII.17)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Others==&lt;br /&gt;
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===Gwenhyvere===&lt;br /&gt;
Daughter of King Lodegreaunce of Camylerde (I.17), later wife to Arthur (???).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Igraine (Igrayne)===&lt;br /&gt;
Wife to the Duke of Tyntagil (I.1), who is said to be wise and evades a seduction by Uther. Later wife of Uther Pendragon (I.2), and mother of Arthur by said Uther through a plot furthered by Merlin (I.2)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Merlin (Merlyn, Merlyon)===&lt;br /&gt;
Eminence Grise, prophet, magician, generally not liked too much by friends and foes alike; prophecies the end of Arthur&#039;s court as well as various events. Reveals Arthur&#039;s descent (I.7). Advises Arthur to call for King Ban of Benwic and Bors of Gaule (I.10). Advises Arthur further in his battles against the 11 kings (I.12ff). Explains Arthur&#039;s origin (I.21). Advises Arthur to kill all May Day children (I.27).  [list them!]; ultimately falls in love with Nineve, a lady of the lake, and becomes trapped by her under a stone (IV.1) where he remains. &lt;br /&gt;
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===Morgan le Fey===&lt;br /&gt;
Third sister, daughter of Igraine and the duke of Tyntagil (and thus half-sister to Arthur). (I.2). Sister to Elayne and Morgause. Learns Necromancy in a nunnery. Later marries Kyng Uriens of Gore whi is father of Sir Ewain the blanche Mains (I.2). &lt;br /&gt;
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===Morgause (Margeuse, Margawse)===&lt;br /&gt;
Wife to King Lot of Lothien, mother to Gawain; daughter of Igraine and the duke of Tyntagil (and thus half-sister to Arthur). Siter to Elayne and Morgan le Fey (I.2). Mother of Gaheris, Agrevain and Gareth (I.19). Visits King Arthur&#039;s court and begets Mordred on him (I.19)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Groupings==&lt;br /&gt;
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===The 11 Kings===&lt;br /&gt;
The 11 Kings swear an oath to destory Arthur: Duke of Candebenet, Brandegoris of Strangore, Clarihaus of Northuberland, The King with the Hundred Knights, Lot of Lothien, Uriens of Gore, Idres of cornwall, Cradilmans, Anguisshauns, Nentres of Garlot, Carados. (I.12) Eventually subdued by King Royns.&lt;br /&gt;
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=Minor Characters=&lt;br /&gt;
These characters are often only names without further porminence. They are knights that get defeated, participate in jousts, quests, and battles or ladies offering a quest. Generally they could easily be replaced by any other name and nobody would ever notice.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Kings==&lt;br /&gt;
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===Anguisshauns of Ireland (Anwysshauns)===&lt;br /&gt;
Among the 11 kings swearing an oath against Arthur (I.12).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Brandeforis of Strangore===&lt;br /&gt;
Among the 11 kings swearing an oath against Arthur (I.12).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Carados===&lt;br /&gt;
Among the 11 kings swearing an oath against Arthur (I.12).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Duke of Candebenet===&lt;br /&gt;
Among the 11 kings swearing an oath against Arthur (I.12).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Clarihaus of Northumberland===&lt;br /&gt;
Among the 11 kings swearing an oath against Arthur (I.12).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Cradilmans (Cradilmente, Cradilmasse)===&lt;br /&gt;
Among the 11 kings swearing an oath against Arthur (I.12).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Idres of Conrwall===&lt;br /&gt;
Among the 11 kings swearing an oath against Arthur (I.12).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Lodegreaunce of Camylarde===&lt;br /&gt;
Is attacked by Royns; Arthur asists Lodegreanunce (I.17). Father to Gwenhyvere.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Morganore (Morganoure)===&lt;br /&gt;
Seneschall of the King with the Hundred Knights (I.14). Killed by Ban (I.16).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Nentres of Garlot===&lt;br /&gt;
Husband to Elayne (I.2); Among the 11 kings swearing an oath against Arthur (I.12).&lt;br /&gt;
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==Knights==&lt;br /&gt;
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===Annecians===&lt;br /&gt;
Godson of King Bors, noble knight. (I.17)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Bagdemagus===&lt;br /&gt;
Contemplates taking on the adventure of the shield of Ioseph of Armathye (XII.9).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Barcias (Barsias, Brascias, Brastias)===&lt;br /&gt;
A knight of the Duke&#039;s of Tyntagil (I.3). Escorts Arthur later (I.6). Made warden upon the North (I.7), messenger to Ban and Bors (I.10).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Bawdewyn of Britain===&lt;br /&gt;
Escorts Arthur (I.6). Is made Constable (I.7).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Bloyas de Flaundres===&lt;br /&gt;
A knight fighting on Arthur&#039;s side (I.15).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Borre===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of Arthur and Lyonors (I.17)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Bors===&lt;br /&gt;
Cousin to Lancelot (XII.1)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Bryaunte===&lt;br /&gt;
A knight fighting on Arthur&#039;s side (I.15).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Clarinaus de la Forest Savage===&lt;br /&gt;
A knight fighting on Arthur&#039;s side (I.14).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Egglamore (Egglame)===&lt;br /&gt;
Flees from Pellinore (I.25)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Ewayns le Blaunche Mayn===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of King Uriens of Gore (I.2)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Gracian===&lt;br /&gt;
A lord of France. Sent back to hold his castle (I.11)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Gryfflet (Gryflett, Gryflette)===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of God[!] of Cardal (I.10).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Gwenhaus===&lt;br /&gt;
Brother to Ban and Bors, a wise clerk (I.11).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Gwynas===&lt;br /&gt;
A knight fighting on Arthur&#039;s side (I.15).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Gwyniarte de Bloy===&lt;br /&gt;
A knight fighting on Arthur&#039;s side (I.14).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Jordans===&lt;br /&gt;
A knight of the Duke&#039;s of Tyntagil (I.3).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Ioſeph of Armathye===&lt;br /&gt;
Took the blood of Christ Ioſeph of Armathye (XIII.10) and bore a shield which is passed on to Galahad by prophecy (XIII.11). His legend is told in (XIII.10-1).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Ladynas===&lt;br /&gt;
Duels with Gryfflet in a joust between Arthur&#039;s knights and Bors and Bans(I.11).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Lardans===&lt;br /&gt;
Knight fighting against Arthur (I.14). &lt;br /&gt;
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===Lionel===&lt;br /&gt;
Cousin to Lancelot (XII.1).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Lucas the Butler===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of Duke Corneus (I.10).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Lyonses (Lionse)===&lt;br /&gt;
Lord of Bayarne, servant(?) of Bans and Bors (I.10).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Marys de la Roche===&lt;br /&gt;
Fights for Arthur (I.15).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Melias de Lille===&lt;br /&gt;
First squire to Galahad, then knighted by him (XIII.12). Shortly thereafter falling prey to pride and greed and almost mortally wounded but rescued by Galahad and taken care of by a hermit (XIII.13-4).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Naram===&lt;br /&gt;
Knows King Royns (I.26).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Palomydes===&lt;br /&gt;
Follows King Pellinore in hunting the Questing Beast later (I.19).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Placidas===&lt;br /&gt;
A knight of France (I.10). Sent back to hold his castle.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Pharyaunce (Pheriaunce)=== &lt;br /&gt;
Lord of Bayarne, servant(?) of Bans and Bors (I.10).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Duke of Tyntagil===&lt;br /&gt;
Husband to Igrayne and commander of the castles of Tyntagil and Terrabil. Is in war with Uther Pendragon and eventually defeated and killed in the siege of Terrabil. (I.1-I.2)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Ulfyus (Vlfyus)===&lt;br /&gt;
A knight in Uther Penragon&#039;s service. Helps him to get to Igraine (I.1-I.2) and in battle (I.3). He later serves as guard for Arthur (I.6) and is made Chamberlain (I.7); is messager to Bors and Ban together with Brastias (I.10). He later fights for Arthur, good on foot (I.14) but rescued by Arthur who regards him an &#039;old friend&#039;; Among the eleven assaulting the three kings (I.17); accuses Igraine to be cause of Arthur&#039;s problems but then shifts blame to Merlin (I.21).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Uwain (Uwayne)===&lt;br /&gt;
Son of King Uriens (I.12). Wounded critically when bearing the shield of Ioseph of Armathye (XII.9)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Others==&lt;br /&gt;
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===Archbishop of Canterbury===&lt;br /&gt;
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===Elayne (Elaine)===&lt;br /&gt;
Wife to King Nentres of Garlot (I.2), daughter of Igraine and the duke of Tyntagil (and thus half-sister to Arthur). Sister to Morgause and Morgan le Fey.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Lady of the Lake===&lt;br /&gt;
Gives Caliburn (Excalibur) to Arthur (I.25) in exchange for a later request. She later requests the head of Balyn who kills her for former deeds against his kin (II.?).&lt;br /&gt;
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===Lyonors===&lt;br /&gt;
Daughter of the Earl of Sanam, gets a child with Arthur: Borre (I.17)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Groupings==&lt;br /&gt;
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===40 knights===&lt;br /&gt;
40 knights side with Arthzragainst the three kings in I.17: Lyonses, Pheriaunce, Ulfius, Brascias, Ector, Kay, Lucas the Butler, Gryfflet la Fyse de Deu, Marrys de La Roche, Gwynas de Bloy, Bryaunte de la Forest Saveage, Bellaus, Morians of the Castle Maydyns, Flaundres of the Castle of Ladies, Annecians, Ladinas de la Rouse, Emerause, Caulas, Graciens la Castilion, Bloyse de la Case, Colgrevance de Goore [and presumably 20 more].&lt;br /&gt;
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===12 nuns===&lt;br /&gt;
(nameless) Bring Galahad to Lancelot to be knighted (incognito) (XII.1).&lt;br /&gt;
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===7 Brothers of the Castle of Maidens===&lt;br /&gt;
Allegories of the seven sins. Driven away by Galahad; slain by Gawain, Gareth and Uwain (XIII.15; explanation in XIII.16)&lt;br /&gt;
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Note: Wikipedia has a file of [Arthurian Characters http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Arthurian_characters]. These are, however, drastically reduced in number compared to the high number of characters in the Morte d&#039;Arthure. They are, of course, the most well known. (As has been said in the seminar: who woul generally assume the Round Table to consist of 150 knights, some of them eventually deceased and replaced by new ones?) This article does NOT look at the Morte exclusively but at the big Arthurian Tales more in general.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>Le Morte Darthur Book 17</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Jens: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;Whenever I deem a passage to contain something of the below mentioned topics a mark it with corresponding letter, hope that it will help. And yes, Book 17 seems really just to contain bits and pieces thrown together with no apparent order.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;A&#039;&#039;&#039; - Aspect of cheap entertainment (Chapbooks) - personally I think all those &amp;quot;Action Scenes&amp;quot; could be part of this topic.&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;B&#039;&#039;&#039; - Prophecies, predictions of what is to come, moments of reflection when things happened as predicted &lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;C&#039;&#039;&#039; - Marriage &amp;amp; Fidelity &lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;D&#039;&#039;&#039; - Violence &amp;amp; second thoughts &lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;E&#039;&#039;&#039; - Christianity and the heathen world, supernatural incidents, miracles, moments where other mythologies interfere&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;F&#039;&#039;&#039; - Gender roles &lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;G&#039;&#039;&#039; - Is this text historical or fictional, do we get proofs, sources, doubts second thoughts on the status of the stories.&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;H&#039;&#039;&#039; - Modern adaptations: key scenes (which that are is yet to be determined) &lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;I&#039;&#039;&#039; - Concepts of honour and morality in general and individual &lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Book 17.Cpt. 1:  &#039;&#039;&#039;  &lt;br /&gt;
After he had rescued Sir Percival from the 20 knights, Sir Galahad traveled a vast forest and persists through many, not further mentioned, adventures. On his way to the sea he comes past a castle were a siege is taking place. He quickly decides to help those &amp;quot;good knights&amp;quot; in the castle and is soon attacked by the besieging knights. With them are Sir Gawayn and Sir Hector de Marys who recognize Galahad&#039;s white shield with the red cross and attack him. Galahad defeats them all and Gawayn receives a near fatal head wound. After all the &amp;quot;knights without&amp;quot; are chased off and Gawayn is brought to safety by Hector, Galahad simple rides away. &lt;br /&gt;
Gawayn marvels at the storys the tell about the sword from the lake and only after months is healed from his terrible wound. An Hector tells him that his quest has come to an end.&lt;br /&gt;
Sir Galahad rides on to Castle Carbonek (called Castle Corbin or Castle Corbin) rests nearby at a hermitage and is woken at night by a “gentilwoman” that asks him to get armed and follow her, for in the next three days she would grant him adventures never seen by a knight before. Galahad follows.    &#039;&#039;&#039;A B&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 2:    &#039;&#039;&#039;  Galahad is lead to the castle of that “gentilwoman’s” lady where he rests some time before he is lead towards the sea by that “gentilwoman” and with them they carry a child and some riches. On the beach the ship,with cheering Bors and Percival on board, is waiting for them. As soon as they are on board the ship starts sailing again and all three knights exchange the storys of their adventures and their temptations. Bors is only missing Lancelot in his party. After a while they meet another ship between two big rocks. Writings on on the ship tell them, that only those of “steadfast believe” should enter the ship because the author of those letters would not help them if they should fail. At that point the “gentilwoman” reveals that she is Percival’s sister and warns him, that he will perish should he not firmly believe in Jesus Christ. Happy to see his sister, Percival replies that he, should he be an untrue knight, could as well perish. &#039;&#039;&#039;B E F I&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 3:   &#039;&#039;&#039;   On board of the other ship the the four find it full of riches and with a large bed in the middle, at it’s foot a sword could be found. The swords pommel was made a of multicolored stone and the cross guard (?) (“scales”) was made of the rips of two beasts: the Serpent of the Fiend and the Fish Ertanax. First should save its bearer from weariness and harm, the other would strengthen the bearer’s will as to focus solemly on the task before him and avoid distraction.. Percival and Bors both can’t draw the word and in Galahad’s hands it displayed strange red letters (like blood), telling him of the special powers of the sword and that only a man passing all other man would be able to draw it. Galahad doesn’t try to draw it out of disgust. &lt;br /&gt;
Percival’s sister remembers some tales in which the word is found on a ship and could only be employed by a severly wounded man against a muslim king who then died after returning the sword to the ship.  &#039;&#039;&#039;A E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt.4:    &#039;&#039;&#039; They then see that the scabbard of the sword is made from snake skin and bears golden and silvern letters but the girdle was crude and unfitting to hold the scabbard. The letters read that he who wants to bear the sword should be hardier (&amp;quot; more harder&amp;quot;) than any other man. And that despite of the crude girdle the bearer should not be ashamed. The girdle could only be replaced by the hands of a virgin from royal blood. And a virgin she must stay all her life or a dreadful death would befall her.&lt;br /&gt;
As they turn the word they perceive it to be black, showing red letters which warn them, that the sword will turn on him that praises it most or to whom it is most courteous. Sir Percival&#039;s sister remembers a tale of a man called Nacyen who lived 40 years after the passion of Christ and who found the ship with the sword. First he couldn&#039;t draw it and the wind drives the ship to different places. And when he encountered a giant he found the sword out of his scabbard, praised it much and it broke at his first strike.&lt;br /&gt;
After meeting king &amp;quot;Mordrayne&amp;quot; on another ship Nacyen learns that he must have sinned and he (Mordryane probably) sets the pieces of teh sword together which is as good as new. They are then asked to leave the ship and Nacyen receives a sword stroke to his right foot for, as a voice claims, he was never worthy to handle the sword. &#039;&#039;&#039;A G E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 5:   &#039;&#039;&#039; another tale – King Pelles, later on called the Maimed King, was a great supporter of the church, found the ship after getting separated with all but one of his knightes he rode out for hunting. After reading the letters and entering the ship lone he tried to draw the sword and was struck by spear through both thighs a wound that could never be healed since then.  &lt;br /&gt;
We then switch back to the three knights, who find two swords and three white, green and red “spyndels” of vibrant color near the head of the bed. Sir Percival’s sister tells the knight’s the story how Eve planted the branch of the tree that carried “the apple” after their banishment from paradise into the earth and a majestic white tree grew out of it. After Adam and Eve had had sex under the tree it turned green and later, after Cain killed his brother Abel below it, it turned red and all plants expect this tree withered. Much later wise king Solomon reigned the marvellous red tree still existed.&lt;br /&gt;
King Solomon’s wife is said to be an evil woman and the king himself despises women in his books until the Holy Spirit tells him, that from his lineage will come a glorrious woman, from the man, who would not only be a formidable knight but also the last of Solomon’s bloodline and a virgin. [“man whiche shalle be a mayde”] &#039;&#039;&#039;E F&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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King Solomon kept studying and thought long time who could be this man and finally he told his wife about the prophecy. She asked him to have an excellent ship build and the sword of David fitted with a new pommel, crossguard and sheath. She herself outfitted the ship with riches and added the hempen girdle (against the protest of Solomon)to the sword. And  she forced a carpenter to cut enough wood from the white, the green and the red tree to craft three “spyndlys” out of it. Those were added to the bed. After all is done Solomon wonders what this all is about but his wife just answers that he will get answers soon enough &#039;&#039;&#039;B E F G&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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At night Solomon dreams of angels that spray the ship with holy water (consecrate it?) and wirte on’s sides warnings for those that enter and on the sword another message. Shocked he retreats and the ship glided into the sea and vanished quickly while a little voice told Solomon that the knight he is looking for will rest in this bed and ship. He then told his wife about his dream. [Back on board the ship] Percival finds written news that tell them the story of the ship and the sword and they understand, that they must find a suitable girdle for the famous sword. Percival’s sister then produces a girdle made from her own hair that she had crafted as soon as she knew about her mission. And then Galahad is girded with the sword then called the Sword of the Strange Girdles. Then they leave the ship (of Solomon) and the winds drive them to the coast of Scotland, near to a castle on the cliffs. where Percival’s sister warns the knights about assailants, who know that they were Arthur’s knights. &#039;&#039;&#039;E A B G&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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After introducing themselves to a squire of that castle who then returned with the message the hear horns and are warned by a “gentilwoman” to leave or they would die. Some well armed knights are dispatched from the castle to take the knights prisoners but are quickly killed or flee, while the knights take some of the horses and follow the survivers into the castle, were the kill quite many people. As they wonder on what they have done and are quite sure to have sinned. But why had God given them the strength to kill them?   A priest in the castle tells them that there is no need for self-doubt since the former lord (Earl Hernox) of this castle was fataly wounded thrown into prison by his three sons, who before that had  raped and then, when she told her father, killed her sister and afterwards killed priests and destroyed churches. The priests also says, that Earl Hernox forsaw the arrival of servants of God to redeem this injustice. &#039;&#039;&#039;D(!) E I&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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Earl Hernox dies in Galahad’s arms and with his last breath asks the knight to go and seek out the Maimed King, for he will be healed by Galahad. &lt;br /&gt;
The three knights and Percival’s sister depart and on their travel they meet a white stag with four “lions” (?lyons) in a vast forest which they folllow to a hermitage were an armored priest conducts mass in a chapel, which the four travelers attend. In mass they see the white stag become a man and the lions turn into another man, a lion (…),  an eagle, and an ox, that all receive a blessing at the altar and leave, somehow incorporeal, through the painted glaswindow. Then the knights hear a voice that tells them that like this the Virgin Mary received his son. They ask the priest about what had happened and he explains to them, that they are choosen to learn about secrets of God himself and that they will bring an end to the “Sancgreal” (Sangreal – Holy Grail, probably: the quest for the grail).&lt;br /&gt;
The white stag and the lions are a symbol for Jesus  and the Evangelists but assumes that the knights won’t see these anymore. The knight’s rejoice and travel past a castle on the next day, when a knight bearing a message comes after them. &#039;&#039;&#039;E B&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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The knight from the castle asks Percival’s sister to give a dish full of her maiden blood as it is custom. The three knights defend her and even manage fend off a superior number of knights (soldiers), Galahad seemingly going berserk, until nightfall. They are then invited into the castle to rest and learn about this custom. &#039;&#039;&#039;I A&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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Bors, Galahad, Percival and his sister accept and learn that the blood of a maiden is needed to cure the Lady of the castle. &lt;br /&gt;
Percival’s sister offers to heal the lady with her blood and  voluntarily gives enough to heal the lady as well as to kill herself. Her last wish is her body to be send forth on a ship so that, as she forsees, she will arrive in due time at the city of Sarras where she is going to be buried under a tower were Percival and Galahad,too, shall be buried at some point in time. Percival fullfills her wish and even adds a letter that contains all her deeds to her dead hands. After a strong tempest the three knights see a wounded knight praying to God for help and being chased by a “dwarf” and Bors sets out save that knight.  &#039;&#039;&#039;B D E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt.12:   &#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
Galahad and Percival pray all night for Bors save return. And when they leave the chappel the find everyone in the castle dead and hear a voice that names this God’s vengeance for the shedding of virgin blood. They then find 36 the well preserved tombs of the “maydens that were martred for the seke ladyes sake”, all of whom were of royal blood. Then they leave the castle. &#039;&#039;&#039;E&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 13:   &#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
While Lanceleot is resting near the “waters of Mortoyse” he receives a vision that aks him to board the first ship that he may find. On a beach he finds a ship without sail or oars and as soon as he enters he is overwhelmed with joy and falls asleep. As he awakes he finds Percival’s dead sister on a bed in the ship and reads of her and her brother’s deeds. &lt;br /&gt;
Lancelot stays onboard the ship for a month and ist sustained by prayers alone. One night he meets his son Galahad and both are full of joy and, as he sees Percival’s dead sister on the bed, tell each other stories of their deeds. Lancelot is especially keen to hear and praise the sword Galahad procured on the ship of Solomon. Both travel together on the ship for half a year and worship good, while again and again fight against wild beasts on unchartered isles, which is not elaborated on since it has nothing to to with the grail.&#039;&#039;&#039;B E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 14:     &#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
On a Monday Galahad is picked up by heavily armored knight who tells him, that he had passed enough time with his father and a voice tells them, that they will only see each other again on Judgement Day. Thy bid farewell to each other and Lancelot ist driven out unto the sea again for another month full of prayers.&lt;br /&gt;
Lancelot finally arrives at a castle whose doors are open but guarded with two lions but before he canenter he is reprimanded by a voice that he will need the strength in the Lord more than his armor. (actually a suddenly appearing dwarf hits him after he readies sword and armor O_o ) &lt;br /&gt;
Lancelot thanks the Lord and manages to enter the castle through open doors and non-aggressive lions. Only a last door is closed to him and he tries to open it. &#039;&#039;&#039;B E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 15:    &#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
With all his strength he can’t open the door. He only hears an angelic voice praising the Lord. So he prays for God to let him in if he had done something in his life that had pleased him. The door opens and he sees that inside there is a richly decorated and bright altar, some angels and a holy vessel with a priest holding mass in front of it. Lancelot is warned to by that mysterios voice but after seeing the priest struggling while holds the young child of two other people aloft he enters to help the priest. And feels instantly burned and weakend. He falls to the ground, absolutely powerless, and is brought outside. There he is found the next morning and the people of the castle decide to look after him although he seems dead for many of them. &#039;&#039;&#039;B  E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 16:    &#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
For 24 days they serve Lancelot and as he suddenly awakes he is furious about it since he was shown great secrets and miracles in his sleep. He perceives those 24 (25th day he awakes) as his punishment for his 25 years being a sinner and he remebers that he hadn’t worn the hair-shirt (“hayr”) a hermit had given to him as he promised a year ago.  Afterward wears the hair-shirt beneath his other clothing. He also is told that he will never see the Grail any closer than he already has and he accepts it, grateful for the mercy shown to him by God. &lt;br /&gt;
He then gives his full name and is happily greeting by the king for he is at the Castle of Carbonek and at King Pelles court.&lt;br /&gt;
The King relates the sad story of his dead daughter whereof Lancelot is genuinely sorry. After four days he wants to leave the court and suddenly during their last meal, that the Grail had provided, all the windows and doors of the castle close magically. A single knights shouts outside the castle that he wihes to enter and finally the king himself asks him, from a window, what this knight&#039;s business is and that he surley is not one knight of the quest and not in the service of the Lord. The knight introduces himself as Hector de Marys, brother of Sir Lancelot. When the king tells him that Lancelot is inside his castle, Sir Hector tells the king that his (Hector&#039;s) sorrow and shame are thereby doubled and that the &amp;quot;good man of the hill&amp;quot; said the truth about Gawayns and his dreams. The Sir Hector leaves as fast as possible.&#039;&#039;&#039;B I E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 17:   &#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
Sir Lancelot departs from King Pelles to travel back to the realm of Logrys and after a long travel he rests at a white Abbey. Here he finds a newly made tomb with an inscription stating that this is the grave of Bagdemagus of Gore who had been killed by Sir Gawayn. Lancelot mourns the loss. On his further way he visits the Abbey where Galahad won his shield and finally reaches Camelot, where he is greeted happily. More than half of the knights had been killed on their quest so far. The Sirs Hector, Gawayn and Lyonel were among those returned. Lancelot tells them all about his adventures and about the adventures of Percival, Galahad and Bors, of which he knew through the letter of Sir Percival&#039;s dead sister. He also tells the king that only one of these three knights will return to his court.&#039;&#039;&#039;B D&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 18:   E G I&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
After many travels Sir Galahad comes to an Abbey, where he meets King Mordrayns (who must be quite old be now). The King tells him that he is the purest of all knights asks him to embrace him so that he may die (of age) in his arms. Galahad does as asked and even prays to God to visit him and god hears his prayer and the King departs. &lt;br /&gt;
As he travels on pure Galahad calms a boiling well, called Callahady&#039;s well, with a touch of his hand. And he later reaches the Abbey where Badgemagus tomb could be found and extinguishes the flames of teh burning tomb of Simeon, which only the knight that passes all other knights of the table round could accomplish and in which Sir Lancelot had already failed. Galahad relieves the spirit of a sinner that had done wrong to Joseph of Arimathea 354 years before by granting him a proper burial. [not sure I got the &amp;quot;who is who&amp;quot; right here]&#039;&#039;&#039;E G I&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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BOOK 17, CHAPTER NINETEEN&lt;br /&gt;
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Galahad departs and meets Bors and Percival on the way. Together, they ride to the castle of Carbonek. The son of their host King Pelles shows them the sword that struck Joseph through the thigh; it&#039;s broken, and one by one they try to make it whole again, but only Galahad succeeds. He gifts the repaired sword to Bors. &lt;br /&gt;
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After they have all sat down for dinner, nine foreign knights come to meet Galahad - three from Gaulle, three from Ireland, and three from Denmark - and sit with them. &lt;br /&gt;
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An old, sick man wearing a gold crown is brought into the room where dinner is held, lying in a bed. Without identifying himself, he welcomes Galahad and tells him that he&#039;s long wanted to meet him, and sends King Pelles and his son away. &lt;br /&gt;
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CHAPTER TWENTY&lt;br /&gt;
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A man in the garments of a bishop and four angels descend from heaven; the bishop is holding a cross, and letters written on his forehead identify him as Joseph, the first bishop of Christendom. The angels who accompanied him return, two of them bearing candles, one a towel, and one a spear with blood dripping from it. Galahad takes some of the blood and anoints the sick man&#039;s legs with it, making him healthy again. &lt;br /&gt;
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Then, Jesus himself appears and blesses everyone present. He gives Galahad a special plate and tells him it can&#039;t be in Britain any longer; Galahad should take his sword, Bors and Percival, and depart on a ship that he&#039;ll find waiting for him at the coast. Jesus also prophecies that two of them won&#039;t return from their quest. &lt;br /&gt;
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CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE&lt;br /&gt;
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Galahad asks the three knights from Gaulle to greet Lancelot for him if they go to Arthur&#039;s court, and then departs. On the ship, Galahad prays and is granted the gift that he&#039;ll be able to die when- and wherever he chooses, and his soul will go on to eternal life. &lt;br /&gt;
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Upon their landing in Sarras, Galahad heals a cripple. Percival buries his sister there, who had died in the meantime. They see the tyrant king and tell him the story of their quest, but he throws them into prison. &lt;br /&gt;
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CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO&lt;br /&gt;
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Eventually the king dies, asking forgiveness of the three, which they grant. The people of Sarras make Galahad their new king; he accepts, but soon after his coronation, he dies during Mass. &lt;br /&gt;
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CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE&lt;br /&gt;
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Percival and Bors grieve for him, Percival so much so that he enters a hermitage to live as a holy man for a year and two days, before he, too, dies. Bors buries him next to his sister and Galahad and then returns to Britain, where he is warmly welcomed at court and the story he has to tell is written down in books. &lt;br /&gt;
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END OF BOOK 17&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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&lt;div&gt;Whenever I deem a passage to contain something of the below mentioned topics a mark it with corresponding letter, hope that it will help. And yes, Book 17 seems really just to contain bits and pieces thrown together with no apparent order.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;A&#039;&#039;&#039; - Aspect of cheap entertainment (Chapbooks) - personally I think all those &amp;quot;Action Scenes&amp;quot; could be part of this topic.&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;B&#039;&#039;&#039; - Prophecies, predictions of what is to come, moments of reflection when things happened as predicted &lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;C&#039;&#039;&#039; - Marriage &amp;amp; Fidelity &lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;D&#039;&#039;&#039; - Violence &amp;amp; second thoughts &lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;E&#039;&#039;&#039; - Christianity and the heathen world, supernatural incidents, miracles, moments where other mythologies interfere&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;F&#039;&#039;&#039; - Gender roles &lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;G&#039;&#039;&#039; - Is this text historical or fictional, do we get proofs, sources, doubts second thoughts on the status of the stories.&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;H&#039;&#039;&#039; - Modern adaptations: key scenes (which that are is yet to be determined) &lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;I&#039;&#039;&#039; - Concepts of honour and morality in general and individual &lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Book 17.Cpt. 1:  &#039;&#039;&#039;  &lt;br /&gt;
After he had rescued Sir Percival from the 20 knights, Sir Galahad traveled a vast forest and persists through many, not further mentioned, adventures. On his way to the sea he comes past a castle were a siege is taking place. He quickly decides to help those &amp;quot;good knights&amp;quot; in the castle and is soon attacked by the besieging knights. With them are Sir Gawayn and Sir Hector de Marys who recognize Galahad&#039;s white shield with the red cross and attack him. Galahad defeats them all and Gawayn receives a near fatal head wound. After all the &amp;quot;kights without&amp;quot; are chased off and Gawayn is brought to safety by Hector, Galahad simple rides away. &lt;br /&gt;
Gawayn marvels at the storys the tell about the sword from the lake and only after months is healed from his terrible wound. An Hector tells him that his quest has come to an end.&lt;br /&gt;
Sir Galahad rides on to Castle Carbonek (called Castle Corbin or Castle Corbin) rests nearby at a hermitage and is woken at night by a “gentilwoman” that asks him to get armed and follow her, for in the next three days she would grant him adventures never seen by a knight before. Galahad follows.    &#039;&#039;&#039;A B&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 2:    &#039;&#039;&#039;  Galahad is lead to the castle of that “gentilwoman’s” lady where he rests some time before he is lead towards the sea by that “gentilwoman” and with them they carry a child and some riches. On the beach the ship,with cheering Bors and Percival on board, is waiting for them. As soon as they are on board the ship starts sailing again and all three knights exchange the storys of their adventures and their temptations. Bors is only missing Lancelot in his party. After a while they meet another ship between two big rocks. Writings on on the ship tell them, that only those of “steadfast believe” should enter the ship because the author of those letters would not help them if they should fail. At that point the “gentilwoman” reveals that she is Percival’s sister and warns him, that he will perish should he not firmly believe in Jesus Christ. Happy to see his sister, Percival replies that he, should he be an untrue knight, could as well perish. &#039;&#039;&#039;B E F I&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 3:   &#039;&#039;&#039;   On board of the other ship the the four find it full of riches and with a large bed in the middle, at it’s foot a sword could be found. The swords pommel was made a of multicolored stone and the cross guard (?) (“scales”) was made of the rips of two beasts: the Serpent of the Fiend and the Fish Ertanax. First should save its bearer from weariness and harm, the other would strengthen the bearer’s will as to focus solemly on the task before him and avoid distraction.. Percival and Bors both can’t draw the word and in Galahad’s hands it displayed strange red letters (like blood), telling him of the special powers of the sword and that only a man passing all other man would be able to draw it. Galahad doesn’t try to draw it out of disgust. &lt;br /&gt;
Percival’s sister remembers some tales in which the word is found on a ship and could only be employed by a severly wounded man against a muslim king who then died after returning the sword to the ship.  &#039;&#039;&#039;A E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt.4:    &#039;&#039;&#039; They then see that the scabbard of the sword is made from snake skin and bears golden and silvern letters but the girdle was crude and unfitting to hold the scabbard. The letters read that he who wants to bear the sword should be hardier (&amp;quot; more harder&amp;quot;) than any other man. And that despite of the crude girdle the bearer should not be ashamed. The girdle could only be replaced by the hands of a virgin from royal blood. And a virgin she must stay all her life or a dreadful death would befall her.&lt;br /&gt;
As they turn the word they perceive it to be black, showing red letters which warn them, that the sword will turn on him that praises it most or to whom it is most courteous. Sir Percival&#039;s sister remembers a tale of a man called Nacyen who lived 40 years after the passion of Christ and who found the ship with the sword. First he couldn&#039;t draw it and the wind drives the ship to different places. And when he encountered a giant he found the sword out of his scabbard, praised it much and it broke at his first strike.&lt;br /&gt;
After meeting king &amp;quot;Mordrayne&amp;quot; on another ship Nacyen learns that he must have sinned and he (Mordryane probably) sets the pieces of teh sword together which is as good as new. They are then asked to leave the ship and Nacyen receives a sword stroke to his right foot for, as a voice claims, he was never worthy to handle the sword. &#039;&#039;&#039;A G E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 5:   &#039;&#039;&#039; another tale – King Pelles, later on called the Maimed King, was a great supporter of the church, found the ship after getting separated with all but one of his knightes he rode out for hunting. After reading the letters and entering the ship lone he tried to draw the sword and was struck by spear through both thighs a wound that could never be healed since then.  &lt;br /&gt;
We then switch back to the three knights, who find two swords and three white, green and red “spyndels” of vibrant color near the head of the bed. Sir Percival’s sister tells the knight’s the story how Eve planted the branch of the tree that carried “the apple” after their banishment from paradise into the earth and a majestic white tree grew out of it. After Adam and Eve had had sex under the tree it turned green and later, after Cain killed his brother Abel below it, it turned red and all plants expect this tree withered. Much later wise king Solomon reigned the marvellous red tree still existed.&lt;br /&gt;
King Solomon’s wife is said to be an evil woman and the king himself despises women in his books until the Holy Spirit tells him, that from his lineage will come a glorrious woman, from the man, who would not only be a formidable knight but also the last of Solomon’s bloodline and a virgin. [“man whiche shalle be a mayde”] &#039;&#039;&#039;E F&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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King Solomon kept studying and thought long time who could be this man and finally he told his wife about the prophecy. She asked him to have an excellent ship build and the sword of David fitted with a new pommel, crossguard and sheath. She herself outfitted the ship with riches and added the hempen girdle (against the protest of Solomon)to the sword. And  she forced a carpenter to cut enough wood from the white, the green and the red tree to craft three “spyndlys” out of it. Those were added to the bed. After all is done Solomon wonders what this all is about but his wife just answers that he will get answers soon enough &#039;&#039;&#039;B E F G&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 7 :   &#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
At night Solomon dreams of angels that spray the ship with holy water (consecrate it?) and wirte on’s sides warnings for those that enter and on the sword another message. Shocked he retreats and the ship glided into the sea and vanished quickly while a little voice told Solomon that the knight he is looking for will rest in this bed and ship. He then told his wife about his dream. [Back on board the ship] Percival finds written news that tell them the story of the ship and the sword and they understand, that they must find a suitable girdle for the famous sword. Percival’s sister then produces a girdle made from her own hair that she had crafted as soon as she knew about her mission. And then Galahad is girded with the sword then called the Sword of the Strange Girdles. Then they leave the ship (of Solomon) and the winds drive them to the coast of Scotland, near to a castle on the cliffs. where Percival’s sister warns the knights about assailants, who know that they were Arthur’s knights. &#039;&#039;&#039;E A B G&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 8:     &#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
After introducing themselves to a squire of that castle who then returned with the message the hear horns and are warned by a “gentilwoman” to leave or they would die. Some well armed knights are dispatched from the castle to take the knights prisoners but are quickly killed or flee, while the knights take some of the horses and follow the survivers into the castle, were the kill quite many people. As they wonder on what they have done and are quite sure to have sinned. But why had God given them the strength to kill them?   A priest in the castle tells them that there is no need for self-doubt since the former lord (Earl Hernox) of this castle was fataly wounded thrown into prison by his three sons, who before that had  raped and then, when she told her father, killed her sister and afterwards killed priests and destroyed churches. The priests also says, that Earl Hernox forsaw the arrival of servants of God to redeem this injustice. &#039;&#039;&#039;D(!) E I&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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Earl Hernox dies in Galahad’s arms and with his last breath asks the knight to go and seek out the Maimed King, for he will be healed by Galahad. &lt;br /&gt;
The three knights and Percival’s sister depart and on their travel they meet a white stag with four “lions” (?lyons) in a vast forest which they folllow to a hermitage were an armored priest conducts mass in a chapel, which the four travelers attend. In mass they see the white stag become a man and the lions turn into another man, a lion (…),  an eagle, and an ox, that all receive a blessing at the altar and leave, somehow incorporeal, through the painted glaswindow. Then the knights hear a voice that tells them that like this the Virgin Mary received his son. They ask the priest about what had happened and he explains to them, that they are choosen to learn about secrets of God himself and that they will bring an end to the “Sancgreal” (Sangreal – Holy Grail, probably: the quest for the grail).&lt;br /&gt;
The white stag and the lions are a symbol for Jesus  and the Evangelists but assumes that the knights won’t see these anymore. The knight’s rejoice and travel past a castle on the next day, when a knight bearing a message comes after them. &#039;&#039;&#039;E B&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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The knight from the castle asks Percival’s sister to give a dish full of her maiden blood as it is custom. The three knights defend her and even manage fend off a superior number of knights (soldiers), Galahad seemingly going berserk, until nightfall. They are then invited into the castle to rest and learn about this custom. &#039;&#039;&#039;I A&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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Bors, Galahad, Percival and his sister accept and learn that the blood of a maiden is needed to cure the Lady of the castle. &lt;br /&gt;
Percival’s sister offers to heal the lady with her blood and  voluntarily gives enough to heal the lady as well as to kill herself. Her last wish is her body to be send forth on a ship so that, as she forsees, she will arrive in due time at the city of Sarras where she is going to be buried under a tower were Percival and Galahad,too, shall be buried at some point in time. Percival fullfills her wish and even adds a letter that contains all her deeds to her dead hands. After a strong tempest the three knights see a wounded knight praying to God for help and being chased by a “dwarf” and Bors sets out save that knight.  &#039;&#039;&#039;B D E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt.12:   &#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
Galahad and Percival pray all night for Bors save return. And when they leave the chappel the find everyone in the castle dead and hear a voice that names this God’s vengeance for the shedding of virgin blood. They then find 36 the well preserved tombs of the “maydens that were martred for the seke ladyes sake”, all of whom were of royal blood. Then they leave the castle. &#039;&#039;&#039;E&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 13:   &#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
While Lanceleot is resting near the “waters of Mortoyse” he receives a vision that aks him to board the first ship that he may find. On a beach he finds a ship without sail or oars and as soon as he enters he is overwhelmed with joy and falls asleep. As he awakes he finds Percival’s dead sister on a bed in the ship and reads of her and her brother’s deeds. &lt;br /&gt;
Lancelot stays onboard the ship for a month and ist sustained by prayers alone. One night he meets his son Galahad and both are full of joy and, as he sees Percival’s dead sister on the bed, tell each other stories of their deeds. Lancelot is especially keen to hear and praise the sword Galahad procured on the ship of Solomon. Both travel together on the ship for half a year and worship good, while again and again fight against wild beasts on unchartered isles, which is not elaborated on since it has nothing to to with the grail.&#039;&#039;&#039;B E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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On a Monday Galahad is picked up by heavily armored knight who tells him, that he had passed enough time with his father and a voice tells them, that they will only see each other again on Judgement Day. Thy bid farewell to each other and Lancelot ist driven out unto the sea again for another month full of prayers.&lt;br /&gt;
Lancelot finally arrives at a castle whose doors are open but guarded with two lions but before he canenter he is reprimanded by a voice that he will need the strength in the Lord more than his armor. (actually a suddenly appearing dwarf hits him after he readies sword and armor O_o ) &lt;br /&gt;
Lancelot thanks the Lord and manages to enter the castle through open doors and non-aggressive lions. Only a last door is closed to him and he tries to open it. &#039;&#039;&#039;B E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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With all his strength he can’t open the door. He only hears an angelic voice praising the Lord. So he prays for God to let him in if he had done something in his life that had pleased him. The door opens and he sees that inside there is a richly decorated and bright altar, some angels and a holy vessel with a priest holding mass in front of it. Lancelot is warned to by that mysterios voice but after seeing the priest struggling while holds the young child of two other people aloft he enters to help the priest. And feels instantly burned and weakend. He falls to the ground, absolutely powerless, and is brought outside. There he is found the next morning and the people of the castle decide to look after him although he seems dead for many of them. &#039;&#039;&#039;B  E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 16:    &#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
For 24 days they serve Lancelot and as he suddenly awakes he is furious about it since he was shown great secrets and miracles in his sleep. He perceives those 24 (25th day he awakes) as his punishment for his 25 years being a sinner and he remebers that he hadn’t worn the hair-shirt (“hayr”) a hermit had given to him as he promised a year ago.  Afterward wears the hair-shirt beneath his other clothing. He also is told that he will never see the Grail any closer than he already has and he accepts it, grateful for the mercy shown to him by God. &lt;br /&gt;
He then gives his full name and is happily greeting by the king for he is at the Castle of Carbonek and at King Pelles court.&lt;br /&gt;
The King relates the sad story of his dead daughter whereof Lancelot is genuinely sorry. After four days he wants to leave the court and suddenly during their last meal, that the Grail had provided, all the windows and doors of the castle close magically. A single knights shouts outside the castle that he wihes to enter and finally the king himself asks him, from a window, what this knight&#039;s business is and that he surley is not one knight of the quest and not in the service of the Lord. The knight introduces himself as Hector de Marys, brother of Sir Lancelot. When the king tells him that Lancelot is inside his castle, Sir Hector tells the king that his (Hector&#039;s) sorrow and shame are thereby doubled and that the &amp;quot;good man of the hill&amp;quot; said the truth about Gawayns and his dreams. The Sir Hector leaves as fast as possible.&#039;&#039;&#039;B I E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 17:   &#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
Sir Lancelot departs from King Pelles to travel back to the realm of Logrys and after a long travel he rests at a white Abbey. Here he finds a newly made tomb with an inscription stating that this is the grave of Bagdemagus of Gore who had been killed by Sir Gawayn. Lancelot mourns the loss. On his further way he visits the Abbey where Galahad won his shield and finally reaches Camelot, where he is greeted happily. More than half of the knights had been killed on their quest so far. The Sirs Hector, Gawayn and Lyonel were among those returned. Lancelot tells them all about his adventures and about the adventures of Percival, Galahad and Bors, of which he knew through the letter of Sir Percival&#039;s dead sister. He also tells the king that only one of these three knights will return to his court.&#039;&#039;&#039;B D&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 18:   E G I&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
After many travels Sir Galahad comes to an Abbey, where he meets King Mordrayns (who must be quite old be now). The King tells him that he is the purest of all knights asks him to embrace him so that he may die (of age) in his arms. Galahad does as asked and even prays to God to visit him and god hears his prayer and the King departs. &lt;br /&gt;
As he travels on pure Galahad calms a boiling well, called Callahady&#039;s well, with a touch of his hand. And he later reaches the Abbey where Badgemagus tomb could be found and extinguishes the flames of teh burning tomb of Simeon, which only the knight that passes all other knights of the table round could accomplish and in which Sir Lancelot had already failed. Galahad relieves the spirit of a sinner that had done wrong to Joseph of Arimathea 354 years before by granting him a proper burial. [not sure I got the &amp;quot;who is who&amp;quot; right here]&#039;&#039;&#039;E G I&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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BOOK 17, CHAPTER NINETEEN&lt;br /&gt;
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Galahad departs and meets Bors and Percival on the way. Together, they ride to the castle of Carbonek. The son of their host King Pelles shows them the sword that struck Joseph through the thigh; it&#039;s broken, and one by one they try to make it whole again, but only Galahad succeeds. He gifts the repaired sword to Bors. &lt;br /&gt;
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After they have all sat down for dinner, nine foreign knights come to meet Galahad - three from Gaulle, three from Ireland, and three from Denmark - and sit with them. &lt;br /&gt;
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An old, sick man wearing a gold crown is brought into the room where dinner is held, lying in a bed. Without identifying himself, he welcomes Galahad and tells him that he&#039;s long wanted to meet him, and sends King Pelles and his son away. &lt;br /&gt;
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CHAPTER TWENTY&lt;br /&gt;
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A man in the garments of a bishop and four angels descend from heaven; the bishop is holding a cross, and letters written on his forehead identify him as Joseph, the first bishop of Christendom. The angels who accompanied him return, two of them bearing candles, one a towel, and one a spear with blood dripping from it. Galahad takes some of the blood and anoints the sick man&#039;s legs with it, making him healthy again. &lt;br /&gt;
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Then, Jesus himself appears and blesses everyone present. He gives Galahad a special plate and tells him it can&#039;t be in Britain any longer; Galahad should take his sword, Bors and Percival, and depart on a ship that he&#039;ll find waiting for him at the coast. Jesus also prophecies that two of them won&#039;t return from their quest. &lt;br /&gt;
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CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE&lt;br /&gt;
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Galahad asks the three knights from Gaulle to greet Lancelot for him if they go to Arthur&#039;s court, and then departs. On the ship, Galahad prays and is granted the gift that he&#039;ll be able to die when- and wherever he chooses, and his soul will go on to eternal life. &lt;br /&gt;
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Upon their landing in Sarras, Galahad heals a cripple. Percival buries his sister there, who had died in the meantime. They see the tyrant king and tell him the story of their quest, but he throws them into prison. &lt;br /&gt;
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CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO&lt;br /&gt;
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Eventually the king dies, asking forgiveness of the three, which they grant. The people of Sarras make Galahad their new king; he accepts, but soon after his coronation, he dies during Mass. &lt;br /&gt;
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CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE&lt;br /&gt;
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Percival and Bors grieve for him, Percival so much so that he enters a hermitage to live as a holy man for a year and two days, before he, too, dies. Bors buries him next to his sister and Galahad and then returns to Britain, where he is warmly welcomed at court and the story he has to tell is written down in books. &lt;br /&gt;
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END OF BOOK 17&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>Talk:Mary Shelley, The Last Man (1826)</title>
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&lt;div&gt;If anyone has anything to add to my initial notes, please do so! --[[User:Lindsay|Lindsay]] 14:47, 8 December 2007 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
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I&#039;m sitting a test today and had hardly the time to write anything, my apologies. Thank your for sharing your notes with us! [[User:Jens|Jens]] 07:42, 13 December 2007 (CET)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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&lt;div&gt;If anyone has anything to add to my initial notes, please do so! --[[User:Lindsay|Lindsay]] 14:47, 8 December 2007 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
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I&#039;m sitting a test today and had hardly the time to write anything, my apologies. Thank your for putting your notes up![[User:Jens|Jens]] 07:42, 13 December 2007 (CET)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>Le Morte Darthur Book 16</title>
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1.) Sir Gawain rides throughout the country looking for adventures. That’s where he meets Sir Ector. They talk about seeking a good adventure and decide to ride further together in order to find an adventure. After eight days they arrive at an old chapel and enter it. Sitting there together they both fall asleep. In Sir Gawain’s dream he sees 150 black bulls and tree white ones. Two of them are shining very bright and one of them has a black spot on him. These bulls are all looking for a better “pasture” but they don’t find any. That’s why they depart more and more from each other.    &lt;br /&gt;
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2.) Sir Ector dreams of himself and his brother Lancelot. They two try to find what they “shall not find”. Sir Lancelot arrives at a castle, where there is a wedding, and the king of the castle tells him to leave for there is no place for him. Lancelot moves back to where he came from. Then Sir Ector and Sir Gawain awake and tell each other about their dreams. Then there appears an arm dressed in red cloth with a “brydel” and a burning candle in its hand. But this arm vanishes immediately. That’s why a voice says that they both are evil and therefore not allowed to start the quest of the Holy Grail. Both of them want to look for someone that can explain everything to them, so they ride on. But then there comes a knight and Sir Gawain fights against him. In the end Gawain slays the knight that can be later on detected as Sir Uwain, his own brother that has been on the quest of the Holy Grail. Information about: Family ties of Gawain and Uwain; &lt;br /&gt;
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3.) Uwain dies and Sir Ector and Sir Gawain burry him in honour. Then they ride to a mountain in order to be advised by Nacien, the eremite. They tell him everything that has happened. And then Nacien explains Sir Gawain’s dream. The meadow in which the bulls are living is the table round. All the black bulls are evil and proud in their minds. Only the two shiny bulls that are Sir Galahad and Sir Percival are of good characters. The one with the spot on it is Sir Bors. All the bulls have to solve the quest of the Holy Grail, but many of them will die in this quest or fall into sin and never come back to Arthur’s court. Information about: morals and sin;&lt;br /&gt;
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4.) Then the eremite explains Sir Ector’s dream to them. He says that Lancelot has fallen into may sin and that’s why he was servant of the devil for a long time. He can’t reach the Holy Grail anymore. The eremite also tells them about the brydel and the candle. The brydel is a sign of abstinence and the candle is a sign of clearness and Christ. Both of them don’t own these virtues, so they can’t reach the Holy Grail either. Information about: morals and sin; &lt;br /&gt;
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5.) Sir Gawain asks the eremite why they aren’t able to find any adventures and the old man answers that they are sinners and therefore not able to go on the quest of the Holy Grail. After that Sir Ector leaves the man and Sir Gawain follows him. The two go down the hill and stay at a house for the night. The next day they ride on seeking for any adventure. Information about: morals and sins&lt;br /&gt;
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6.) Sir Bors goes out of Camelot to seek the Saint Grail. On his way he meets a religious man and follows him into a chapel. There they eat together. The man tells Sir Bors not to eat anything other than water and bread until he sits at the table of the Saint Grail with some of his fellows. Sir Bors accepts this and he also changes his cloths into the ones that the old man gives him. Then Sir Bors rides on and sees a bird that kills himself to feed his little children. With this picture in his mind Sir Bors arrives at a strong and high tower.  &lt;br /&gt;
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7.) Sir Bors is lead into the tower and there he meets a lady that offers him supper. But he only eats bread and drinks water. Then there comes a messenger that says that the lady’s sister will take all her habits until she doesn’t find a knight that fights for her against Pridam le noire, the sister’s champion. When Sir Bors hears about that, he offers his help to fight for the lady. She’s very pleased about that and sends the message to her sister. Information about: Family ties of the lady; virtues and morals;&lt;br /&gt;
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8.) Sir Bors has two dreams at that night. One about two swans (black and white) and the other about a man that cares for flowers but lets an old tree die. He awakes the next day and the battle is about to start. Sir Bors and Sir Pridam are very strong fighters and they wound each other a lot. In the end Sir Bors wins the battle and he reprieves the other knight that promises to serve the lady of the tower from that time on. Information about: fights and violence; mercy;   &lt;br /&gt;
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9.) Sir Bors departs from the tower and rides into a forest. At this place he is offered two adventures, but he can only solve one. The first one is to save his brother Lionel from being slain and the other one is to save a lady from being raped. So Sir Bors prays to Jesus and to Saint Mary to help him and to choose an adventure for him. Information about: knighthood; religion and praying; purity of women;&lt;br /&gt;
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10.) Sir Bors decides to help the lady first. He fights against the knight and wins. Having saved the lady he starts to bring her home. On their way twelve knights find them that have been looking for the lady. Sir Bors says goodbye and rides to find and help his brother. In the forest he meets a man that tells him about his brother’s death. Sir Bors is in great pain when he saddles the dead body and brings it to a chapel in order to burry it with the help of the man. &lt;br /&gt;
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11.) Sir Bors tells the man everything about the two visions and the bird that committed suicide to save its children. The man explains these things to him. He tells Sir Bors that he has to save his cousin Sir Lancelot from dying. Then he brings him to a tower in which he shall stay for the night. In this tower Sir Bors meets a lady that seems to be the perfect fit for him and he has to decide whether to save Lancelot or to stay with the lady. Information about: Family ties of Sir Bors;   &lt;br /&gt;
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12.) The lady prays to Sir Bors to spend the night with her otherwise she and her twelve maiden shall die. This causes great struggle onto Sir Bors, but he tells the lady about Sir Lancelot and that he has to help him. Then he leaves the tower and rides away until he arrives at an abbey. At this place he asks for a preacher to give him some advises, but the man refuses to do so at this night, he wants to talk to him in the morning. Information about: morals and sins;&lt;br /&gt;
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13.) The next day Sir Bors is allowed to consult the priest. The priest explains the real meaning of Bors’ adventures that have all been fights against the devil and his tricks. Bors’ brother Lionel is still alive and this shows that Bors did everything in the right way. The priest calls him a good knight and servant of Jesus and he compares Bors’ visions and struggles to the life of Jesus. Information about: knighthood; religion and the fight between good and evil; &lt;br /&gt;
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14.) Sir Bors rides away and arrives at a castle. There will be a tournament between the Earl of plains and the Ladies of Hervin. That’s why Bors thinks he might find his brother Lionel at this place and he starts looking for him. When he finds him and tries to talk to him Lionel gets very angry about his brother being a traitor to him. Lionel wants to fight and kill Bors for this treason. Instead of defending himself Bors instantly cries for mercy but Lionel doesn’t give in. Shortly before he kills Bors there comes a priest and stops him to do so.  &lt;br /&gt;
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15.) Sir Lionel gets so angry about this that he kills the priest. And shortly before he is able to kill Sir Bors there arrives Sir Colgrevaunce, another knight of the table round, and he stops him from killing Sir Bors. Then Lionel and Sir Colgrevaunce fight against each other. When Sir Bors recovers he isn’t sure whom he has to help, but he doesn’t want any of this knights to get slain. Information about: violence; knighthood;&lt;br /&gt;
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16.) Sir Lionel kills Sir Colgrevaunce and then moves on to Sir Bors. Then Sir Bors prays to god to forgive his defense against his brother and starts to fight against Sir Lionel. &lt;br /&gt;
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17.) A voice stops Bors from killing his brother and a sudden flame rises between them , that heals Bor’s brother. The voice then asks Bors to travel to the sea to meet Sir Parcival. And after the two brothers forgive each other Bors starts his travel. At night he rests at an old abbey and hears that demanding voice again and he immediately marks himself with a cross on his forehead and picks up his travel. On a beach a ship with white sails is waiting and as soon as he gets on board the ship starts moving (no crew mentioned) very fast. On the ship he finds Sir Parcival sleeping and both men soon recognize each other and are sure God himself brought them together. They talk and pray and the only thing they are missing while the ship travels forwards and backwards is Sir Galahad. (refernces to &amp;quot;prophecies&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;christianity&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
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		<title>Le Morte Darthur Book 17</title>
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&lt;div&gt;Whenever I deem a passage to contain something of the below mentioned topics a mark it with corresponding letter, hope that it will help. And yes, Book 17 seems really just to contain bits and pieces thrown together with no apparent order.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;A&#039;&#039;&#039; - Aspect of cheap entertainment (Chapbooks) - personally I think all those &amp;quot;Action Scenes&amp;quot; could be part of this topic.&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;B&#039;&#039;&#039; - Prophecies, predictions of what is to come, moments of reflection when things happened as predicted &lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;C&#039;&#039;&#039; - Marriage &amp;amp; Fidelity &lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;D&#039;&#039;&#039; - Violence &amp;amp; second thoughts &lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;E&#039;&#039;&#039; - Christianity and the heathen world, supernatural incidents, miracles, moments where other mythologies interfere&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;F&#039;&#039;&#039; - Gender roles &lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;G&#039;&#039;&#039; - Is this text historical or fictional, do we get proofs, sources, doubts second thoughts on the status of the stories.&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;H&#039;&#039;&#039; - Modern adaptations: key scenes (which that are is yet to be determined) &lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;I&#039;&#039;&#039; - Concepts of honour and morality in general and individual &lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Book 17.Cpt. 1:  &#039;&#039;&#039;  &lt;br /&gt;
After he had rescued Sir Percival from the 20 knights, Sir Galahad traveled a vast forest and persists through many, not further mentioned, adventures. On his way to the sea he comes past a castle were a siege is taking place. He quickly decides to help those &amp;quot;good knights&amp;quot; in the castle and is soon attacked by the besieging knights. With them are Sir Gawayn and Sir Hector de Marys who recognize Galahad&#039;s white shield with the red cross and attack him. Galahad defeats them all and Gawayn receives a near fatal head wound. After all the &amp;quot;kights without&amp;quot; are chased off and Gawayn is brought to safety by Hector, Galahad simple rides away. &lt;br /&gt;
Gawayn marvels at the storys the tell about the sword from the lake and only after months is healed from his terrible wound. An Hector tells him that his quest has come to an end.&lt;br /&gt;
Sir Galahad rides on to Castle Carbonek (called Castle Corbin or Castle Corbin) rests nearby at a hermitage and is woken at night by a “gentilwoman” that asks him to get armed and follow her, for in the next three days she would grant him adventures never seen by a knight before. Galahad follows.    &#039;&#039;&#039;A B&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 2:    &#039;&#039;&#039;  Galahad is lead to the castle of that “gentilwoman’s” lady where he rests some time before he is lead towards the sea by that “gentilwoman” and with them they carry a child and some riches. On the beach the ship,with cheering Bors and Percival on board, is waiting for them. As soon as they are on board the ship starts sailing again and all three knights exchange the storys of their adventures and their temptations. Bors is only missing Lancelot in his party. After a while they meet another ship between two big rocks. Writings on on the ship tell them, that only those of “steadfast believe” should enter the ship because the author of those letters would not help them if they should fail. At that point the “gentilwoman” reveals that she is Percival’s sister and warns him, that he will perish should he not firmly believe in Jesus Christ. Happy to see his sister, Percival replies that he, should he be an untrue knight, could as well perish. &#039;&#039;&#039;B E F I&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 3:   &#039;&#039;&#039;   On board of the other ship the the four find it full of riches and with a large bed in the middle, at it’s foot a sword could be found. The swords pommel was made a of multicolored stone and the cross guard (?) (“scales”) was made of the rips of two beasts: the Serpent of the Fiend and the Fish Ertanax. First should save its bearer from weariness and harm, the other would strengthen the bearer’s will as to focus solemly on the task before him and avoid distraction.. Percival and Bors both can’t draw the word and in Galahad’s hands it displayed strange red letters (like blood), telling him of the special powers of the sword and that only a man passing all other man would be able to draw it. Galahad doesn’t try to draw it out of disgust. &lt;br /&gt;
Percival’s sister remembers some tales in which the word is found on a ship and could only be employed by a severly wounded man against a muslim king who then died after returning the sword to the ship.  &#039;&#039;&#039;A E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt.4:    &#039;&#039;&#039; They then see that the scabbard of the sword is made from snake skin and bears golden and silvern letters but the girdle was crude and unfitting to hold the scabbard. The letters read that he who wants to bear the sword should be hardier (&amp;quot; more harder&amp;quot;) than any other man. And that despite of the crude girdle the bearer should not be ashamed. The girdle could only be replaced by the hands of a virgin from royal blood. And a virgin she must stay all her life or a dreadful death would befall her.&lt;br /&gt;
As they turn the word they perceive it to be black, showing red letters which warn them, that the sword will turn on him that praises it most or to whom it is most courteous. Sir Percival&#039;s sister remembers a tale of a man called Nacyen who lived 40 years after the passion of Christ and who found the ship with the sword. First he couldn&#039;t draw it and the wind drives the ship to different places. And when he encountered a giant he found the sword out of his scabbard, praised it much and it broke at his first strike.&lt;br /&gt;
After meeting king &amp;quot;Mordrayne&amp;quot; on another ship Nacyen learns that he must have sinned and he (Mordryane probably) sets the pieces of teh sword together which is as good as new. They are then asked to leave the ship and Nacyen receives a sword stroke to his right foot for, as a voice claims, he was never worthy to handle the sword. &#039;&#039;&#039;A G E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 5:   &#039;&#039;&#039; another tale – King Pelles, later on called the Maimed King, was a great supporter of the church, found the ship after getting separated with all but one of his knightes he rode out for hunting. After reading the letters and entering the ship lone he tried to draw the sword and was struck by spear through both thighs a wound that could never be healed since then.  &lt;br /&gt;
We then switch back to the three knights, who find two swords and three white, green and red “spyndels” of vibrant color near the head of the bed. Sir Percival’s sister tells the knight’s the story how Eve planted the branch of the tree that carried “the apple” after their banishment from paradise into the earth and a majestic white tree grew out of it. After Adam and Eve had had sex under the tree it turned green and later, after Cain killed his brother Abel below it, it turned red and all plants expect this tree withered. Much later wise king Solomon reigned the marvellous red tree still existed.&lt;br /&gt;
King Solomon’s wife is said to be an evil woman and the king himself despises women in his books until the Holy Spirit tells him, that from his lineage will come a glorrious woman, from the man, who would not only be a formidable knight but also the last of Solomon’s bloodline and a virgin. [“man whiche shalle be a mayde”] &#039;&#039;&#039;E F&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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Cpt. 6:    &#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
King Solomon kept studying and thought long time who could be this man and finally he told his wife about the prophecy. She asked him to have an excellent ship build and the sword of David fitted with a new pommel, crossguard and sheath. She herself outfitted the ship with riches and added the hempen girdle (against the protest of Solomon)to the sword. And  she forced a carpenter to cut enough wood from the white, the green and the red tree to craft three “spyndlys” out of it. Those were added to the bed. After all is done Solomon wonders what this all is about but his wife just answers that he will get answers soon enough &#039;&#039;&#039;B E F G&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 7 :   &#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
At night Solomon dreams of angels that spray the ship with holy water (consecrate it?) and wirte on’s sides warnings for those that enter and on the sword another message. Shocked he retreats and the ship glided into the sea and vanished quickly while a little voice told Solomon that the knight he is looking for will rest in this bed and ship. He then told his wife about his dream. [Back on board the ship] Percival finds written news that tell them the story of the ship and the sword and they understand, that they must find a suitable girdle for the famous sword. Percival’s sister then produces a girdle made from her own hair that she had crafted as soon as she knew about her mission. And then Galahad is girded with the sword then called the Sword of the Strange Girdles. Then they leave the ship (of Solomon) and the winds drive them to the coast of Scotland, near to a castle on the cliffs. where Percival’s sister warns the knights about assailants, who know that they were Arthur’s knights. &#039;&#039;&#039;E A B G&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 8:     &#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
After introducing themselves to a squire of that castle who then returned with the message the hear horns and are warned by a “gentilwoman” to leave or they would die. Some well armed knights are dispatched from the castle to take the knights prisoners but are quickly killed or flee, while the knights take some of the horses and follow the survivers into the castle, were the kill quite many people. As they wonder on what they have done and are quite sure to have sinned. But why had God given them the strength to kill them?   A priest in the castle tells them that there is no need for self-doubt since the former lord (Earl Hernox) of this castle was fataly wounded thrown into prison by his three sons, who before that had  raped and then, when she told her father, killed her sister and afterwards killed priests and destroyed churches. The priests also says, that Earl Hernox forsaw the arrival of servants of God to redeem this injustice. &#039;&#039;&#039;D(!) E I&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt 9:   &#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
Earl Hernox dies in Galahad’s arms and with his last breath asks the knight to go and seek out the Maimed King, for he will be healed by Galahad. &lt;br /&gt;
The three knights and Percival’s sister depart and on their travel they meet a white stag with four “lions” (?lyons) in a vast forest which they folllow to a hermitage were an armored priest conducts mass in a chapel, which the four travelers attend. In mass they see the white stag become a man and the lions turn into another man, a lion (…),  an eagle, and an ox, that all receive a blessing at the altar and leave, somehow incorporeal, through the painted glaswindow. Then the knights hear a voice that tells them that like this the Virgin Mary received his son. They ask the priest about what had happened and he explains to them, that they are choosen to learn about secrets of God himself and that they will bring an end to the “Sancgreal” (Sangreal – Holy Grail, probably: the quest for the grail).&lt;br /&gt;
The white stag and the lions are a symbol for Jesus  and the Evangelists but assumes that the knights won’t see these anymore. The knight’s rejoice and travel past a castle on the next day, when a knight bearing a message comes after them. &#039;&#039;&#039;E B&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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Cpt. 10:     &#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
The knight from the castle asks Percival’s sister to give a dish full of her maiden blood as it is custom. The three knights defend her and even manage fend off a superior number of knights (soldiers), Galahad seemingly going berserk, until nightfall. They are then invited into the castle to rest and learn about this custom. &#039;&#039;&#039;I A&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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Bors, Galahad, Percival and his sister accept and learn that the blood of a maiden is needed to cure the Lady of the castle. &lt;br /&gt;
Percival’s sister offers to heal the lady with her blood and  voluntarily gives enough to heal the lady as well as to kill herself. Her last wish is her body to be send forth on a ship so that, as she forsees, she will arrive in due time at the city of Sarras where she is going to be buried under a tower were Percival and Galahad,too, shall be buried at some point in time. Percival fullfills her wish and even adds a letter that contains all her deeds to her dead hands. After a strong tempest the three knights see a wounded knight praying to God for help and being chased by a “dwarf” and Bors sets out save that knight.  &#039;&#039;&#039;B D E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt.12:   &#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
Galahad and Percival pray all night for Bors save return. And when they leave the chappel the find everyone in the castle dead and hear a voice that names this God’s vengeance for the shedding of virgin blood. They then find 36 the well preserved tombs of the “maydens that were martred for the seke ladyes sake”, all of whom were of royal blood. Then they leave the castle. &#039;&#039;&#039;E&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 13:   &#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
While Lanceleot is resting near the “waters of Mortoyse” he receives a vision that aks him to board the first ship that he may find. On a beach he finds a ship without sail or oars and as soon as he enters he is overwhelmed with joy and falls asleep. As he awakes he finds Percival’s dead sister on a bed in the ship and reads of her and her brother’s deeds. &lt;br /&gt;
Lancelot stays onboard the ship for a month and ist sustained by prayers alone. One night he meets his son Galahad and both are full of joy and, as he sees Percival’s dead sister on the bed, tell each other stories of their deeds. Lancelot is especially keen to hear and praise the sword Galahad procured on the ship of Solomon. Both travel together on the ship for half a year and worship good, while again and again fight against wild beasts on unchartered isles, which is not elaborated on since it has nothing to to with the grail.&#039;&#039;&#039;B E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 14:     &#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
On a Monday Galahad is picked up by heavily armored knight who tells him, that he had passed enough time with his father and a voice tells them, that they will only see each other again on Judgement Day. Thy bid farewell to each other and Lancelot ist driven out unto the sea again for another month full of prayers.&lt;br /&gt;
Lancelot finally arrives at a castle whose doors are open but guarded with two lions but before he canenter he is reprimanded by a voice that he will need the strength in the Lord more than his armor. (actually a suddenly appearing dwarf hits him after he readies sword and armor O_o ) &lt;br /&gt;
Lancelot thanks the Lord and manages to enter the castle through open doors and non-aggressive lions. Only a last door is closed to him and he tries to open it. &#039;&#039;&#039;B E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 15:    &#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
With all his strength he can’t open the door. He only hears an angelic voice praising the Lord. So he prays for God to let him in if he had done something in his life that had pleased him. The door opens and he sees that inside there is a richly decorated and bright altar, some angels and a holy vessel with a priest holding mass in front of it. Lancelot is warned to by that mysterios voice but after seeing the priest struggling while holds the young child of two other people aloft he enters to help the priest. And feels instantly burned and weakend. He falls to the ground, absolutely powerless, and is brought outside. There he is found the next morning and the people of the castle decide to look after him although he seems dead for many of them. &#039;&#039;&#039;B  E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 16:    &#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
For 24 days they serve Lancelot and as he suddenly awakes he is furious about it since he was shown great secrets and miracles in his sleep. He perceives those 24 (25th day he awakes) as his punishment for his 25 years being a sinner and he remebers that he hadn’t worn the hair-shirt (“hayr”) a hermit had given to him as he promised a year ago.  Afterward wears the hair-shirt beneath his other clothing. He also is told that he will never see the Grail any closer than he already has and he accepts it, grateful for the mercy shown to him by God. &lt;br /&gt;
He then gives his full name and is happily greeting by the king for he is at the Castle of Carbonek and at King Pelles court.&lt;br /&gt;
The King relates the sad story of his dead daughter whereof Lancelot is genuinely sorry. After four days he wants to leave the court and suddenly during their last meal, that the Grail had provided, all the windows and doors of the castle close magically. A single knights shouts outside the castle that he wihes to enter and finally the king himself asks him, from a window, what this knight&#039;s business is and that he surley is not one knight of the quest and not in the service of the Lord. The knight introduces himself as Hector de Marys, brother of Sir Lancelot. When the king tells him that Lancelot is inside his castle, Sir Hector tells the king that his (Hector&#039;s) sorrow and shame are thereby doubled and that the &amp;quot;good man of the hill&amp;quot; said the truth about Gawayns and his dreams. The Sir Hector leaves as fast as possible.&#039;&#039;&#039;B I E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 17:   &#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
Sir Lancelot departs from King Pelles to travel back to the realm of Logrys and after a long travel he rests at a white Abbey. Here he finds a newly made tomb with an inscription stating that this is the grave of Bagdemagus of Gore who had been killed by Sir Gawayn. Lancelot mourns the loss. On his further way he visits the Abbey where Galahad won his shield and finally reaches Camelot, where he is greeted happily. More than half of the knights had been killed on their quest so far. The Sirs Hector, Gawayn and Lyonel were among those returned. Lancelot tells them all about his adventures and about the adventures of Percival, Galahad and Bors, of which he knew through the letter of Sir Percival&#039;s dead sister. He also tells the king that only one of these three knights will return to his court.&#039;&#039;&#039;B D&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 18:   E G I&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
After many travels Sir Galahad comes to an Abbey, where he meets King Mordrayns (who must be quite old be now). The King tells him that he is the purest of all knights asks him to embrace him so that he may die (of age) in his arms. Galahad does as asked and even prays to God to visit him and god hears his prayer and the King departs. &lt;br /&gt;
As he travels on pure Galahad calms a boiling well, called Callahady&#039;s well, with a touch of his hand. And he later reaches the Abbey where Badgemagus tomb could be found and extinguishes the flames of teh burning tomb of Simeon, which only the knight that passes all other knights of the table round could accomplish and in which Sir Lancelot had already failed. Galahad relieves the spirit of a sinner that had done wrong to Joseph of Arimathea 354 years before by granting him a proper burial. [not sure I got the &amp;quot;who is who&amp;quot; right here]&#039;&#039;&#039;E G I&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>Le Morte Darthur Book 17</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Jens: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;Whenever I deem a passage to contain something of the below mentioned topics a mark it with corresponding letter, hope that it will help. And yes, Book 17 seems really just to contain bits and pieces thrown together with no apparent order.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;A&#039;&#039;&#039; - Aspect of cheap entertainment (Chapbooks) - personally I think all those &amp;quot;Action Scenes&amp;quot; could be part of this topic.&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;B&#039;&#039;&#039; - Prophecies, predictions of what is to come, moments of reflection when things happened as predicted &lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;C&#039;&#039;&#039; - Marriage &amp;amp; Fidelity &lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;D&#039;&#039;&#039; - Violence &amp;amp; second thoughts &lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;E&#039;&#039;&#039; - Christianity and the heathen world, supernatural incidents, miracles, moments where other mythologies interfere&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;F&#039;&#039;&#039; - Gender roles &lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;G&#039;&#039;&#039; - Is this text historical or fictional, do we get proofs, sources, doubts second thoughts on the status of the stories.&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;H&#039;&#039;&#039; - Modern adaptations: key scenes (which that are is yet to be determined) &lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;I&#039;&#039;&#039; - Concepts of honour and morality in general and individual &lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Book 17.Cpt. 1:  &#039;&#039;&#039;  &lt;br /&gt;
After he had rescued Sir Percival from the 20 knights, Sir Galahad traveled a vast forest and persists through many, not further mentioned, adventures. On his way to the sea he comes past a castle were a siege is taking place. He quickly decides to help those &amp;quot;good knights&amp;quot; in the castle and is soon attacked by the besieging knights. With them are Sir Gawayn and Sir Hector de Marys who recognize Galahad&#039;s white shield with the red cross and attack him. Galahad defeats them all and Gawayn receives a near fatal head wound. After all the &amp;quot;kights without&amp;quot; are chased off and Gawayn is brought to safety by Hector, Galahad simple rides away. &lt;br /&gt;
Gawayn marvels at the storys the tell about the sword from the lake and only after months is healed from his terrible wound. An Hector tells him that his quest has come to an end.&lt;br /&gt;
Sir Galahad rides on to Castle Carbonek (called Castle Corbin or Castle Corbin) rests nearby at a hermitage and is woken at night by a “gentilwoman” that asks him to get armed and follow her, for in the next three days she would grant him adventures never seen by a knight before. Galahad follows.    &#039;&#039;&#039;A B&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 2:    &#039;&#039;&#039;  Galahad is lead to the castle of that “gentilwoman’s” lady where he rests some time before he is lead towards the sea by that “gentilwoman” and with them they carry a child and some riches. On the beach the ship,with cheering Bors and Percival on board, is waiting for them. As soon as they are on board the ship starts sailing again and all three knights exchange the storys of their adventures and their temptations. Bors is only missing Lancelot in his party. After a while they meet another ship between two big rocks. Writings on on the ship tell them, that only those of “steadfast believe” should enter the ship because the author of those letters would not help them if they should fail. At that point the “gentilwoman” reveals that she is Percival’s sister and warns him, that he will perish should he not firmly believe in Jesus Christ. Happy to see his sister, Percival replies that he, should he be an untrue knight, could as well perish. &#039;&#039;&#039;B E F I&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 3:   &#039;&#039;&#039;   On board of the other ship the the four find it full of riches and with a large bed in the middle, at it’s foot a sword could be found. The swords pommel was made a of multicolored stone and the cross guard (?) (“scales”) was made of the rips of two beasts: the Serpent of the Fiend and the Fish Ertanax. First should save its bearer from weariness and harm, the other would strengthen the bearer’s will as to focus solemly on the task before him and avoid distraction.. Percival and Bors both can’t draw the word and in Galahad’s hands it displayed strange red letters (like blood), telling him of the special powers of the sword and that only a man passing all other man would be able to draw it. Galahad doesn’t try to draw it out of disgust. &lt;br /&gt;
Percival’s sister remembers some tales in which the word is found on a ship and could only be employed by a severly wounded man against a muslim king who then died after returning the sword to the ship.  &#039;&#039;&#039;A E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt.4:    &#039;&#039;&#039; They then see that the scabbard of the sword is made from snake skin and bears golden and silvern letters but the girdle was crude and unfitting to hold the scabbard. The letters read that he who wants to bear the sword should be hardier (&amp;quot; more harder&amp;quot;) than any other man. And that despite of the crude girdle the bearer should not be ashamed. The girdle could only be replaced by the hands of a virgin from royal blood. And a virgin she must stay all her life or a dreadful death would befall her.&lt;br /&gt;
As they turn the word they perceive it to be black, showing red letters which warn them, that the sword will turn on him that praises it most or to whom it is most courteous. Sir Percival&#039;s sister remembers a tale of a man called Nacyen who lived 40 years after the passion of Christ and who found the ship with the sword. First he couldn&#039;t draw it and the wind drives the ship to different places. And when he encountered a giant he found the sword out of his scabbard, praised it much and it broke at his first strike.&lt;br /&gt;
After meeting king &amp;quot;Mordrayne&amp;quot; on another ship Nacyen learns that he must have sinned and he (Mordryane probably) sets the pieces of teh sword together which is as good as new. They are then asked to leave the ship and Nacyen receives a sword stroke to his right foot for, as a voice claims, he was never worthy to handle the sword. &#039;&#039;&#039;A G E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 5:   &#039;&#039;&#039; another tale – King Pelles, later on called the Maimed King, was a great supporter of the church, found the ship after getting separated with all but one of his knightes he rode out for hunting. After reading the letters and entering the ship lone he tried to draw the sword and was struck by spear through both thighs a wound that could never be healed since then.  &lt;br /&gt;
We then switch back to the three knights, who find two swords and three white, green and red “spyndels” of vibrant color near the head of the bed. Sir Percival’s sister tells the knight’s the story how Eve planted the branch of the tree that carried “the apple” after their banishment from paradise into the earth and a majestic white tree grew out of it. After Adam and Eve had had sex under the tree it turned green and later, after Cain killed his brother Abel below it, it turned red and all plants expect this tree withered. Much later wise king Solomon reigned the marvellous red tree still existed.&lt;br /&gt;
King Solomon’s wife is said to be an evil woman and the king himself despises women in his books until the Holy Spirit tells him, that from his lineage will come a glorrious woman, from the man, who would not only be a formidable knight but also the last of Solomon’s bloodline and a virgin. [“man whiche shalle be a mayde”] &#039;&#039;&#039;E F&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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Cpt. 6:    &#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
King Solomon kept studying and thought long time who could be this man and finally he told his wife about the prophecy. She asked him to have an excellent ship build and the sword of David fitted with a new pommel, crossguard and sheath. She herself outfitted the ship with riches and added the hempen girdle (against the protest of Solomon)to the sword. And  she forced a carpenter to cut enough wood from the white, the green and the red tree to craft three “spyndlys” out of it. Those were added to the bed. After all is done Solomon wonders what this all is about but his wife just answers that he will get answers soon enough &#039;&#039;&#039;B E F G&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 7 :   &#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
At night Solomon dreams of angels that spray the ship with holy water (consecrate it?) and wirte on’s sides warnings for those that enter and on the sword another message. Shocked he retreats and the ship glided into the sea and vanished quickly while a little voice told Solomon that the knight he is looking for will rest in this bed and ship. He then told his wife about his dream. [Back on board the ship] Percival finds written news that tell them the story of the ship and the sword and they understand, that they must find a suitable girdle for the famous sword. Percival’s sister then produces a girdle made from her own hair that she had crafted as soon as she knew about her mission. And then Galahad is girded with the sword then called the Sword of the Strange Girdles. Then they leave the ship (of Solomon) and the winds drive them to the coast of Scotland, near to a castle on the cliffs. where Percival’s sister warns the knights about assailants, who know that they were Arthur’s knights. &#039;&#039;&#039;E A B G&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 8:     &#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
After introducing themselves to a squire of that castle who then returned with the message the hear horns and are warned by a “gentilwoman” to leave or they would die. Some well armed knights are dispatched from the castle to take the knights prisoners but are quickly killed or flee, while the knights take some of the horses and follow the survivers into the castle, were the kill quite many people. As they wonder on what they have done and are quite sure to have sinned. But why had God given them the strength to kill them?   A priest in the castle tells them that there is no need for self-doubt since the former lord (Earl Hernox) of this castle was fataly wounded thrown into prison by his three sons, who before that had  raped and then, when she told her father, killed her sister and afterwards killed priests and destroyed churches. The priests also says, that Earl Hernox forsaw the arrival of servants of God to redeem this injustice. &#039;&#039;&#039;D(!) E I&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt 9:   &#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
Earl Hernox dies in Galahad’s arms and with his last breath asks the knight to go and seek out the Maimed King, for he will be healed by Galahad. &lt;br /&gt;
The three knights and Percival’s sister depart and on their travel they meet a white stag with four “lions” (?lyons) in a vast forest which they folllow to a hermitage were an armored priest conducts mass in a chapel, which the four travelers attend. In mass they see the white stag become a man and the lions turn into another man, a lion (…),  an eagle, and an ox, that all receive a blessing at the altar and leave, somehow incorporeal, through the painted glaswindow. Then the knights hear a voice that tells them that like this the Virgin Mary received his son. They ask the priest about what had happened and he explains to them, that they are choosen to learn about secrets of God himself and that they will bring an end to the “Sancgreal” (Sangreal – Holy Grail, probably: the quest for the grail).&lt;br /&gt;
The white stag and the lions are a symbol for Jesus  and the Evangelists but assumes that the knights won’t see these anymore. The knight’s rejoice and travel past a castle on the next day, when a knight bearing a message comes after them. &#039;&#039;&#039;E B&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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Cpt. 10:     &#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
The knight from the castle asks Percival’s sister to give a dish full of her maiden blood as it is custom. The three knights defend her and even manage fend off a superior number of knights (soldiers), Galahad seemingly going berserk, until nightfall. They are then invited into the castle to rest and learn about this custom. &#039;&#039;&#039;I A&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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Bors, Galahad, Percival and his sister accept and learn that the blood of a maiden is needed to cure the Lady of the castle. &lt;br /&gt;
Percival’s sister offers to heal the lady with her blood and  voluntarily gives enough to heal the lady as well as to kill herself. Her last wish is her body to be send forth on a ship so that, as she forsees, she will arrive in due time at the city of Sarras where she is going to be buried under a tower were Percival and Galahad,too, shall be buried at some point in time. Percival fullfills her wish and even adds a letter that contains all her deeds to her dead hands. After a strong tempest the three knights see a wounded knight praying to God for help and being chased by a “dwarf” and Bors sets out save that knight.  &#039;&#039;&#039;B D E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt.12:   &#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
Galahad and Percival pray all night for Bors save return. And when they leave the chappel the find everyone in the castle dead and hear a voice that names this God’s vengeance for the shedding of virgin blood. They then find 36 the well preserved tombs of the “maydens that were martred for the seke ladyes sake”, all of whom were of royal blood. Then they leave the castle. &#039;&#039;&#039;E&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 13:   &#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
While Lanceleot is resting near the “waters of Mortoyse” he receives a vision that aks him to board the first ship that he may find. On a beach he finds a ship without sail or oars and as soon as he enters he is overwhelmed with joy and falls asleep. As he awakes he finds Percival’s dead sister on a bed in the ship and reads of her and her brother’s deeds. &lt;br /&gt;
Lancelot stays onboard the ship for a month and ist sustained by prayers alone. One night he meets his son Galahad and both are full of joy and, as he sees Percival’s dead sister on the bed, tell each other stories of their deeds. Lancelot is especially keen to hear and praise the sword Galahad procured on the ship of Solomon. Both travel together on the ship for half a year and worship good, while again and again fight against wild beasts on unchartered isles, which is not elaborated on since it has nothing to to with the grail.&#039;&#039;&#039;B E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 14:     &#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
On a Monday Galahad is picked up by heavily armored knight who tells him, that he had passed enough time with his father and a voice tells them, that they will only see each other again on Judgement Day. Thy bid farewell to each other and Lancelot ist driven out unto the sea again for another month full of prayers.&lt;br /&gt;
Lancelot finally arrives at a castle whose doors are open but guarded with two lions but before he canenter he is reprimanded by a voice that he will need the strength in the Lord more than his armor. (actually a suddenly appearing dwarf hits him after he readies sword and armor O_o ) &lt;br /&gt;
Lancelot thanks the Lord and manages to enter the castle through open doors and non-aggressive lions. Only a last door is closed to him and he tries to open it. &#039;&#039;&#039;B E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 15:    &#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
With all his strength he can’t open the door. He only hears an angelic voice praising the Lord. So he prays for God to let him in if he had done something in his life that had pleased him. The door opens and he sees that inside there is a richly decorated and bright altar, some angels and a holy vessel with a priest holding mass in front of it. Lancelot is warned to by that mysterios voice but after seeing the priest struggling while holds the young child of two other people aloft he enters to help the priest. And feels instantly burned and weakend. He falls to the ground, absolutely powerless, and is brought outside. There he is found the next morning and the people of the castle decide to look after him although he seems dead for many of them. &#039;&#039;&#039;B  E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 16:    &#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
For 24 days they serve Lancelot and as he suddenly awakes he is furious about it since he was shown great secrets and miracles in his sleep. He perceives those 24 (25th day he awakes) as his punishment for his 25 years being a sinner and he remebers that he hadn’t worn the hair-shirt (“hayr”) a hermit had given to him as he promised a year ago.  Afterward wears the hair-shirt beneath his other clothing. He also is told that he will never see the Grail any closer than he already has and he accepts it, grateful for the mercy shown to him by God. &lt;br /&gt;
He then gives his full name and is happily greeting by the king for he is at the Castle of Carbonek and at King Pelles court.&lt;br /&gt;
The King relates the sad story of his dead daughter whereof Lancelot is genuinely sorry. After four days he wants to leave the court and suddenly during their last meal, that the Grail had provided, all the windows and doors of the castle close magically. A single knights shouts outside the castle that he wihes to enter and finally the king himself asks him, from a window, what this knight&#039;s business is and that he surley is not one knight of the quest and not in the service of the Lord. The knight introduces himself as Hector de Marys, brother of Sir Lancelot. When the king tells him that Lancelot is inside his castle, Sir Hector tells the king that his (Hector&#039;s) sorrow and shame are thereby doubled and that the &amp;quot;good man of the hill&amp;quot; said the truth about Gawayns and his dreams. The Sir Hector leaves as fast as possible.&#039;&#039;&#039;B I E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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Cpt. 17:   &#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
Sir Lancelot departs from King Pelles to travel back to the realm of Logrys and after a long travel he rests at a white Abbey. Here he finds a newly made tomb with an inscription stating that this is the grave of Bagdemagus of Gore who had been killed by Sir Gawayn. Lancelot mourns the loss. On his further way he visits the Abbey where Galahad won his shield and finally reaches Camelot, where he is greeted happily. More than half of the knights had been killed on their quest so far. The Sirs Hector, Gawayn and Lyonel were among those returned. Lancelot tells them all about his adventures and about the adventures of Percival, Galahad and Bors, of which he knew through the letter of Sir Percival&#039;s dead sister. He also tells the king that only one of these three knights will return to his court.&#039;&#039;&#039;B D&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 18:   E G I&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
After many travels Sir Galahad comes to an Abbey, where he meets King Mordrayns (who must be quite old be now). The King tells him that he is the purest of all knights asks him to embrace him so that he may die (of age) in his arms. Galahad does as asked and even prays to God to visit him and god hears his prayer and the King departs. &lt;br /&gt;
As he travels on pure Galahad calms a boiling well, called Callahady&#039;s well, with a touch of his hand. And he later reaches the Abbey where Badgemagus tomb could be found and extinguishes the flames of teh burning tomb of Simeon, which only the knight that passes all other knights of the table round could accomplish and in which Sir Lancelot had already failed. Galahad relieves the spirit of a sinner that had done wrong to Joseph of Arimathea 354 years before by granting him a proper burial. [not sure I got the &amp;quot;who is who&amp;quot; right here]&#039;&#039;&#039;E G I&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Jens</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.angl-am.uni-oldenburg.de/wiki/index.php?title=Le_Morte_Darthur_Book_17&amp;diff=9209</id>
		<title>Le Morte Darthur Book 17</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Jens: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;Whenever I deem a passage to contain something of the below mentioned topics a mark it with corresponding letter, hope that it will help. And yes, Book 17 seems really just to contain bits and pieces thrown together with no apparent order.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;A&#039;&#039;&#039; - Aspect of cheap entertainment (Chapbooks) - personally I think all those &amp;quot;Action Scenes&amp;quot; could be part of this topic.&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;B&#039;&#039;&#039; - Prophecies, predictions of what is to come, moments of reflection when things happened as predicted &lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;C&#039;&#039;&#039; - Marriage &amp;amp; Fidelity &lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;D&#039;&#039;&#039; - Violence &amp;amp; second thoughts &lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;E&#039;&#039;&#039; - Christianity and the heathen world, supernatural incidents, miracles, moments where other mythologies interfere&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;F&#039;&#039;&#039; - Gender roles &lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;G&#039;&#039;&#039; - Is this text historical or fictional, do we get proofs, sources, doubts second thoughts on the status of the stories.&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;H&#039;&#039;&#039; - Modern adaptations: key scenes (which that are is yet to be determined) &lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;I&#039;&#039;&#039; - Concepts of honour and morality in general and individual &lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Book 17.Cpt. 1:   A B &#039;&#039;&#039;  &lt;br /&gt;
After he had rescued Sir Percival from the 20 knights, Sir Galahad traveled a vast forest and persists through many, not further mentioned, adventures. On his way to the sea he comes past a castle were a siege is taking place. He quickly decides to help those &amp;quot;good knights&amp;quot; in the castle and is soon attacked by the besieging knights. With them are Sir Gawayn and Sir Hector de Marys who recognize Galahad&#039;s white shield with the red cross and attack him. Galahad defeats them all and Gawayn receives a near fatal head wound. After all the &amp;quot;kights without&amp;quot; are chased off and Gawayn is brought to safety by Hector, Galahad simple rides away. &lt;br /&gt;
Gawayn marvels at the storys the tell about the sword from the lake and only after months is healed from his terrible wound. An Hector tells him that his quest has come to an end.&lt;br /&gt;
Sir Galahad rides on to Castle Carbonek (called Castle Corbin or Castle Corbin) rests nearby at a hermitage and is woken at night by a “gentilwoman” that asks him to get armed and follow her, for in the next three days she would grant him adventures never seen by a knight before. Galahad follows.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 2:    B E F I&#039;&#039;&#039;  Galahad is lead to the castle of that “gentilwoman’s” lady where he rests some time before he is lead towards the sea by that “gentilwoman” and with them they carry a child and some riches. On the beach the ship,with cheering Bors and Percival on board, is waiting for them. As soon as they are on board the ship starts sailing again and all three knights exchange the storys of their adventures and their temptations. Bors is only missing Lancelot in his party. After a while they meet another ship between two big rocks. Writings on on the ship tell them, that only those of “steadfast believe” should enter the ship because the author of those letters would not help them if they should fail. At that point the “gentilwoman” reveals that she is Percival’s sister and warns him, that he will perish should he not firmly believe in Jesus Christ. Happy to see his sister, Percival replies that he, should he be an untrue knight, could as well perish.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 3:    A E&#039;&#039;&#039;   On board of the other ship the the four find it full of riches and with a large bed in the middle, at it’s foot a sword could be found. The swords pommel was made a of multicolored stone and the cross guard (?) (“scales”) was made of the rips of two beasts: the Serpent of the Fiend and the Fish Ertanax. First should save its bearer from weariness and harm, the other would strengthen the bearer’s will as to focus solemly on the task before him and avoid distraction.. Percival and Bors both can’t draw the word and in Galahad’s hands it displayed strange red letters (like blood), telling him of the special powers of the sword and that only a man passing all other man would be able to draw it. Galahad doesn’t try to draw it out of disgust. &lt;br /&gt;
Percival’s sister remembers some tales in which the word is found on a ship and could only be employed by a severly wounded man against a muslim king who then died after returning the sword to the ship.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt.4:    A G E&#039;&#039;&#039; They then see that the scabbard of the sword is made from snake skin and bears golden and silvern letters but the girdle was crude and unfitting to hold the scabbard. The letters read that he who wants to bear the sword should be hardier (&amp;quot; more harder&amp;quot;) than any other man. And that despite of the crude girdle the bearer should not be ashamed. The girdle could only be replaced by the hands of a virgin from royal blood. And a virgin she must stay all her life or a dreadful death would befall her.&lt;br /&gt;
As they turn the word they perceive it to be black, showing red letters which warn them, that the sword will turn on him that praises it most or to whom it is most courteous. Sir Percival&#039;s sister remembers a tale of a man called Nacyen who lived 40 years after the passion of Christ and who found the ship with the sword. First he couldn&#039;t draw it and the wind drives the ship to different places. And when he encountered a giant he found the sword out of his scabbard, praised it much and it broke at his first strike.&lt;br /&gt;
After meeting king &amp;quot;Mordrayne&amp;quot; on another ship Nacyen learns that he must have sinned and he (Mordryane probably) sets the pieces of teh sword together which is as good as new. They are then asked to leave the ship and Nacyen receives a sword stroke to his right foot for, as a voice claims, he was never worthy to handle the sword. &lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 5:   E F&#039;&#039;&#039; another tale – King Pelles, later on called the Maimed King, was a great supporter of the church, found the ship after getting separated with all but one of his knightes he rode out for hunting. After reading the letters and entering the ship lone he tried to draw the sword and was struck by spear through both thighs a wound that could never be healed since then.  &lt;br /&gt;
We then switch back to the three knights, who find two swords and three white, green and red “spyndels” of vibrant color near the head of the bed. Sir Percival’s sister tells the knight’s the story how Eve planted the branch of the tree that carried “the apple” after their banishment from paradise into the earth and a majestic white tree grew out of it. After Adam and Eve had had sex under the tree it turned green and later, after Cain killed his brother Abel below it, it turned red and all plants expect this tree withered. Much later wise king Solomon reigned the marvellous red tree still existed.&lt;br /&gt;
King Solomon’s wife is said to be an evil woman and the king himself despises women in his books until the Holy Spirit tells him, that from his lineage will come a glorrious woman, from the man, who would not only be a formidable knight but also the last of Solomon’s bloodline and a virgin. [“man whiche shalle be a mayde”]&lt;br /&gt;
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Cpt. 6:    B E F G&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
King Solomon kept studying and thought long time who could be this man and finally he told his wife about the prophecy. She asked him to have an excellent ship build and the sword of David fitted with a new pommel, crossguard and sheath. She herself outfitted the ship with riches and added the hempen girdle (against the protest of Solomon)to the sword. And  she forced a carpenter to cut enough wood from the white, the green and the red tree to craft three “spyndlys” out of it. Those were added to the bed. After all is done Solomons asks his wife what this all is about..&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 7 :   E A B G&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
At night Solomon dreams of angels that spray the ship with holy water (consecrate it?) and wirte on’s sides warnings for those that enter and on the sword another message. Shocked he retreats and the ship glided into the sea and vanished quickly while a little voice told Solomon that the knight he is looking for will rest in this bed and ship. He then told his wife about his dream. [Back on board the ship] Percival finds written news that tell them the story of the ship and the sword and they understand, that they must find a suitable girdle for the famous sword. Percival’s sister then produces a girdle made from her own hair that she had crafted as soon as she knew about her mission. And then Galahad is girded with the sword then called the Sword of the Strange Girdles. Then they leave the ship (of Solomon) and the winds drive them to the coast of Scotland, near to a castle on the cliffs. where Percival’s sister warns the knights about assailants, who know that they were Arthur’s knights.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 8:    D(!) E I &#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
After introducing themselves to a squire of that castle who then returned with the message the hear horns and are warned by a “gentilwoman” to leave or they would die. Some well armed knights are dispatched from the castle to take the knights prisoners but are quickly killed or flee, while the knights take some of the horses and follow the survivers into the castle, were the kill quite many people. As they wonder on what they have done and are quite sure to have sinned. But why had God given them the strength to kill them?   A priest in the castle tells them that there is no need for self-doubt since the former lord (Earl Hernox) of this castle was fataly wounded thrown into prison by his three sons, who before that had  raped and then, when she told her father, killed her sister and afterwards killed priests and destroyed churches. The priests also says, that Earl Hernox forsaw the arrival of servants of God to redeem this injustice. &lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt 9:   E B&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
Earl Hernox dies in Galahad’s arms and with his last breath asks the knight to go and seek out the Maimed King, for he will be healed by Galahad. &lt;br /&gt;
The three knights and Percival’s sister depart and on their travel they meet a white stag with four “lions” (?lyons) in a vast forest which they folllow to a hermitage were an armored priest conducts mass in a chapel, which the four travelers attend. In mass they see the white stag become a man and the lions turn into another man, a lion (…),  an eagle, and an ox, that all receive a blessing at the altar and leave, somehow incorporeal, through the painted glaswindow. Then the knights hear a voice that tells them that like this the Virgin Mary received his son. They ask the priest about what had happened and he explains to them, that they are choosen to learn about secrets of God himself and that they will bring an end to the “Sancgreal” (Sangreal – Holy Grail, probably: the quest for the grail).&lt;br /&gt;
The white stag and the lions are a symbol for Jesus  and the Evangelists but assumes that the knights won’t see these anymore. The knight’s rejoice and travel past a castle on the next day, when a knight bearing a message comes after them.&lt;br /&gt;
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Cpt. 10:    I A &#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
The knight from the castle asks Percival’s sister to give a dish full of her maiden blood as it is custom. The three knights defend her and even manage fend off massive superior number of knights (soldiers), Galahad seemingly going berserk, until nightfall. They are then invited into the castle to rest and learn about this custom.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 11 B D E &#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
Bors, Galahad, Percival and his sister accept and learn that the blood of a maiden is needed to cure the Lady of the castle. &lt;br /&gt;
Percival’s sister offers to heal the lady with her blood and  voluntarily gives enough to heal the lady as well as to kill herself. Her last wish is her body to be send forth on a ship so that, as she forsees, she will arrive in due time at the city of Sarras where she is going to be buried under a tower were Percival and Galahad,too, shall be buried at some point in time. Percival fullfills her wish and even adds a letter that contains all her deeds to her dead hands. After a strong tempest the three knights see a wounded knight praying to God for help and being chased by a “dwarf” and Bors sets out save that knight.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt.12:   E &#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
Galahad and Percival pray all night for Bors save return. And when they leave the chappel the find everyone in the castle dead and hear a voice that names this God’s vengeance for the shedding of virgin blood. They then find 36 the well preserved tombs of the “maydens that were martred for the seke ladyes sake”, all of whom were of royal blood. Then they leave the castle.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 13:   B E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
While Lanceleot is resting near the “waters of Mortoyse” he receives a vision that aks him to board the first ship that he may find. On a beach he finds a ship without sail or oars and as soon as he enters he is overwhelmed with joy and falls asleep. As he awakes he finds Percival’s dead sister on a bed in the ship and reads of her and her brother’s deeds. &lt;br /&gt;
Lancelot stays onboard the ship for a month and ist sustained by prayers alone. One night he meets his son Galahad and both are full of joy and, as he sees Percival’s dead sister on the bed, tell each other stories of their deeds. Lancelot is especially keen to hear and praise the sword Galahad procured on the ship of Solomon. Both travel together on the ship for half a year and worship good, while again and again fight against wild beasts on unchartered isles, which is not elaborated on since it has nothing to to with the grail.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 14:    B E &#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
On a Monday Galahad is picked up by heavily armored knight who tells him, that he had passed enough time with his father and a voice tells them, that they will only see each other again on Judgement Day. Thy bid farewell to each other and Lancelot ist driven out unto the sea again for another month full of prayers.&lt;br /&gt;
Lancelot finally arrives at a castle whose doors are open but guarded with two lions but before he canenter he is reprimanded by a voice that he will need the strength in the Lord more than his armor. (actually a suddenly appearing dwarf hits him after he readies sword and armor O_o ) &lt;br /&gt;
Lancelot thanks the Lord and manages to enter the castle through open doors and non-aggressive lions. Only a last door is closed to him and he tries to open it.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 15:    B  E&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
With all his strength he can’t open the door. He only hears an angelic voice praising the Lord. So he prays for God to let him in if he had done something in his life that had pleased him. The door opens and he sees that inside there is a richly decorated and bright altar, some angels and a holy vessel with a priest holding mass in front of it. Lancelot is warned to by that mysterios voice but after seeing the priest struggling while holds the young child of two other people aloft he enters to help the priest. And feels instantly burned and weakend. He falls to the ground, absolutely powerless, and is brought outside. There he is found the next morning and the people of the castle decide to look after him although he seems dead for many of them. &lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 16:   B I E &#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
For 24 days they serve Lancelot and as he suddenly awakes he is furious about it since he was shown great secrets and miracles in his sleep. He perceives those 24 (25th day he awakes) as his punishment for his 25 years being a sinner and he remebers that he hadn’t worn the hair-shirt (“hayr”) a hermit had given to him as he promised a year ago. [I’m at a complete loss with this .. shirt. Where in the book does he get it? ] Afterward wears the hair-shirt beneath his other clothing. He also is told that he will never see the Grail any closer than he already has and he accepts it, grateful for the mercy shown to him by God. &lt;br /&gt;
He then gives his full name and is happily greeting by the king for he is at the Castle of Carbonek and at King Pelles court.&lt;br /&gt;
The King relates the sad story of his dead daughter whereof Lancelot is genuinely sorry. After four days he wants to leave the court and suddenly during their last meal, that the Grail had provided, all the windows and doors of the castle close magically. A single knights shouts outside the castle that he wihes to enter and finally the king himself asks him, from a window, what this knight&#039;s business is and that he surley is not one knight of the quest and not in the service of the Lord. The knight introduces himself as Hector de Marys, brother of Sir Lancelot. When the king tells him that Lancelot is inside his castle, Sir Hector tells the king that his (Hector&#039;s) sorrow and shame are thereby doubled and that the &amp;quot;good man of the hill&amp;quot; said the truth about Gawayns and his dreams. The Sir Hector leaves as fast as possible.&lt;br /&gt;
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Cpt. 17:   B D&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
Sir Lancelot departs from King Pelles to travel back to the realm of Logrys and after a long travel he rests at a white Abbey. Here he finds a newly made tomb with an inscription stating that this is the grave of Bagdemagus of Gore who had been killed by Sir Gawayn. Lancelot mourns the loss. On his further way he visits the Abbey where Galahad won his shield and finally reaches Camelot, where he is greeted happily. More than half of the knights had been killed on their quest so far. The Sirs Hector, Gawayn and Lyonel were among those returned. Lancelot tells them all about his adventures and about the adventures of Percival, Galahad and Bors, of which he knew through the letter of Sir Percival&#039;s dead sister. He also tells the king that only one of these three knights will return to his court.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 18:   E G I&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
After many travels Sir Galahad comes to an Abbey, where he meets King Mordrayns (who must be quite old be now). The King tells him that he is the purest of all knights asks him to embrace him so that he may die (of age) in his arms. Galahad does as asked and even prays to God to visit him and god hears his prayer and the King departs. &lt;br /&gt;
As he travels on pure Galahad calms a boiling well, called Callahady&#039;s well, with a touch of his hand. And he later reaches the Abbey where Badgemagus tomb could be found and extinguishes the flames of teh burning tomb of Simeon, which only the knight that passes all other knights of the table round could accomplish and in which Sir Lancelot had already failed. Galahad relieves the spirit of a sinner that had done wrong to Joseph of Arimathea 354 years before by granting him a proper burial. [not sure I got the &amp;quot;who is who&amp;quot; right here]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Jens</name></author>
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		<title>Le Morte Darthur Book 17</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Jens: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Whenever I deem a passage to contain something of the below mentioned topics a mark it with corresponding letter, hope that it will help. And yes, Book 17 seems really just to contain bits and pieces thrown together with no apparent order.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
A - Aspect of cheap entertainment (Chapbooks) - personally I think all those &amp;quot;Action Scenes&amp;quot; could be part of this topic.&lt;br /&gt;
B - Prophecies, predictions of what is to come, moments of reflection when things happened as predicted &lt;br /&gt;
C - Marriage &amp;amp; Fidelity &lt;br /&gt;
D - Violence &amp;amp; second thoughts &lt;br /&gt;
E - Christianity and the heathen world, supernatural incidents, miracles, moments where other mythologies interfere&lt;br /&gt;
F - Gender roles &lt;br /&gt;
G - Is this text historical or fictional, do we get proofs, sources, doubts second thoughts on the status of the stories.&lt;br /&gt;
H - Modern adaptations: key scenes (which that are is yet to be determined) &lt;br /&gt;
I - Concepts of honour and morality in general and individual &lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Book 17.Cpt. 1: A B &#039;&#039;&#039;  &lt;br /&gt;
After he had rescued Sir Percival from the 20 knights, Sir Galahad traveled a vast forest and persists through many, not further mentioned, adventures. On his way to the sea he comes past a castle were a siege is taking place. He quickly decides to help those &amp;quot;good knights&amp;quot; in the castle and is soon attacked by the besieging knights. With them are Sir Gawayn and Sir Hector de Marys who recognize Galahad&#039;s white shield with the red cross and attack him. Galahad defeats them all and Gawayn receives a near fatal head wound. After all the &amp;quot;kights without&amp;quot; are chased off and Gawayn is brought to safety by Hector, Galahad simple rides away. &lt;br /&gt;
Gawayn marvels at the storys the tell about the sword from the lake and only after months is healed from his terrible wound. An Hector tells him that his quest has come to an end.&lt;br /&gt;
Sir Galahad rides on to Castle Carbonek (called Castle Corbin or Castle Corbin) rests nearby at a hermitage and is woken at night by a “gentilwoman” that asks him to get armed and follow her, for in the next three days she would grant him adventures never seen by a knight before. Galahad follows.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 2:B E F I&#039;&#039;&#039;  Galahad is lead to the castle of that “gentilwoman’s” lady where he rests some time before he is lead towards the sea by that “gentilwoman” and with them they carry a child and some riches. On the beach the ship,with cheering Bors and Percival on board, is waiting for them. As soon as they are on board the ship starts sailing again and all three knights exchange the storys of their adventures and their temptations. Bors is only missing Lancelot in his party. After a while they meet another ship between two big rocks. Writings on on the ship tell them, that only those of “steadfast believe” should enter the ship because the author of those letters would not help them if they should fail. At that point the “gentilwoman” reveals that she is Percival’s sister and warns him, that he will perish should he not firmly believe in Jesus Christ. Happy to see his sister, Percival replies that he, should he be an untrue knight, could as well perish.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 3:A E&#039;&#039;&#039;   On board of the other ship the the four find it full of riches and with a large bed in the middle, at it’s foot a sword could be found. The swords pommel was made a of multicolored stone and the cross guard (?) (“scales”) was made of the rips of two beasts: the Serpent of the Fiend and the Fish Ertanax. First should save its bearer from weariness and harm, the other would strengthen the bearer’s will as to focus solemly on the task before him and avoid distraction.. Percival and Bors both can’t draw the word and in Galahad’s hands it displayed strange red letters (like blood), telling him of the special powers of the sword and that only a man passing all other man would be able to draw it. Galahad doesn’t try to draw it out of disgust. &lt;br /&gt;
Percival’s sister remembers some tales in which the word is found on a ship and could only be employed by a severly wounded man against a muslim king who then died after returning the sword to the ship.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt.4:A G E&#039;&#039;&#039; They then see that the scabbard of the sword is made from snake skin and bears golden and silvern letters but the girdle was crude and unfitting to hold the scabbard. The letters read that he who wants to bear the sword should be hardier (&amp;quot; more harder&amp;quot;) than any other man. And that despite of the crude girdle the bearer should not be ashamed. The girdle could only be replaced by the hands of a virgin from royal blood. And a virgin she must stay all her life or a dreadful death would befall her.&lt;br /&gt;
As they turn the word they perceive it to be black, showing red letters which warn them, that the sword will turn on him that praises it most or to whom it is most courteous. Sir Percival&#039;s sister remembers a tale of a man called Nacyen who lived 40 years after the passion of Christ and who found the ship with the sword. First he couldn&#039;t draw it and the wind drives the ship to different places. And when he encountered a giant he found the sword out of his scabbard, praised it much and it broke at his first strike.&lt;br /&gt;
After meeting king &amp;quot;Mordrayne&amp;quot; on another ship Nacyen learns that he must have sinned and he (Mordryane probably) sets the pieces of teh sword together which is as good as new. They are then asked to leave the ship and Nacyen receives a sword stroke to his right foot for, as a voice claims, he was never worthy to handle the sword. &lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 5: E F&#039;&#039;&#039; another tale – King Pelles, later on called the Maimed King, was a great supporter of the church, found the ship after getting separated with all but one of his knightes he rode out for hunting. After reading the letters and entering the ship lone he tried to draw the sword and was struck by spear through both thighs a wound that could never be healed since then.  &lt;br /&gt;
We then switch back to the three knights, who find two swords and three white, green and red “spyndels” of vibrant color near the head of the bed. Sir Percival’s sister tells the knight’s the story how Eve planted the branch of the tree that carried “the apple” after their banishment from paradise into the earth and a majestic white tree grew out of it. After Adam and Eve had had sex under the tree it turned green and later, after Cain killed his brother Abel below it, it turned red and all plants expect this tree withered. Much later wise king Solomon reigned the marvellous red tree still existed.&lt;br /&gt;
King Solomon’s wife is said to be an evil woman and the king himself despises women in his books until the Holy Spirit tells him, that from his lineage will come a glorrious woman, from the man, who would not only be a formidable knight but also the last of Solomon’s bloodline and a virgin. [“man whiche shalle be a mayde”]&lt;br /&gt;
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Cpt. 6: B E F G&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
King Solomon kept studying and thought long time who could be this man and finally he told his wife about the prophecy. She asked him to have an excellent ship build and the sword of David fitted with a new pommel, crossguard and sheath. She herself outfitted the ship with riches and added the hempen girdle (against the protest of Solomon)to the sword. And  she forced a carpenter to cut enough wood from the white, the green and the red tree to craft three “spyndlys” out of it. Those were added to the bed. After all is done Solomons asks his wife what this all is about..&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 7 :  E A B G&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
At night Solomon dreams of angels that spray the ship with holy water (consecrate it?) and wirte on’s sides warnings for those that enter and on the sword another message. Shocked he retreats and the ship glided into the sea and vanished quickly while a little voice told Solomon that the knight he is looking for will rest in this bed and ship. He then told his wife about his dream. [Back on board the ship] Percival finds written news that tell them the story of the ship and the sword and they understand, that they must find a suitable girdle for the famous sword. Percival’s sister then produces a girdle made from her own hair that she had crafted as soon as she knew about her mission. And then Galahad is girded with the sword then called the Sword of the Strange Girdles. Then they leave the ship (of Solomon) and the winds drive them to the coast of Scotland, near to a castle on the cliffs. where Percival’s sister warns the knights about assailants, who know that they were Arthur’s knights.&lt;br /&gt;
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After introducing themselves to a squire of that castle who then returned with the message the hear horns and are warned by a “gentilwoman” to leave or they would die. Some well armed knights are dispatched from the castle to take the knights prisoners but are quickly killed or flee, while the knights take some of the horses and follow the survivers into the castle, were the kill quite many people. As they wonder on what they have done and are quite sure to have sinned. But why had God given them the strength to kill them?   A priest in the castle tells them that there is no need for self-doubt since the former lord (Earl Hernox) of this castle was fataly wounded thrown into prison by his three sons, who before that had  raped and then, when she told her father, killed her sister and afterwards killed priests and destroyed churches. The priests also says, that Earl Hernox forsaw the arrival of servants of God to redeem this injustice. &lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt 9   E B&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
Earl Hernox dies in Galahad’s arms and with his last breath asks the knight to go and seek out the Maimed King, for he will be healed by Galahad. &lt;br /&gt;
The three knights and Percival’s sister depart and on their travel they meet a white stag with four “lions” (?lyons) in a vast forest which they folllow to a hermitage were an armored priest conducts mass in a chapel, which the four travelers attend. In mass they see the white stag become a man and the lions turn into another man, a lion (…),  an eagle, and an ox, that all receive a blessing at the altar and leave, somehow incorporeal, through the painted glaswindow. Then the knights hear a voice that tells them that like this the Virgin Mary received his son. They ask the priest about what had happened and he explains to them, that they are choosen to learn about secrets of God himself and that they will bring an end to the “Sancgreal” (Sangreal – Holy Grail, probably: the quest for the grail).&lt;br /&gt;
The white stag and the lions are a symbol for Jesus  and the Evangelists but assumes that the knights won’t see these anymore. The knight’s rejoice and travel past a castle on the next day, when a knight bearing a message comes after them.&lt;br /&gt;
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Cpt. 10   I A &#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
The knight from the castle asks Percival’s sister to give a dish full of her maiden blood as it is custom. The three knights defend her and even manage fend off massive superior number of knights (soldiers), Galahad seemingly going berserk, until nightfall. They are then invited into the castle to rest and learn about this custom.&lt;br /&gt;
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Bors, Galahad, Percival and his sister accept and learn that the blood of a maiden is needed to cure the Lady of the castle. &lt;br /&gt;
Percival’s sister offers to heal the lady with her blood and  voluntarily gives enough to heal the lady as well as to kill herself. Her last wish is her body to be send forth on a ship so that, as she forsees, she will arrive in due time at the city of Sarras where she is going to be buried under a tower were Percival and Galahad,too, shall be buried at some point in time. Percival fullfills her wish and even adds a letter that contains all her deeds to her dead hands. After a strong tempest the three knights see a wounded knight praying to God for help and being chased by a “dwarf” and Bors sets out save that knight.&lt;br /&gt;
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Galahad and Percival pray all night for Bors save return. And when they leave the chappel the find everyone in the castle dead and hear a voice that names this God’s vengeance for the shedding of virgin blood. They then find 36 the well preserved tombs of the “maydens that were martred for the seke ladyes sake”, all of whom were of royal blood. Then they leave the castle.&lt;br /&gt;
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While Lanceleot is resting near the “waters of Mortoyse” he receives a vision that aks him to board the first ship that he may find. On a beach he finds a ship without sail or oars and as soon as he enters he is overwhelmed with joy and falls asleep. As he awakes he finds Percival’s dead sister on a bed in the ship and reads of her and her brother’s deeds. &lt;br /&gt;
Lancelot stays onboard the ship for a month and ist sustained by prayers alone. One night he meets his son Galahad and both are full of joy and, as he sees Percival’s dead sister on the bed, tell each other stories of their deeds. Lancelot is especially keen to hear and praise the sword Galahad procured on the ship of Solomon. Both travel together on the ship for half a year and worship good, while again and again fight against wild beasts on unchartered isles, which is not elaborated on since it has nothing to to with the grail.&lt;br /&gt;
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On a Monday Galahad is picked up by heavily armored knight who tells him, that he had passed enough time with his father and a voice tells them, that they will only see each other again on Judgement Day. Thy bid farewell to each other and Lancelot ist driven out unto the sea again for another month full of prayers.&lt;br /&gt;
Lancelot finally arrives at a castle whose doors are open but guarded with two lions but before he canenter he is reprimanded by a voice that he will need the strength in the Lord more than his armor. (actually a suddenly appearing dwarf hits him after he readies sword and armor O_o ) &lt;br /&gt;
Lancelot thanks the Lord and manages to enter the castle through open doors and non-aggressive lions. Only a last door is closed to him and he tries to open it.&lt;br /&gt;
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With all his strength he can’t open the door. He only hears an angelic voice praising the Lord. So he prays for God to let him in if he had done something in his life that had pleased him. The door opens and he sees that inside there is a richly decorated and bright altar, some angels and a holy vessel with a priest holding mass in front of it. Lancelot is warned to by that mysterios voice but after seeing the priest struggling while holds the young child of two other people aloft he enters to help the priest. And feels instantly burned and weakend. He falls to the ground, absolutely powerless, and is brought outside. There he is found the next morning and the people of the castle decide to look after him although he seems dead for many of them. &lt;br /&gt;
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For 24 days they serve Lancelot and as he suddenly awakes he is furious about it since he was shown great secrets and miracles in his sleep. He perceives those 24 (25th day he awakes) as his punishment for his 25 years being a sinner and he remebers that he hadn’t worn the hair-shirt (“hayr”) a hermit had given to him as he promised a year ago. [I’m at a complete loss with this .. shirt. Where in the book does he get it? ] Afterward wears the hair-shirt beneath his other clothing. He also is told that he will never see the Grail any closer than he already has and he accepts it, grateful for the mercy shown to him by God. &lt;br /&gt;
He then gives his full name and is happily greeting by the king for he is at the Castle of Carbonek and at King Pelles court.&lt;br /&gt;
The King relates the sad story of his dead daughter whereof Lancelot is genuinely sorry. After four days he wants to leave the court and suddenly during their last meal, that the Grail had provided, all the windows and doors of the castle close magically. A single knights shouts outside the castle that he wihes to enter and finally the king himself asks him, from a window, what this knight&#039;s business is and that he surley is not one knight of the quest and not in the service of the Lord. The knight introduces himself as Hector de Marys, brother of Sir Lancelot. When the king tells him that Lancelot is inside his castle, Sir Hector tells the king that his (Hector&#039;s) sorrow and shame are thereby doubled and that the &amp;quot;good man of the hill&amp;quot; said the truth about Gawayns and his dreams. The Sir Hector leaves as fast as possible.&lt;br /&gt;
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Cpt. 17 B D&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
Sir Lancelot departs from King Pelles to travel back to the realm of Logrys and after a long travel he rests at a white Abbey. Here he finds a newly made tomb with an inscription stating that this is the grave of Bagdemagus of Gore who had been killed by Sir Gawayn. Lancelot mourns the loss. On his further way he visits the Abbey where Galahad won his shield and finally reaches Camelot, where he is greeted happily. More than half of the knights had been killed on their quest so far. The Sirs Hector, Gawayn and Lyonel were among those returned. Lancelot tells them all about his adventures and about the adventures of Percival, Galahad and Bors, of which he knew through the letter of Sir Percival&#039;s dead sister. He also tells the king that only one of these three knights will return to his court.&lt;br /&gt;
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After many travels Sir Galahad comes to an Abbey, where he meets King Mordrayns (who must be quite old be now). The King tells him that he is the purest of all knights asks him to embrace him so that he may die (of age) in his arms. Galahad does as asked and even prays to God to visit him and god hears his prayer and the King departs. &lt;br /&gt;
As he travels on pure Galahad calms a boiling well, called Callahady&#039;s well, with a touch of his hand. And he later reaches the Abbey where Badgemagus tomb could be found and extinguishes the flames of teh burning tomb of Simeon, which only the knight that passes all other knights of the table round could accomplish and in which Sir Lancelot had already failed. Galahad relieves the spirit of a sinner that had done wrong to Joseph of Arimathea 354 years before by granting him a proper burial. [not sure I got the &amp;quot;who is who&amp;quot; right here]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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&lt;div&gt;Whenever I deem a passage to contain something of the below mentioned topics a mark it with corresponding letter, hope that it will help. And yes, Book 17 seems really just to contain bits and pieces thrown together with no apparent order.&lt;br /&gt;
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A - Aspect of cheap entertainment (Chapbooks) - personally I think all those &amp;quot;Action Scenes&amp;quot; could be part of this topic.&lt;br /&gt;
B - Prophecies, predictions of what is to come, moments of reflection when things happened as predicted &lt;br /&gt;
C - Marriage &amp;amp; Fidelity &lt;br /&gt;
D - Violence &amp;amp; second thoughts &lt;br /&gt;
E - Christianity and the heathen world, supernatural incidents, miracles, moments where other mythologies interfere&lt;br /&gt;
F - Gender roles &lt;br /&gt;
G - Is this text historical or fictional, do we get proofs, sources, doubts second thoughts on the status of the stories.&lt;br /&gt;
H - Modern adaptations: key scenes (which that are is yet to be determined) &lt;br /&gt;
I - Concepts of honour and morality in general and individual &lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Book 17.Cpt. 1: A B &#039;&#039;&#039;  &lt;br /&gt;
After he had rescued Sir Percival from the 20 knights, Sir Galahad traveled a vast forest and persists through many, not further mentioned, adventures. On his way to the sea he comes past a castle were a siege is taking place. He quickly decides to help those &amp;quot;good knights&amp;quot; in the castle and is soon attacked by the besieging knights. With them are Sir Gawayn and Sir Hector de Marys who recognize Galahad&#039;s white shield with the red cross and attack him. Galahad defeats them all and Gawayn receives a near fatal head wound. After all the &amp;quot;kights without&amp;quot; are chased off and Gawayn is brought to safety by Hector, Galahad simple rides away. &lt;br /&gt;
Gawayn marvels at the storys the tell about the sword from the lake and only after months is healed from his terrible wound. An Hector tells him that his quest has come to an end.&lt;br /&gt;
Sir Galahad rides on to Castle Carbonek (called Castle Corbin or Castle Corbin) rests nearby at a hermitage and is woken at night by a “gentilwoman” that asks him to get armed and follow her, for in the next three days she would grant him adventures never seen by a knight before. Galahad follows.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 2:B E F I&#039;&#039;&#039;  Galahad is lead to the castle of that “gentilwoman’s” lady where he rests some time before he is lead towards the sea by that “gentilwoman” and with them they carry a child and some riches. On the beach the ship,with cheering Bors and Percival on board, is waiting for them. As soon as they are on board the ship starts sailing again and all three knights exchange the storys of their adventures and their temptations. Bors is only missing Lancelot in his party. After a while they meet another ship between two big rocks. Writings on on the ship tell them, that only those of “steadfast believe” should enter the ship because the author of those letters would not help them if they should fail. At that point the “gentilwoman” reveals that she is Percival’s sister and warns him, that he will perish should he not firmly believe in Jesus Christ. Happy to see his sister, Percival replies that he, should he be an untrue knight, could as well perish.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 3:A E&#039;&#039;&#039;   On board of the other ship the the four find it full of riches and with a large bed in the middle, at it’s foot a sword could be found. The swords pommel was made a of multicolored stone and the cross guard (?) (“scales”) was made of the rips of two beasts: the Serpent of the Fiend and the Fish Ertanax. First should save its bearer from weariness and harm, the other would strengthen the bearer’s will as to focus solemly on the task before him and avoid distraction.. Percival and Bors both can’t draw the word and in Galahad’s hands it displayed strange red letters (like blood), telling him of the special powers of the sword and that only a man passing all other man would be able to draw it. Galahad doesn’t try to draw it out of disgust. &lt;br /&gt;
Percival’s sister remembers some tales in which the word is found on a ship and could only be employed by a severly wounded man against a muslim king who then died after returning the sword to the ship.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt.4:A G E&#039;&#039;&#039; They then see that the scabbard of the sword is made from snake skin and bears golden and silvern letters but the girdle was crude and unfitting to hold the scabbard. The letters read that he who wants to bear the sword should be hardier (&amp;quot; more harder&amp;quot;) than any other man. And that despite of the crude girdle the bearer should not be ashamed. The girdle could only be replaced by the hands of a virgin from royal blood. And a virgin she must stay all her life or a dreadful death would befall her.&lt;br /&gt;
As they turn the word they perceive it to be black, showing red letters which warn them, that the sword will turn on him that praises it most or to whom it is most courteous. Sir Percival&#039;s sister remembers a tale of a man called Nacyen who lived 40 years after the passion of Christ and who found the ship with the sword. First he couldn&#039;t draw it and the wind drives the ship to different places. And when he encountered a giant he found the sword out of his scabbard, praised it much and it broke at his first strike.&lt;br /&gt;
After meeting king &amp;quot;Mordrayne&amp;quot; on another ship Nacyen learns that he must have sinned and he (Mordryane probably) sets the pieces of teh sword together which is as good as new. They are then asked to leave the ship and Nacyen receives a sword stroke to his right foot for, as a voice claims, he was never worthy to handle the sword. &lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 5: E F&#039;&#039;&#039; another tale – King Pelles, later on called the Maimed King, was a great supporter of the church, found the ship after getting separated with all but one of his knightes he rode out for hunting. After reading the letters and entering the ship lone he tried to draw the sword and was struck by spear through both thighs a wound that could never be healed since then.  &lt;br /&gt;
We then switch back to the three knights, who find two swords and three white, green and red “spyndels” of vibrant color near the head of the bed. Sir Percival’s sister tells the knight’s the story how Eve planted the branch of the tree that carried “the apple” after their banishment from paradise into the earth and a majestic white tree grew out of it. After Adam and Eve had had sex under the tree it turned green and later, after Cain killed his brother Abel below it, it turned red and all plants expect this tree withered. Much later wise king Solomon reigned the marvellous red tree still existed.&lt;br /&gt;
King Solomon’s wife is said to be an evil woman and the king himself despises women in his books until the Holy Spirit tells him, that from his lineage will come a glorrious woman, from the man, who would not only be a formidable knight but also the last of Solomon’s bloodline and a virgin. [“man whiche shalle be a mayde”]&lt;br /&gt;
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King Solomon kept studying and thought long time who could be this man and finally he told his wife about the prophecy. She asked him to have an excellent ship build and the sword of David fitted with a new pommel, crossguard and sheath. She herself outfitted the ship with riches and added the hempen girdle (against the protest of Solomon)to the sword. And  she forced a carpenter to cut enough wood from the white, the green and the red tree to craft three “spyndlys” out of it. Those were added to the bed. After all is done Solomons asks his wife what this all is about..&lt;br /&gt;
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At night Solomon dreams of angels that spray the ship with holy water (consecrate it?) and wirte on’s sides warnings for those that enter and on the sword another message. Shocked he retreats and the ship glided into the sea and vanished quickly while a little voice told Solomon that the knight he is looking for will rest in this bed and ship. He then told his wife about his dream. [Back on board the ship] Percival finds written news that tell them the story of the ship and the sword and they understand, that they must find a suitable girdle for the famous sword. Percival’s sister then produces a girdle made from her own hair that she had crafted as soon as she knew about her mission. And then Galahad is girded with the sword then called the Sword of the Strange Girdles. Then they leave the ship (of Solomon) and the winds drive them to the coast of Scotland, near to a castle on the cliffs. where Percival’s sister warns the knights about assailants, who know that they were Arthur’s knights.&lt;br /&gt;
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After introducing themselves to a squire of that castle who then returned with the message the hear horns and are warned by a “gentilwoman” to leave or they would die. Some well armed knights are dispatched from the castle to take the knights prisoners but are quickly killed or flee, while the knights take some of the horses and follow the survivers into the castle, were the kill quite many people. As they wonder on what they have done and are quite sure to have sinned. But why had God given them the strength to kill them?   A priest in the castle tells them that there is no need for self-doubt since the former lord (Earl Hernox) of this castle was fataly wounded thrown into prison by his three sons, who before that had  raped and then, when she told her father, killed her sister and afterwards killed priests and destroyed churches. The priests also says, that Earl Hernox forsaw the arrival of servants of God to redeem this injustice. &lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt 9&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
Earl Hernox dies in Galahad’s arms and with his last breath asks the knight to go and seek out the Maimed King, for he will be healed by Galahad. &lt;br /&gt;
The three knights and Percival’s sister depart and on their travel they meet a white stag with four “lions” (?lyons) in a vast forest which they folllow to a hermitage were an armored priest conducts mass in a chapel, which the four travelers attend. In mass they see the white stag become a man and the lions turn into another man, a lion (…),  an eagle, and an ox, that all receive a blessing at the altar and leave, somehow incorporeal, through the painted glaswindow. Then the knights hear a voice that tells them that like this the Virgin Mary received his son. They ask the priest about what had happened and he explains to them, that they are choosen to learn about secrets of God himself and that they will bring an end to the “Sancgreal” (Sangreal – Holy Grail, probably: the quest for the grail).&lt;br /&gt;
The white stag and the lions are a symbol for Jesus  and the Evangelists but assumes that the knights won’t see these anymore. The knight’s rejoice and travel past a castle on the next day, when a knight bearing a message comes after them.&lt;br /&gt;
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Cpt. 10&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
The knight from tha castle asks Percival’s sister to give a vessel full of her maiden blood as it is custom. The three knights defend her and even manage fend off massive superior number of knights (soldiers), Galahad seemingly going berserk, until nightfall. They are then invited into the castle to rest and learn about this custom.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 11&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
Bors, Galahad, Percival and his sister accept and learn that the blood of a maiden is neede to cure the Lady of the castle. &lt;br /&gt;
Percival’s sister offers to heal the lady with her blood and  voluntarily gives enough to heal the lady but to kill herself. Her last wish is her body to be send forth in a small boat so that, as she forsees, she will arrive in due time at the city of Sarras where she is going to be buried under a tower were Percival and Galahad,too, shall be buried at some point in time. Percival fullfills her wish and even adds a letter that contains all her deeds to her dead hands. After a strong tempest the three knights see a wounded knight praying to God for help and being chased by a “dwarf” and Bors sets out save that knight.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt.12&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
Galahad and Percival pray all night for Bors save return. And when they leave the chappel the find everyone in the castle dead and hear a voice that names this God’s vengeance for the shedding of virgin blood. They then find 36 the well preserved tombs of the “maydens that were martred for the seke ladyes sake”, all of whom had royal blood. Then they leave the castle.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 13&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
While Lanceleot is resting near the “waters of Mortoyse” he receives a vision that aks him to board the first ship that he may find. On a beach he finds a ship without sail or oars and as soon as he enters he is overwhelmed with joy and falls asleep. As he awakes he finds Percival’s dead sister on a bed in the ship and reads of her and her brother’s deeds. &lt;br /&gt;
Lancelot stays onboard the ship for a month and ist sustained by prayers alone.One night  he meets his son Galahad and both are full of joy and, as he sees Percival’s dead sister on the bed, tell each other stories of their deeds. Lancelot is especially keen to hear and praise the sword Galahad procured on the ship of Solomon. Both travel together on the ship for half a year and worship good, while again and again fight against wild beasts on unchartered isles, which is not elaborated on since it has nothing to to with the grail.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 14&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
On a Monday Galahad is picked up by heavily armored knight who tells him, that he had passed enough time with his father and a voice tells them, that they will only see each other again on judgement day. Thy bid farewell to each other and Lancelot ist driven out unto the see again for another month of full of prayers.&lt;br /&gt;
Lancelot finally arrives at a castle whose doors are open but guarded with two lions but before he canenter he is reprimanded by a voice that he will need the strength in the Lord more than his armor. (actually a suddenly appearing dwarf hits him after he readies sword and armor O_o ) &lt;br /&gt;
Lancelot thanks the Lord and manages to enter the castle through open doors and non-aggressive lions. Only a last door is closed to him and he tries to open it.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 15&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
With all his strength he can’t open the door. He only hears an angelic voice praising the Lord. So he prays for God to let him in if he had done something in his life that had pleased him. The door opens and he sees that inside there is a richly decorated and bright altar, some angels and a holy vessel with a priest holding mass in front of it. Lancelot is warned to by that mysterios voice but after seeing the priest struggling while holds the young child of two other people aloft he enters to help the priest. And feels instantly burned and weakend. He falls to the ground, absolutely powerless, and is brought outside. There he is found the next morning and the people of the castle decide to look after him although he seems dead for many of them. &lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 16&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
For 24 days they serve Lancelot and as he suddenly awakes he is furious about it sine he was shown great secrets and miracles in his sleep. He perceives thos 24 (25th day he awakes) as his punishment for his 25 years being a sinner and he remebers that he hadn’t worn the hair-shirt (“hayr”) a hermit had given to him as he promised a year ago. [I’m at a complete loss with this .. shirt. Where in the book does he get it? ] Afterward wears the hair-shirt beneath his other clothing. He also is told that he will never see the Grail any closer than he already has and he accepts it, grateful for the mercy shown to him by God. &lt;br /&gt;
He then gives his full name and is happily greeting by the king for he is at the Castle of Carbonek and at King Pelles court.&lt;br /&gt;
The King relates the sad story of his dead daughter whereof Lancelot is genuinely sorry. After four days he wants to leave the court and suddenly during their last meal, that the Grail had provided, all the windows and doors of the castle close magically. A single knights shouts outside the castle that he sihes to enter and finally the king himself asks him, from a window, what ths knight&#039;s business is and that he surley is not one knight of the quest and not in the service of the Lord. The knight introduces himself as Hector de Marys, brother of Sir Lancelot. When the king tells him that Lancelot is inside his castle, Sir Hector tells the king that his (Hector&#039;s) sorrow and shame are thereby doubled and that the &amp;quot;good man of the hill&amp;quot; said teh truth about Gawayns and his dreams. The Sir Hector leaves as fast as possible.&lt;br /&gt;
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Cpt. 17&lt;br /&gt;
Sir Lancelot departs from King Pelles to travel back to the realm of Logrys and after a long travel he rests at a white Abbey. Here he finds a newly made tomb with an inscription stating that this is teh grave of Bagdemagus of Gore who had been killed by Sir Gawayn. Lancelot mourns the loss. On his further way he visits the Abbey where Galahad won his shield and finally reaches Camelot, where he is greeted happily. More than half of the knights had been killed on their quest so far. The Sirs Hector, Gawayn and Lyonel were among those returned. Lancelot tells them all about his adventures and about the adventures of Percival,Galahad and Bors, of which he knew through the letter of Sir Percival&#039;s dead sister. He also tells teh king that only one of these three knights will return to his court.&lt;br /&gt;
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Cpt. 18&lt;br /&gt;
After many travels Sir Galahad comes to an Abbey, where he meets King Mordrayns. The King tells him that he is the purest of all knights asks him to embrace him so that he may die (of age) in his arms. Galahad does as asked and even prays to God to visit him and god hears his prayer and the King departs. &lt;br /&gt;
As he travels on pure Galahad calms a boiling well, called Callahady&#039;s well, with a touch of his hand. And he later reaches the Abbey where Badgemagus tomb could be found and extinguishes the flames of teh burning tomb of Simeon, which only the knight that passes all other knights of the table round could accomplish and in which Sir Lancelot had already failed. Galahad relieves the spirit of a sinner that had done wrong to Joseph of Arimathea 354 years before by granting him a proper burial. [not sure I got the &amp;quot;who is who&amp;quot; right here]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>Le Morte Darthur Book 17</title>
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&lt;div&gt; Just thought that anyone interested could already skim through it to get a glimpse of the story so far - and yes, it is really just bits and pieces thrown together with no apparent order.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Book 17.Cpt. 1:&#039;&#039;&#039;  &lt;br /&gt;
After he had rescued Sir Percival from the 20 knights, Sir Galahad traveled a vast forest and persists through many, not further mentioned, adventures. On his way to the sea he comes past a castle were a siege is taking place. He quickly decides to help tho &amp;quot;good knights&amp;quot; in the castle and is soon attacked by the besieging knights. With them are Sir Gawayn and Sir Hector de Marys who recognize Galahad&#039;s white shield with the red cross and attack him. Galahad defeats them all and Gawayn receives a near fatal head wound. After all the &amp;quot;kights without&amp;quot; are chased off and Gawayn rought to safety by Hector galahad simple rides away. &lt;br /&gt;
Gawayn marvels at the storys the tell about the sword from the lake and only after months is healed from his terrible wound. An Hector tells him that his quest has come to an end.[Beginning missing - will be added] &lt;br /&gt;
Sir Galahad rides on to Castle Carbonek (called Castle Corbin or Castle Corbin) rests nearby at a hermitage and is woken at night by a “gentilwoman” that asks him to get armed and follow her, for in the next three days she would grant him adventures never seen by a knight before. Galahad follows.&lt;br /&gt;
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Cpt. 2:  Galahad is lead to the castle of that “gentilwoman’s” lady where he rests some time before he is lead towards the sea by that “gentilwoman” and with them they carry a child and some riches. On the beach the ship,with cheering Bors and Percival on board, is waiting for them. As soon as they are on board the ship starts sailing again and all three knights exchange the storys of their adventures and their temptations. Bors is only missing Lancelot in his party. After a while they meet another ship between two big rocks. Writings on on the ship tell them, that only those of “steadfast believe” should enter the ship because the author of those letters would not help them if they should fail. At that point the “gentilwoman” reveals that she is Percival’s sister and warns him, that he will perish should he not firmly believe in Jesus Christ. Happy to see his sister, Percival replies that he, should he be an untrue knight, could as well perish.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 3:&#039;&#039;&#039;  On board of the other ship the the four find it full of riches and with a large bed in the middle, at it’s foot a sword could be found. The swords pommel was made a of multicolored stone and the cross guard (?) (“scales”) was made of the rips of two beasts: the Serpent of the Fiend and the Fish Ertanax. First should save its bearer from weariness and harm, the other would strengthen the bearer’s will as to focus solemly on the task before him and avoid distraction.. Percival and Bors both can’t draw the word and in Galahad’s hands it displayed strange red letters (like blood), telling him of the special powers of the sword and that only a man passing all other man would be able to draw it. Galahad doesn’t ry to draw it out of disgust. &lt;br /&gt;
Percival’s sister remembers some tales in which the word is found on a ship and could only be employed by a severly wounded man against a muslim king who then died after returning the sword to the ship.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt.4:&#039;&#039;&#039; They then see that the scabbard of the sword is made from snake skin and bears golden and silvern letters but the girdle was crude and unfitting to hold the scabbard. The letters read that he who wants to bear the sword should be hardier (&amp;quot; more harder&amp;quot;) than any other man. And that despite of the crude girdle the bearer should not be ashamed. The girdle could only be replaced by the hands of a virgin from royal blood. And a virgin she must stay all her life or a dreadful death would befall her.&lt;br /&gt;
As they turn the word they perceive it to be black, showing red letters which warn them, that the sword will turn on him that praises it most or to whom it is most courteous. Sir Percival&#039;s sister remembers a tale of a man called Nacyen who lived 40 years after the passion of christ and who found the ship with the sword. First he couldn&#039;t draw it and teh wind drives the ship to different places. And when he encountered a giant he found the sword out of his scabbard, praised it much and it broke at his first strike.&lt;br /&gt;
After meeting king &amp;quot;Mordrayne&amp;quot; on another ship Nacyen learns that he must have sinned and he (Mordryane probably) sets the pieces of teh sword together which is as good as new. They are then asked to leave the ship and Nacyen receives a sword stroke to his right foot for , as a voice claims, he was never worthy to handle the sword. &lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 5:&#039;&#039;&#039; another tale – King Pelles, later on called the Maimed King, was a great supporter of the church, found the ship after getting separated with all but one of his knightes he rode out for hunting. After reading the letters and entering the ship lone he tried to draw the sword and was struck by spear through both thighs  a wound that could never be healed since then.  &lt;br /&gt;
We then switch back to the three knights, who find two swords and three white, green and red “spyndels” of vibrant color near the head of the bed. Sir Percival’s sister tells the knight’s the story how Eve planted the branch of the tree that carried “the apple” after their banishment from paradise into the earth and a majestic white tree grew out of it. After Adam and Eve had had sex under the tree it turned green and later, after Cain killed his brother Abel below it, it turned red and all plants expect this tree withered. Much later wise king Solomon reigned the marvellous red tree still existed.&lt;br /&gt;
King Solomon’s wife is said to be an evil woman and the king himself despises women in his books until the Holy Spirit tells him, that from his lineage will come a glorrious woman, from the man, who would not only be a formidable knight but also the last of Solomon’s bloodline and a virgin. [“man whiche shalle be a mayde”]&lt;br /&gt;
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Cpt. 6:&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
King Solomon kept studying and thought long time who could be this man and finally he told his wife about the prophecy. She asked him to have an excellent ship build and the sword of David fitted with a new pommel, crossguard and sheath. She herself outfitted the ship with riches and added the hempen girdle (against the protest of Solomon)to the sword. And  she forced a carpenter to cut enough wood from the white, the green and the red tree to craft three “spyndlys” out of it. Those were added to the bed. After all is done Solomons asks his wife what this all is about..&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 7 :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
At night Solomon dreams of angels that spray the ship with holy water (consecrate it?) and wirte on’s sides warnings for those that enter and on the sword another message. Shocked he retreats and the ship glided into the sea and vanished quickly while a little voice told Solomon that the knight he is looking for will rest in this bed and ship. He then told his wife about his dream. [Back on board the ship] Percival finds written news that tell them the story of the ship and the sword and they understand, that they must find a suitable girdle for the famous sword. Percival’s sister then produces a girdle made from her own hair that she had crafted as soon as she knew about her mission. And then Galahad is girded with the sword then called the Sword of the Strange Girdles. Then they leave the ship (of Solomon) and the winds drive them to the coast of Scotland, near to a castle on the cliffs. where Percival’s sister warns the knights about assailants, who know that they were Arthur’s knights.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 8&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
After introducing themselves to a squire of that castle who then returned with the message the hear horns and are warned by a “gentilwoman” to leave or they would die. Some well armed knights are dispatched from the castle to take the knights prisoners but are quickly killed or flee, while the knights take some of the horses and follow the survivers into the castle, were the kill quite many people. As they wonder on what they have done and are quite sure to have sinned. But why had God given them the strength to kill them?   A priest in the castle tells them that there is no need for self-doubt since the former lord (Earl Hernox) of this castle was fataly wounded thrown into prison by his three sons, who before that had  raped and then, when she told her father, killed her sister and afterwards killed priests and destroyed churches. The priests also says, that Earl Hernox forsaw the arrival of servants of God to redeem this injustice. &lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt 9&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
Earl Hernox dies in Galahad’s arms and with his last breath asks the knight to go and seek out the Maimed King, for he will be healed by Galahad. &lt;br /&gt;
The three knights and Percival’s sister depart and on their travel they meet a white stag with four “lions” (?lyons) in a vast forest which they folllow to a hermitage were an armored priest conducts mass in a chapel, which the four travelers attend. In mass they see the white stag become a man and the lions turn into another man, a lion (…),  an eagle, and an ox, that all receive a blessing at the altar and leave, somehow incorporeal, through the painted glaswindow. Then the knights hear a voice that tells them that like this the Virgin Mary received his son. They ask the priest about what had happened and he explains to them, that they are choosen to learn about secrets of God himself and that they will bring an end to the “Sancgreal” (Sangreal – Holy Grail, probably: the quest for the grail).&lt;br /&gt;
The white stag and the lions are a symbol for Jesus  and the Evangelists but assumes that the knights won’t see these anymore. The knight’s rejoice and travel past a castle on the next day, when a knight bearing a message comes after them.&lt;br /&gt;
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Cpt. 10&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
The knight from tha castle asks Percival’s sister to give a vessel full of her maiden blood as it is custom. The three knights defend her and even manage fend off massive superior number of knights (soldiers), Galahad seemingly going berserk, until nightfall. They are then invited into the castle to rest and learn about this custom.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 11&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
Bors, Galahad, Percival and his sister accept and learn that the blood of a maiden is neede to cure the Lady of the castle. &lt;br /&gt;
Percival’s sister offers to heal the lady with her blood and  voluntarily gives enough to heal the lady but to kill herself. Her last wish is her body to be send forth in a small boat so that, as she forsees, she will arrive in due time at the city of Sarras where she is going to be buried under a tower were Percival and Galahad,too, shall be buried at some point in time. Percival fullfills her wish and even adds a letter that contains all her deeds to her dead hands. After a strong tempest the three knights see a wounded knight praying to God for help and being chased by a “dwarf” and Bors sets out save that knight.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt.12&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
Galahad and Percival pray all night for Bors save return. And when they leave the chappel the find everyone in the castle dead and hear a voice that names this God’s vengeance for the shedding of virgin blood. They then find 36 the well preserved tombs of the “maydens that were martred for the seke ladyes sake”, all of whom had royal blood. Then they leave the castle.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 13&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
While Lanceleot is resting near the “waters of Mortoyse” he receives a vision that aks him to board the first ship that he may find. On a beach he finds a ship without sail or oars and as soon as he enters he is overwhelmed with joy and falls asleep. As he awakes he finds Percival’s dead sister on a bed in the ship and reads of her and her brother’s deeds. &lt;br /&gt;
Lancelot stays onboard the ship for a month and ist sustained by prayers alone.One night  he meets his son Galahad and both are full of joy and, as he sees Percival’s dead sister on the bed, tell each other stories of their deeds. Lancelot is especially keen to hear and praise the sword Galahad procured on the ship of Solomon. Both travel together on the ship for half a year and worship good, while again and again fight against wild beasts on unchartered isles, which is not elaborated on since it has nothing to to with the grail.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 14&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
On a Monday Galahad is picked up by heavily armored knight who tells him, that he had passed enough time with his father and a voice tells them, that they will only see each other again on judgement day. Thy bid farewell to each other and Lancelot ist driven out unto the see again for another month of full of prayers.&lt;br /&gt;
Lancelot finally arrives at a castle whose doors are open but guarded with two lions but before he canenter he is reprimanded by a voice that he will need the strength in the Lord more than his armor. (actually a suddenly appearing dwarf hits him after he readies sword and armor O_o ) &lt;br /&gt;
Lancelot thanks the Lord and manages to enter the castle through open doors and non-aggressive lions. Only a last door is closed to him and he tries to open it.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 15&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
With all his strength he can’t open the door. He only hears an angelic voice praising the Lord. So he prays for God to let him in if he had done something in his life that had pleased him. The door opens and he sees that inside there is a richly decorated and bright altar, some angels and a holy vessel with a priest holding mass in front of it. Lancelot is warned to by that mysterios voice but after seeing the priest struggling while holds the young child of two other people aloft he enters to help the priest. And feels instantly burned and weakend. He falls to the ground, absolutely powerless, and is brought outside. There he is found the next morning and the people of the castle decide to look after him although he seems dead for many of them. &lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 16&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
For 24 days they serve Lancelot and as he suddenly awakes he is furious about it sine he was shown great secrets and miracles in his sleep. He perceives thos 24 (25th day he awakes) as his punishment for his 25 years being a sinner and he remebers that he hadn’t worn the hair-shirt (“hayr”) a hermit had given to him as he promised a year ago. [I’m at a complete loss with this .. shirt. Where in the book does he get it? ] Afterward wears the hair-shirt beneath his other clothing. He also is told that he will never see the Grail any closer than he already has and he accepts it, grateful for the mercy shown to him by God. &lt;br /&gt;
He then gives his full name and is happily greeting by the king for he is at the Castle of Carbonek and at King Pelles court.&lt;br /&gt;
The King relates the sad story of his dead daughter whereof Lancelot is genuinely sorry. After four days he wants to leave the court and suddenly during their last meal, that the Grail had provided, all the windows and doors of the castle close magically. A single knights shouts outside the castle that he sihes to enter and finally the king himself asks him, from a window, what ths knight&#039;s business is and that he surley is not one knight of the quest and not in the service of the Lord. The knight introduces himself as Hector de Marys, brother of Sir Lancelot. When the king tells him that Lancelot is inside his castle, Sir Hector tells the king that his (Hector&#039;s) sorrow and shame are thereby doubled and that the &amp;quot;good man of the hill&amp;quot; said teh truth about Gawayns and his dreams. The Sir Hector leaves as fast as possible.&lt;br /&gt;
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Cpt. 17&lt;br /&gt;
Sir Lancelot departs from King Pelles to travel back to the realm of Logrys and after a long travel he rests at a white Abbey. Here he finds a newly made tomb with an inscription stating that this is teh grave of Bagdemagus of Gore who had been killed by Sir Gawayn. Lancelot mourns the loss. On his further way he visits the Abbey where Galahad won his shield and finally reaches Camelot, where he is greeted happily. More than half of the knights had been killed on their quest so far. The Sirs Hector, Gawayn and Lyonel were among those returned. Lancelot tells them all about his adventures and about the adventures of Percival,Galahad and Bors, of which he knew through the letter of Sir Percival&#039;s dead sister. He also tells teh king that only one of these three knights will return to his court.&lt;br /&gt;
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Cpt. 18&lt;br /&gt;
After many travels Sir Galahad comes to an Abbey, where he meets King Mordrayns. The King tells him that he is the purest of all knights asks him to embrace him so that he may die (of age) in his arms. Galahad does as asked and even prays to God to visit him and god hears his prayer and the King departs. &lt;br /&gt;
As he travels on pure Galahad calms a boiling well, called Callahady&#039;s well, with a touch of his hand. And he later reaches the Abbey where Badgemagus tomb could be found and extinguishes the flames of teh burning tomb of Simeon, which only the knight that passes all other knights of the table round could accomplish and in which Sir Lancelot had already failed. Galahad relieves the spirit of a sinner that had done wrong to Joseph of Arimathea 354 years before by granting him a proper burial. [not sure I got the &amp;quot;who is who&amp;quot; right here]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>Le Morte Darthur Book 17</title>
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&lt;div&gt;This is my first sketch. will end it tomorrow morning or later this night. - will also add remarks which chapter relates to what topic of ours. Just thought that anyone interested could already skim through it to get a glimpse of the story so far.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Book 17.Cpt. 1:&#039;&#039;&#039;  &lt;br /&gt;
After he had rescued Sir Percival from the 20 knights, Sir Galahad traveled a vast forest and persists through many, not further mentioned, adventures. On his way to the sea he comes past a castle were a siege is taking place. He quickly decides to help tho &amp;quot;good knights&amp;quot; in the castle and is soon attacked by the besieging knights. With them are Sir Gawayn and Sir Hector de Marys who recognize Galahad&#039;s white shield with the red cross and attack him. Galahad defeats them all and Gawayn receives a near fatal head wound. After all the &amp;quot;kights without&amp;quot; are chased off and Gawayn rought to safety by Hector galahad simple rides away. &lt;br /&gt;
Gawayn marvels at the storys the tell about the sword from the lake and only after months is healed from his terrible wound. An Hector tells him that his quest has come to an end.[Beginning missing - will be added] &lt;br /&gt;
Sir Galahad rides on to Castle Carbonek (called Castle Corbin or Castle Corbin) rests nearby at a hermitage and is woken at night by a “gentilwoman” that asks him to get armed and follow her, for in the next three days she would grant him adventures never seen by a knight before. Galahad follows.&lt;br /&gt;
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Cpt. 2:  Galahad is lead to the castle of that “gentilwoman’s” lady where he rests some time before he is lead towards the sea by that “gentilwoman” and with them they carry a child and some riches. On the beach the ship,with cheering Bors and Percival on board, is waiting for them. As soon as they are on board the ship starts sailing again and all three knights exchange the storys of their adventures and their temptations. Bors is only missing Lancelot in his party. After a while they meet another ship between two big rocks. Writings on on the ship tell them, that only those of “steadfast believe” should enter the ship because the author of those letters would not help them if they should fail. At that point the “gentilwoman” reveals that she is Percival’s sister and warns him, that he will perish should he not firmly believe in Jesus Christ. Happy to see his sister, Percival replies that he, should he be an untrue knight, could as well perish.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 3:&#039;&#039;&#039;  On board of the other ship the the four find it full of riches and with a large bed in the middle, at it’s foot a sword could be found. The swords pommel was made a of multicolored stone and the cross guard (?) (“scales”) was made of the rips of two beasts: the Serpent of the Fiend and the Fish Ertanax. First should save its bearer from weariness and harm, the other would strengthen the bearer’s will as to focus solemly on the task before him and avoid distraction.. Percival and Bors both can’t draw the word and in Galahad’s hands it displayed strange red letters (like blood), telling him of the special powers of the sword and that only a man passing all other man would be able to draw it. Galahad doesn’t ry to draw it out of disgust. &lt;br /&gt;
Percival’s sister remembers some tales in which the word is found on a ship and could only be employed by a severly wounded man against a muslim king who then died after returning the sword to the ship.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt.4:&#039;&#039;&#039; They then see that the scabbard of the sword is made from snake skin and bears golden and silvern letters but the girdle was crude and unfitting to hold the scabbard. The letters read that he who wants to bear the sword should be hardier (&amp;quot; more harder&amp;quot;) than any other man. And that despite of the crude girdle the bearer should not be ashamed. The girdle could only be replaced by the hands of a virgin from royal blood. And a virgin she must stay all her life or a dreadful death would befall her.&lt;br /&gt;
As they turn the word they perceive it to be black, showing red letters which warn them, that the sword will turn on him that praises it most or to whom it is most courteous. Sir Percival&#039;s sister remembers a tale of a man called Nacyen who lived 40 years after the passion of christ and who found the ship with the sword. First he couldn&#039;t draw it and teh wind drives the ship to different places. And when he encountered a giant he found the sword out of his scabbard, praised it much and it broke at his first strike.&lt;br /&gt;
After meeting king &amp;quot;Mordrayne&amp;quot; on another ship Nacyen learns that he must have sinned and he (Mordryane probably) sets the pieces of teh sword together which is as good as new. They are then asked to leave the ship and Nacyen receives a sword stroke to his right foot for , as a voice claims, he was never worthy to handle the sword. &lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 5:&#039;&#039;&#039; another tale – King Pelles, later on called the Maimed King, was a great supporter of the church, found the ship after getting separated with all but one of his knightes he rode out for hunting. After reading the letters and entering the ship lone he tried to draw the sword and was struck by spear through both thighs  a wound that could never be healed since then.  &lt;br /&gt;
We then switch back to the three knights, who find two swords and three white, green and red “spyndels” of vibrant color near the head of the bed. Sir Percival’s sister tells the knight’s the story how Eve planted the branch of the tree that carried “the apple” after their banishment from paradise into the earth and a majestic white tree grew out of it. After Adam and Eve had had sex under the tree it turned green and later, after Cain killed his brother Abel below it, it turned red and all plants expect this tree withered. Much later wise king Solomon reigned the marvellous red tree still existed.&lt;br /&gt;
King Solomon’s wife is said to be an evil woman and the king himself despises women in his books until the Holy Spirit tells him, that from his lineage will come a glorrious woman, from the man, who would not only be a formidable knight but also the last of Solomon’s bloodline and a virgin. [“man whiche shalle be a mayde”]&lt;br /&gt;
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Cpt. 6:&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
King Solomon kept studying and thought long time who could be this man and finally he told his wife about the prophecy. She asked him to have an excellent ship build and the sword of David fitted with a new pommel, crossguard and sheath. She herself outfitted the ship with riches and added the hempen girdle (against the protest of Solomon)to the sword. And  she forced a carpenter to cut enough wood from the white, the green and the red tree to craft three “spyndlys” out of it. Those were added to the bed. After all is done Solomons asks his wife what this all is about..&lt;br /&gt;
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At night Solomon dreams of angels that spray the ship with holy water (consecrate it?) and wirte on’s sides warnings for those that enter and on the sword another message. Shocked he retreats and the ship glided into the sea and vanished quickly while a little voice told Solomon that the knight he is looking for will rest in this bed and ship. He then told his wife about his dream. [Back on board the ship] Percival finds written news that tell them the story of the ship and the sword and they understand, that they must find a suitable girdle for the famous sword. Percival’s sister then produces a girdle made from her own hair that she had crafted as soon as she knew about her mission. And then Galahad is girded with the sword then called the Sword of the Strange Girdles. Then they leave the ship (of Solomon) and the winds drive them to the coast of Scotland, near to a castle on the cliffs. where Percival’s sister warns the knights about assailants, who know that they were Arthur’s knights.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 8&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
After introducing themselves to a squire of that castle who then returned with the message the hear horns and are warned by a “gentilwoman” to leave or they would die. Some well armed knights are dispatched from the castle to take the knights prisoners but are quickly killed or flee, while the knights take some of the horses and follow the survivers into the castle, were the kill quite many people. As they wonder on what they have done and are quite sure to have sinned. But why had God given them the strength to kill them?   A priest in the castle tells them that there is no need for self-doubt since the former lord (Earl Hernox) of this castle was fataly wounded thrown into prison by his three sons, who before that had  raped and then, when she told her father, killed her sister and afterwards killed priests and destroyed churches. The priests also says, that Earl Hernox forsaw the arrival of servants of God to redeem this injustice. &lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt 9&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
Earl Hernox dies in Galahad’s arms and with his last breath asks the knight to go and seek out the Maimed King, for he will be healed by Galahad. &lt;br /&gt;
The three knights and Percival’s sister depart and on their travel they meet a white stag with four “lions” (?lyons) in a vast forest which they folllow to a hermitage were an armored priest conducts mass in a chapel, which the four travelers attend. In mass they see the white stag become a man and the lions turn into another man, a lion (…),  an eagle, and an ox, that all receive a blessing at the altar and leave, somehow incorporeal, through the painted glaswindow. Then the knights hear a voice that tells them that like this the Virgin Mary received his son. They ask the priest about what had happened and he explains to them, that they are choosen to learn about secrets of God himself and that they will bring an end to the “Sancgreal” (Sangreal – Holy Grail, probably: the quest for the grail).&lt;br /&gt;
The white stag and the lions are a symbol for Jesus  and the Evangelists but assumes that the knights won’t see these anymore. The knight’s rejoice and travel past a castle on the next day, when a knight bearing a message comes after them.&lt;br /&gt;
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The knight from tha castle asks Percival’s sister to give a vessel full of her maiden blood as it is custom. The three knights defend her and even manage fend off massive superior number of knights (soldiers), Galahad seemingly going berserk, until nightfall. They are then invited into the castle to rest and learn about this custom.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 11&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
Bors, Galahad, Percival and his sister accept and learn that the blood of a maiden is neede to cure the Lady of the castle. &lt;br /&gt;
Percival’s sister offers to heal the lady with her blood and  voluntarily gives enough to heal the lady but to kill herself. Her last wish is her body to be send forth in a small boat so that, as she forsees, she will arrive in due time at the city of Sarras where she is going to be buried under a tower were Percival and Galahad,too, shall be buried at some point in time. Percival fullfills her wish and even adds a letter that contains all her deeds to her dead hands. After a strong tempest the three knights see a wounded knight praying to God for help and being chased by a “dwarf” and Bors sets out save that knight.&lt;br /&gt;
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Galahad and Percival pray all night for Bors save return. And when they leave the chappel the find everyone in the castle dead and hear a voice that names this God’s vengeance for the shedding of virgin blood. They then find 36 the well preserved tombs of the “maydens that were martred for the seke ladyes sake”, all of whom had royal blood. Then they leave the castle.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 13&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
While Lanceleot is resting near the “waters of Mortoyse” he receives a vision that aks him to board the first ship that he may find. On a beach he finds a ship without sail or oars and as soon as he enters he is overwhelmed with joy and falls asleep. As he awakes he finds Percival’s dead sister on a bed in the ship and reads of her and her brother’s deeds. &lt;br /&gt;
Lancelot stays onboard the ship for a month and ist sustained by prayers alone.One night  he meets his son Galahad and both are full of joy and, as he sees Percival’s dead sister on the bed, tell each other stories of their deeds. Lancelot is especially keen to hear and praise the sword Galahad procured on the ship of Solomon. Both travel together on the ship for half a year and worship good, while again and again fight against wild beasts on unchartered isles, which is not elaborated on since it has nothing to to with the grail.&lt;br /&gt;
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On a Monday Galahad is picked up by heavily armored knight who tells him, that he had passed enough time with his father and a voice tells them, that they will only see each other again on judgement day. Thy bid farewell to each other and Lancelot ist driven out unto the see again for another month of full of prayers.&lt;br /&gt;
Lancelot finally arrives at a castle whose doors are open but guarded with two lions but before he canenter he is reprimanded by a voice that he will need the strength in the Lord more than his armor. (actually a suddenly appearing dwarf hits him after he readies sword and armor O_o ) &lt;br /&gt;
Lancelot thanks the Lord and manages to enter the castle through open doors and non-aggressive lions. Only a last door is closed to him and he tries to open it.&lt;br /&gt;
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With all his strength he can’t open the door. He only hears an angelic voice praising the Lord. So he prays for God to let him in if he had done something in his life that had pleased him. The door opens and he sees that inside there is a richly decorated and bright altar, some angels and a holy vessel with a priest holding mass in front of it. Lancelot is warned to by that mysterios voice but after seeing the priest struggling while holds the young child of two other people aloft he enters to help the priest. And feels instantly burned and weakend. He falls to the ground, absolutely powerless, and is brought outside. There he is found the next morning and the people of the castle decide to look after him although he seems dead for many of them. &lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 16&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
For 24 days they serve Lancelot and as he suddenly awakes he is furious about it sine he was shown great secrets and miracles in his sleep. He perceives thos 24 (25th day he awakes) as his punishment for his 25 years being a sinner and he remebers that he hadn’t worn the hair-shirt (“hayr”) a hermit had given to him as he promised a year ago. [I’m at a complete loss with this .. shirt. Where in the book does he get it? ] Afterward wears the hair-shirt beneath his other clothing. He also is told that he will never see the Grail any closer than he already has and he accepts it, grateful for the mercy shown to him by God. &lt;br /&gt;
He then gives his full name and is happily greeting by the king for he is at the Castle of Carbonek and at King Pelles court.&lt;br /&gt;
The King relates the sad story of his dead daughter whereof Lancelot is genuinely sorry. After four days he wants to leave the court and suddenly during their last meal, that the Grail had provided, all the windows and doors of the castle close magically. A single knights shouts outside the castle that he sihes to enter and finally the king himself asks him, from a window, what ths knight&#039;s business is and that he surley is not one knight of the quest and not in the service of the Lord. The knight introduces himself as Hector de Marys, brother of Sir Lancelot. When the king tells him that Lancelot is inside his castle, Sir Hector tells the king that his (Hector&#039;s) sorrow and shame are thereby doubled and that the &amp;quot;good man of the hill&amp;quot; said teh truth about Gawayns and his dreams. The Sir Hector leaves as fast as possible.&lt;br /&gt;
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Cpt. 17&lt;br /&gt;
Sir Lancelot departs from King Pelles to travel back to the realm of Logrys and after a long travel he rests at a white Abbey. Here he finds a newly made tomb with an inscription stating that this is teh grave of Bagdemagus of Gore who had been killed by Sir Gawayn. Lancelot mourns the loss. On his further way he visits the Abbey where Galahad won his shield and finally reaches Camelot, where he is greeted happily. More than half of the knights had been killed on their quest so far. The Sirs Hector, Gawayn and Lyonel were among those returned. Lancelot tells them all about his adventures and about the adventures of Percival,Galahad and Bors, of which he knew through the letter of Sir Percival&#039;s dead sister. He also tells teh king that only one of these three knights will return to his court.&lt;br /&gt;
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Cpt. 18&lt;br /&gt;
After many travels Sir Galahad comes to an Abbey, where he meets King Mordrayns. The King tells him that he is the purest of all knights asks him to embrace him so that he may die (of age) in his arms. Galahad does as asked and even prays to God to visit him and god hears his prayer and the King departs. &lt;br /&gt;
As he travels on pure Galahad calms a boiling well, called Callahady&#039;s well, with a touch of his hand. And he later reaches the Abbey where Badgemagus tomb could be found and extinguishes the flames of teh burning tomb of Simeon, which only the knight that passes all other knights of the table round could accomplish and in which Sir Lancelot had already failed. Galahad relieves the spirit of a sinner that had done wrong to Joseph of Arimathea 354 years before by granting him a proper burial. [not sure I got the &amp;quot;who is who&amp;quot; right here]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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&lt;div&gt;This is my first sketch. will end it tomorrow morning or later this night. - will also add remarks which chapter relates to what topic of ours. Just thought that anyone interested could already skim through it to get a glimpse of the story so far.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Book 17.Cpt. 1:&#039;&#039;&#039;  &lt;br /&gt;
After he had rescued Sir Percival from the 20 knights, Sir Galahad traveled a vast forest and persists through many, not further mentioned, adventures. On his way to the sea he comes past a castle were a siege is taking place. He quickly decides to help tho &amp;quot;good knights&amp;quot; in the castle and is soon attacked by the besieging knights. With them are Sir Gawayn and Sir Hector de Marys who recognize Galahad&#039;s white shield with the red cross and attack him. Galahad defeats them all and Gawayn receives a near fatal head wound. After all the &amp;quot;kights without&amp;quot; are chased off and Gawayn rought to safety by Hector galahad simple rides away. &lt;br /&gt;
Gawayn marvels at the storys the tell about the sword from the lake and only after months is healed from his terrible wound. An Hector tells him that his quest has come to an end.[Beginning missing - will be added] &lt;br /&gt;
Sir Galahad rides on to Castle Carbonek (called Castle Corbin or Castle Corbin) rests nearby at a hermitage and is woken at night by a “gentilwoman” that asks him to get armed and follow her, for in the next three days she would grant him adventures never seen by a knight before. Galahad follows.&lt;br /&gt;
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Cpt. 2:  Galahad is lead to the castle of that “gentilwoman’s” lady where he rests some time before he is lead towards the sea by that “gentilwoman” and with them they carry a child and some riches. On the beach the ship,with cheering Bors and Percival on board, is waiting for them. As soon as they are on board the ship starts sailing again and all three knights exchange the storys of their adventures and their temptations. Bors is only missing Lancelot in his party. After a while they meet another ship between two big rocks. Writings on on the ship tell them, that only those of “steadfast believe” should enter the ship because the author of those letters would not help them if they should fail. At that point the “gentilwoman” reveals that she is Percival’s sister and warns him, that he will perish should he not firmly believe in Jesus Christ. Happy to see his sister, Percival replies that he, should he be an untrue knight, could as well perish.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 3:&#039;&#039;&#039;  On board of the other ship the the four find it full of riches and with a large bed in the middle, at it’s foot a sword could be found. The swords pommel was made a of multicolored stone and the cross guard (?) (“scales”) was made of the rips of two beasts: the Serpent of the Fiend and the Fish Ertanax. First should save its bearer from weariness and harm, the other would strengthen the bearer’s will as to focus solemly on the task before him and avoid distraction.. Percival and Bors both can’t draw the word and in Galahad’s hands it displayed strange red letters (like blood), telling him of the special powers of the sword and that only a man passing all other man would be able to draw it. Galahad doesn’t ry to draw it out of disgust. &lt;br /&gt;
Percival’s sister remembers some tales in which the word is found on a ship and could only be employed by a severly wounded man against a muslim king who then died after returning the sword to the ship.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt.4:&#039;&#039;&#039; They then see that the scabbard of the sword is made from snake skin and bears golden and silvern letters but the girdle was crude and unfitting to hold the scabbard. The letters read that he who wants to bear the sword should be hardier (&amp;quot; more harder&amp;quot;) than any other man. And that despite of the crude girdle the bearer should not be ashamed. The girdle could only be replaced by the hands of a virgin from royal blood. And a virgin she must stay all her life or a dreadful death would befall her.&lt;br /&gt;
As they turn the word they perceive it to be black, showing red letters which warn them, that the sword will turn on him that praises it most or to whom it is most courteous. Sir Percival&#039;s sister remembers a tale of a man called Nacyen who lived 40 years after the passion of christ and who found the ship with the sword. First he couldn&#039;t draw it and teh wind drives the ship to different places. And when he encountered a giant he found the sword out of his scabbard, praised it much and it broke at his first strike.&lt;br /&gt;
After meeting king &amp;quot;Mordrayne&amp;quot; on another ship Nacyen learns that he must have sinned and he (Mordryane probably) sets the pieces of teh sword together which is as good as new. They are then asked to leave the ship and Nacyen receives a sword stroke to his right foot for , as a voice claims, he was never worthy to handle the sword. &lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 5:&#039;&#039;&#039; another tale – King Pelles, later on called the Maimed King, was a great supporter of the church, found the ship after getting separated with all but one of his knightes he rode out for hunting. After reading the letters and entering the ship lone he tried to draw the sword and was struck by spear through both thighs  a wound that could never be healed since then.  &lt;br /&gt;
We then switch back to the three knights, who find two swords and three white, green and red “spyndels” of vibrant color near the head of the bed. Sir Percival’s sister tells the knight’s the story how Eve planted the branch of the tree that carried “the apple” after their banishment from paradise into the earth and a majestic white tree grew out of it. After Adam and Eve had had sex under the tree it turned green and later, after Cain killed his brother Abel below it, it turned red and all plants expect this tree withered. Much later wise king Solomon reigned the marvellous red tree still existed.&lt;br /&gt;
King Solomon’s wife is said to be an evil woman and the king himself despises women in his books until the Holy Spirit tells him, that from his lineage will come a glorrious woman, from the man, who would not only be a formidable knight but also the last of Solomon’s bloodline and a virgin. [“man whiche shalle be a mayde”]&lt;br /&gt;
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Cpt. 6:&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
King Solomon kept studying and thought long time who could be this man and finally he told his wife about the prophecy. She asked him to have an excellent ship build and the sword of David fitted with a new pommel, crossguard and sheath. She herself outfitted the ship with riches and added the hempen girdle (against the protest of Solomon)to the sword. And  she forced a carpenter to cut enough wood from the white, the green and the red tree to craft three “spyndlys” out of it. Those were added to the bed. After all is done Solomons asks his wife what this all is about..&lt;br /&gt;
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At night Solomon dreams of angels that spray the ship with holy water (consecrate it?) and wirte on’s sides warnings for those that enter and on the sword another message. Shocked he retreats and the ship glided into the sea and vanished quickly while a little voice told Solomon that the knight he is looking for will rest in this bed and ship. He then told his wife about his dream. [Back on board the ship] Percival finds written news that tell them the story of the ship and the sword and they understand, that they must find a suitable girdle for the famous sword. Percival’s sister then produces a girdle made from her own hair that she had crafted as soon as she knew about her mission. And then Galahad is girded with the sword then called the Sword of the Strange Girdles. Then they leave the ship (of Solomon) and the winds drive them to the coast of Scotland, near to a castle on the cliffs. where Percival’s sister warns the knights about assailants, who know that they were Arthur’s knights.&lt;br /&gt;
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After introducing themselves to a squire of that castle who then returned with the message the hear horns and are warned by a “gentilwoman” to leave or they would die. Some well armed knights are dispatched from the castle to take the knights prisoners but are quickly killed or flee, while the knights take some of the horses and follow the survivers into the castle, were the kill quite many people. As they wonder on what they have done and are quite sure to have sinned. But why had God given them the strength to kill them?   A priest in the castle tells them that there is no need for self-doubt since the former lord (Earl Hernox) of this castle was fataly wounded thrown into prison by his three sons, who before that had  raped and then, when she told her father, killed her sister and afterwards killed priests and destroyed churches. The priests also says, that Earl Hernox forsaw the arrival of servants of God to redeem this injustice. &lt;br /&gt;
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Earl Hernox dies in Galahad’s arms and with his last breath asks the knight to go and seek out the Maimed King, for he will be healed by Galahad. &lt;br /&gt;
The three knights and Percival’s sister depart and on their travel they meet a white stag with four “lions” (?lyons) in a vast forest which they folllow to a hermitage were an armored priest conducts mass in a chapel, which the four travelers attend. In mass they see the white stag become a man and the lions turn into another man, a lion (…),  an eagle, and an ox, that all receive a blessing at the altar and leave, somehow incorporeal, through the painted glaswindow. Then the knights hear a voice that tells them that like this the Virgin Mary received his son. They ask the priest about what had happened and he explains to them, that they are choosen to learn about secrets of God himself and that they will bring an end to the “Sancgreal” (Sangreal – Holy Grail, probably: the quest for the grail).&lt;br /&gt;
The white stag and the lions are a symbol for Jesus  and the Evangelists but assumes that the knights won’t see these anymore. The knight’s rejoice and travel past a castle on the next day, when a knight bearing a message comes after them.&lt;br /&gt;
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Cpt. 10&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
The knight from tha castle asks Percival’s sister to give a vessel full of her maiden blood as it is custom. The three knights defend her and even manage fend off massive superior number of knights (soldiers), Galahad seemingly going berserk, until nightfall. They are then invited into the castle to rest and learn about this custom.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 11&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
Bors, Galahad, Percival and his sister accept and learn that the blood of a maiden is neede to cure the Lady of the castle. &lt;br /&gt;
Percival’s sister offers to heal the lady with her blood and  voluntarily gives enough to heal the lady but to kill herself. Her last wish is her body to be send forth in a small boat so that, as she forsees, she will arrive in due time at the city of Sarras where she is going to be buried under a tower were Percival and Galahad,too, shall be buried at some point in time. Percival fullfills her wish and even adds a letter that contains all her deeds to her dead hands. After a strong tempest the three knights see a wounded knight praying to God for help and being chased by a “dwarf” and Bors sets out save that knight.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt.12&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
Galahad and Percival pray all night for Bors save return. And when they leave the chappel the find everyone in the castle dead and hear a voice that names this God’s vengeance for the shedding of virgin blood. They then find 36 the well preserved tombs of the “maydens that were martred for the seke ladyes sake”, all of whom had royal blood. Then they leave the castle.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 13&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
While Lanceleot is resting near the “waters of Mortoyse” he receives a vision that aks him to board the first ship that he may find. On a beach he finds a ship without sail or oars and as soon as he enters he is overwhelmed with joy and falls asleep. As he awakes he finds Percival’s dead sister on a bed in the ship and reads of her and her brother’s deeds. &lt;br /&gt;
Lancelot stays onboard the ship for a month and ist sustained by prayers alone.One night  he meets his son Galahad and both are full of joy and, as he sees Percival’s dead sister on the bed, tell each other stories of their deeds. Lancelot is especially keen to hear and praise the sword Galahad procured on the ship of Solomon. Both travel together on the ship for half a year and worship good, while again and again fight against wild beasts on unchartered isles, which is not elaborated on since it has nothing to to with the grail.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 14&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
On a Monday Galahad is picked up by heavily armored knight who tells him, that he had passed enough time with his father and a voice tells them, that they will only see each other again on judgement day. Thy bid farewell to each other and Lancelot ist driven out unto the see again for another month of full of prayers.&lt;br /&gt;
Lancelot finally arrives at a castle whose doors are open but guarded with two lions but before he canenter he is reprimanded by a voice that he will need the strength in the Lord more than his armor. (actually a suddenly appearing dwarf hits him after he readies sword and armor O_o ) &lt;br /&gt;
Lancelot thanks the Lord and manages to enter the castle through open doors and non-aggressive lions. Only a last door is closed to him and he tries to open it.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 15&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
With all his strength he can’t open the door. He only hears an angelic voice praising the Lord. So he prays for God to let him in if he had done something in his life that had pleased him. The door opens and he sees that inside there is a richly decorated and bright altar, some angels and a holy vessel with a priest holding mass in front of it. Lancelot is warned to by that mysterios voice but after seeing the priest struggling while holds the young child of two other people aloft he enters to help the priest. And feels instantly burned and weakend. He falls to the ground, absolutely powerless, and is brought outside. There he is found the next morning and the people of the castle decide to look after him although he seems dead for many of them. &lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 16&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
For 24 days they serve Lancelot and as he suddenly awakes he is furious about it sine he was shown great secrets and miracles in his sleep. He perceives thos 24 (25th day he awakes) as his punishment for his 25 years being a sinner and he remebers that he hadn’t worn the hair-shirt (“hayr”) a hermit had given to him as he promised a year ago. [I’m at a complete loss with this .. shirt. Where in the book does he get it? ] Afterward wears the hair-shirt beneath his other clothing. He also is told that he will never see the Grail any closer than he already has and he accepts it, grateful for the mercy shown to him by God. &lt;br /&gt;
He then gives his full name and is happily greeting by the king for he is at the Castle of Carbonek and at King Pelles court.&lt;br /&gt;
The King relates the sad story of his dead daughter whereof Lancelot is genuinely sorry. After four days he wants to leave the court and suddenly during their last meal, that the Grail had provided, all the windows and doors of the castle close magically. A single knights shouts outside the castle that he sihes to enter and finally the king himself asks him, from a window, what ths knight&#039;s business is and that he surley is not one knight of the quest and not in the service of the Lord. The knight introduces himself as Hector de Marys, brother of Sir Lancelot. When the king tells him that Lancelot is inside his castle, Sir Hector tells the king that his (Hector&#039;s) sorrow and shame are thereby doubled and that the &amp;quot;good man of the hill&amp;quot; said teh truth about Gawayns and his dreams. The Sir Hector leaves as fast as possible.&lt;br /&gt;
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Cpt. 17&lt;br /&gt;
Sir Lancelot departs from King Pelles to travel back to the realm of Logrys and after a long travel he rests at a white Abbey. Here he finds a newly made tomb with an inscription stating that this is teh grave of Bagdemagus of Gore who had been killed by Sir Gawayn. Lancelot mourns the loss. On his further way he visits the Abbey where Galahad won his shield and finally reaches Camelot, where he is greeted happily. More than half of the knights had been killed on their quest so far. The Sirs Hector, Gawayn and Lyonel were among those returned. Lancelot tells them all about his adventures and about the adventures of Percival,Galahad and Bors, of which he knew through the letter of Sir Percival&#039;s dead sister. He also tells teh king that only one of these three knights will return to his court.&lt;br /&gt;
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Cpt. 18&lt;br /&gt;
After many travels Sir Galahad comes to an Abbey, where he meets King Mordrayns. The King tells him that he is the purest of all knights asks him to embrace him so that he may die (of age) in his arms. Galahad does as asked and even prays to God to visit him and god hears his prayer and the King departs. &lt;br /&gt;
As he travels on pure Galahad calms a boiling well, called Callahady&#039;s well, with a touch of his hand. And he later reaches the Abbey where Badgemagus tomb could be found&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>Le Morte Darthur Book 17</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Jens: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;This is my first sketch. will end it tomorrow morning or later this night. - will also add remarks which chapter relates to what topic of ours. Just thought that anyone interested could already skim through it to get a glimpse of the story so far.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Book 17.Cpt. 1:&#039;&#039;&#039;  &lt;br /&gt;
After he had rescued Sir Percival from the 20 knights, Sir Galahad traveled a vast forest and persists through many, not further mentioned, adventures. On his way to the sea he comes past a castle were a siege is taking place. He quickly decides to help tho &amp;quot;good knights&amp;quot; in the castle and is soon attacked by the besieging knights. With them are Sir Gawayn and Sir Hector de Marys who recognize Galahad&#039;s white shield with the red cross and attack him. Galahad defeats them all and Gawayn receives a near fatal head wound. After all the &amp;quot;kights without&amp;quot; are chased off and Gawayn rought to safety by Hector galahad simple rides away. &lt;br /&gt;
Gawayn marvels at the storys the tell about the sword from the lake and only after months is healed from his terrible wound. An Hector tells him that his quest has come to an end.[Beginning missing - will be added] &lt;br /&gt;
Sir Galahad rides on to Castle Carbonek (called Castle Corbin or Castle Corbin) rests nearby at a hermitage and is woken at night by a “gentilwoman” that asks him to get armed and follow her, for in the next three days she would grant him adventures never seen by a knight before. Galahad follows.&lt;br /&gt;
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Cpt. 2:  Galahad is lead to the castle of that “gentilwoman’s” lady where he rests some time before he is lead towards the sea by that “gentilwoman” and with them they carry a child and some riches. On the beach the ship,with cheering Bors and Percival on board, is waiting for them. As soon as they are on board the ship starts sailing again and all three knights exchange the storys of their adventures and their temptations. Bors is only missing Lancelot in his party. After a while they meet another ship between two big rocks. Writings on on the ship tell them, that only those of “steadfast believe” should enter the ship because the author of those letters would not help them if they should fail. At that point the “gentilwoman” reveals that she is Percival’s sister and warns him, that he will perish should he not firmly believe in Jesus Christ. Happy to see his sister, Percival replies that he, should he be an untrue knight, could as well perish.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 3:&#039;&#039;&#039;  On board of the other ship the the four find it full of riches and with a large bed in the middle, at it’s foot a sword could be found. The swords pommel was made a of multicolored stone and the cross guard (?) (“scales”) was made of the rips of two beasts: the Serpent of the Fiend and the Fish Ertanax. First should save its bearer from weariness and harm, the other would strengthen the bearer’s will as to focus solemly on the task before him and avoid distraction.. Percival and Bors both can’t draw the word and in Galahad’s hands it displayed strange red letters (like blood), telling him of the special powers of the sword and that only a man passing all other man would be able to draw it. Galahad doesn’t ry to draw it out of disgust. &lt;br /&gt;
Percival’s sister remembers some tales in which the word is found on a ship and could only be employed by a severly wounded man against a muslim king who then died after returning the sword to the ship.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt.4:&#039;&#039;&#039; They then see that the scabbard of the sword is made from snake skin and bears golden and silvern letters but the girdle was crude and unfitting to hold the scabbard. The letters read that he who wants to bear the sword should be hardier (&amp;quot; more harder&amp;quot;) than any other man. And that despite of the crude girdle the bearer should not be ashamed. The girdle could only be replaced by the hands of a virgin from royal blood. And a virgin she must stay all her life or a dreadful death would befall her.&lt;br /&gt;
As they turn the word they perceive it to be black, showing red letters which warn them, that the sword will turn on him that praises it most or to whom it is most courteous. Sir Percival&#039;s sister remembers a tale of a man called Nacyen who lived 40 years after the passion of christ and who found the ship with the sword. First he couldn&#039;t draw it and teh wind drives the ship to different places. And when he encountered a giant he found the sword out of his scabbard, praised it much and it broke at his first strike.&lt;br /&gt;
After meeting king &amp;quot;Mordrayne&amp;quot; on another ship Nacyen learns that he must have sinned and he (Mordryane probably) sets the pieces of teh sword together which is as good as new. They are then asked to leave the ship and Nacyen receives a sword stroke to his right foot for , as a voice claims, he was never worthy to handle the sword. &lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 5:&#039;&#039;&#039; another tale – King Pelles, later on called the Maimed King, was a great supporter of the church, found the ship after getting separated with all but one of his knightes he rode out for hunting. After reading the letters and entering the ship lone he tried to draw the sword and was struck by spear through both thighs  a wound that could never be healed since then.  &lt;br /&gt;
We then switch back to the three knights, who find two swords and three white, green and red “spyndels” of vibrant color near the head of the bed. Sir Percival’s sister tells the knight’s the story how Eve planted the branch of the tree that carried “the apple” after their banishment from paradise into the earth and a majestic white tree grew out of it. After Adam and Eve had had sex under the tree it turned green and later, after Cain killed his brother Abel below it, it turned red and all plants expect this tree withered. Much later wise king Solomon reigned the marvellous red tree still existed.&lt;br /&gt;
King Solomon’s wife is said to be an evil woman and the king himself despises women in his books until the Holy Spirit tells him, that from his lineage will come a glorrious woman, from the man, who would not only be a formidable knight but also the last of Solomon’s bloodline. [“man whiche shalle be a mayde”]&lt;br /&gt;
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Cpt. 6:&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
King Solomon kept studying and thought long time who could be this man and finally he told his wife about the prophecy. She asked him to have an excellent ship build and the sword of David fitted with a new pommel, crossguard and sheath. She herself outfitted the ship with riches and added the hempen girdle (against the protest of Solomon)to the sword. And  she forced a carpenter to cut enough wood from the white, the green and the red tree to craft three “spyndlys” out of it. Those were added to the bed. After all is done Solomons asks his wife what this all is about..&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 7 :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
At night Solomon dreams of angels that spray the ship with holy water (consecrate it?) and wirte on’s sides warnings for those that enter and on the sword another message. Shocked he retreats and the ship glided into the sea and vanished quickly while a little voice told Solomon that the knight he is looking for will rest in this bed and ship. He then told his wife about his dream. [Back on board the ship] Percival finds written news that tell them the story of the ship and the sword and they understand, that they must find a suitable girdle for the famous sword. Percival’s sister then produces a girdle made from her own hair that she had crafted as soon as she knew about her mission. And then Galahad is girded with the sword then called the Sword of the Strange Girdles.Then they leave the ship (of Solomon) and the winds drive them to the coast of Scotland, near to a castle on the cliffs. where Percival’s sister warns the knights about assailants, who know that they were Arthur’s knights.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 8&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
After introducing themselves to a squire of that castle who then returned with the message the hear horns and are warned by a “gentilwoman” to leave or they would die. Some well armed knights are dispatched from the castle to take the knights prisoners but are quickly killed or flee, while the knights take some of the horses and follow the survivers into the castle, were the kill quite many people. As they wonder on what they have done and are quite sure to have sinned. But why had God given them the strength to kill them? [REGRET? Justification of Violence]  A priest in the castle tells them that there is no need for self-doubt since the former lord (Earl Hernox) of this castle was fataly wounded thrown into prison by his three sons, who before that had  raped and then, when she told her father, killed her sister and afterwards killed priests and destroyed churches. The priests also says, that Earl Hernox forsaw the arrival of servants of God to redeem this injustice. &lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt 9&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
Earl Hernox dies in Galahad’s arms and with his last breath asks the knight to go and seek out the Maimed King, for he will be healed by Galahad. [PROPHECY]&lt;br /&gt;
The three knights and Percival’s sister depart and on their travel they meet a white stag with four “lions” (?lyons) in a vast forest which they folllow to a hermitage were an armored priest conducts mass in a chapel, which the four travelers attend. In mass they see the white stag become a man and the lions turn into another man, a lion (…),  an eagle, and an ox, that all receive a blessing at the altar and leave, somehow incorporeal, through the painted glaswindow. Then the knights hear a voice that tells them that like this the Virgin Mary received his son (Christian religion). They ask the priest about what had happened and he explains to them, that they are choosen to learn about secrets of God himself and that they will bring an end to the “Sancgreal” (Sangreal – Holy Grail, probably: the quest for the grail).&lt;br /&gt;
The white stag and the lions are a symbol for Jesus  and the Evangelists but assumes that the knights won’t see these anymore. The knight’s rejoice and travel past a castle on the next day, when a knight bearing a message comes after them.&lt;br /&gt;
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Cpt. 10&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
The knight from tha castle asks Percival’s sister to give a vessel full of her maiden blood as it is custom. The three knights defend her and even manage fend off massive superior number of knights (soldiers), Galahad seemingly going berserk, until nightfall. They are then invited into the castle to rest and learn about this custom.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 11&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
Bors, Galahad, Percival and his sister accept and learn that the blood of a maiden is neede to cure the Lady of the castle. &lt;br /&gt;
Percival’s sister offers to heal the lady with her blood and  voluntarily gives enough to heal the lady but to kill herself. Her last wish is her body to be send forth in a small boat so that, as she forsees, she will arrive in due time at the city of Sarras where she is going to be buried under a tower were Percival and Galahad,too, shall be buried at some point in time. Percival fullfills her wish and even adds a letter that contains all her deeds to her dead hands. After a strong tempest the three knights see a wounded knight praying to God for help and being chased by a “dwarf” and Bors sets out save that knight.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt.12&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
Galahad and Percival pray all night for Bors save return. And when they leave the chappel the find everyone in the castle dead and hear a voice that names this God’s vengeance for the shedding of virgin blood. They then find 36 the well preserved tombs of the “maydens that were martred for the seke ladyes sake”, all of whom had royal blood. Then they leave the castle.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 13&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
While Lanceleot is resting near the “waters of Mortoyse” he receives a vision that aks him to board the first ship that he may find. On a beach he finds a ship without sail or oars and as soon as he enters he is overwhelmed with joy and falls asleep. As he awakes he finds Percival’s dead sister on a bed in the ship and reads of her and her brother’s deeds. &lt;br /&gt;
Lancelot stays onboard the ship for a month and ist sustained by prayers alone.One night  he meets his son Galahad and both are full of joy and, as he sees Percival’s dead sister on the bed, tell each other stories of their deeds. Lancelot is especially keen to hear and praise the sword Galahad procured on the ship of Solomon. Both travel together on the ship for half a year and worship good, while again and again fight against wild beasts on unchartered isles, which is not elaborated on since it has nothing to to with the grail.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 14&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
On a Monday Galahad is picked up by heavily armored knight who tells him, that he had passed enough time with his father and a voice tells them, that they will only see each other again on judgement day. Thy bid farewell to each other and Lancelot ist driven out unto the see again for another month of full of prayers.&lt;br /&gt;
Lancelot finally arrives at a castle whose doors are open but guarded with two lions but before he canenter he is reprimanded by a voice that he will need the strength in the Lord more than his armor. (actually a suddenly appearing dwarf hits him after he readies sword and armor O_o ) &lt;br /&gt;
Lancelot thanks the Lord and manages to enter the castle through open doors and non-aggressive lions. Only a last door is closed to him and he tries to open it.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 15&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
With all his strength he can’t open the door. He only hears an angelic voice praising the Lord. So he prays for God to let him in if he had done something in his life that had pleased him. The door opens and he sees that inside there is a richly decorated and bright altar, some angels and a holy vessel with a priest holding mass in front of it. Lancelot is warned to by that mysterios voice but after seeing the priest struggling while holds the young child of two other people aloft he enters to help the priest. And feels instantly burned and weakend. He falls to the ground, absolutely powerless, and is brought outside. There he is found the next morning and the people of the castle decide to look after him although he seems dead for many of them. &lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 16&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
For 24 days they serve Lancelot and as he suddenly awakes he is furious about it sine he was shown great secrets and miracles in his sleep. He perceives thos 24 (25th day he awakes) as his punishment for his 25 years being a sinner and he remebers that he hadn’t worn the hair-shirt (“hayr”) a hermit had given to him as he promised a year ago. [I’m at a complete loss with this .. shirt. Where in the book does he get it? ] Afterward wears the hair-shirt beneath his other clothing. He also is told that he will never see the Grail any closer than he already has and he accepts it, grateful for the mercy shown to him by God. &lt;br /&gt;
He then gives his full name and is happily greeting by the king for he is at the Castle of Carbonek and at King Pelles court.&lt;br /&gt;
The King relates the sad story of his dead daughter whereof Lancelot is genuinely sorry. After four days he wants to leave the court and suddenly during their last meal, that the Grail had provided, all the windows and doors of the castle close magically. A single knights shouts outside the castle that he sihes to enter and finally the king himself asks him, from a window, what ths knight&#039;s business is and that he surley is not one knight of the quest and not in the service of the Lord. The knight introduces himself as Hector de Marys, brother of Sir Lancelot. When the king tells him that Lancelot is inside his castle, Sir Hector tells the king that his (Hector&#039;s) sorrow and shame are thereby doubled and that the &amp;quot;good man of the hill&amp;quot; said teh truth about Gawayns and his dreams. The Sir Hector leaves as fast as possible.&lt;br /&gt;
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Cpt. 17&lt;br /&gt;
Sir Lancelot departs from King Pelles to travel back to the realm of Logrys and after a long travel he rests at a white Abbey. Here he finds a newly made tomb with an inscription stating that this is teh grave of Bagdemagus of Gore who had been killed by Sir Gawayn. Lancelot mourns the loss. On his further way he visits the Abbey where Galahad won his shield and finally reaches Camelot, where he is greeted happily. More than half of the knights had been killed on their quest so far. The Sirs Hector, Gawayn and Lyonel were among those returned. Lancelot tells them all about his adventures and about the adventures of Percival,Galahad and Bors, of which he knew through the letter of Sir Percival&#039;s dead sister. He also tells teh king that only one of these three knights will return to his court.&lt;br /&gt;
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Cpt. 18&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>Le Morte Darthur Book 17</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Jens: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;This is my first sketch. will end it tomorrow morning or later this night. - will also add remarks which chapter relates to what topic of ours. Just thought that anyone interested could already skim through it to get a glimpse of the story so far.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Book 17.Cpt. 1:&#039;&#039;&#039;  &lt;br /&gt;
After he had rescued Sir Percival from the 20 knights, Sir Galahad traveled a vast forest and persists through many, not further mentioned, adventures. On his way to the sea he comes past a castle were a siege is taking place. He quickly decides to help tho &amp;quot;good knights&amp;quot; in the castle and is soon attacked by the besieging knights. With them are Sir Gawayn and Sir Hector de Marys who recognize Galahad&#039;s white shield with the red cross and attack him. Galahad defeats them all and Gawayn receives a near fatal head wound. After all the &amp;quot;kights without&amp;quot; are chased off and Gawayn rought to safety by Hector galahad simple rides away. &lt;br /&gt;
Gawayn marvels at the storys the tell about the sword from the lake and only after months is healed from his terrible wound. An Hector tells him that his quest has come to an end.[Beginning missing - will be added] &lt;br /&gt;
Sir Galahad rides on to Castle Carbonek (called Castle Corbin or Castle Corbin) rests nearby at a hermitage and is woken at night by a “gentilwoman” that asks him to get armed and follow her, for in the next three days she would grant him adventures never seen by a knight before. Galahad follows.&lt;br /&gt;
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Cpt. 2:  Galahad is lead to the castle of that “gentilwoman’s” lady where he rests some time before he is lead towards the sea by that “gentilwoman” and with them they carry a child and some riches. On the beach the ship,with cheering Bors and Percival on board, is waiting for them. As soon as they are on board the ship starts sailing again and all three knights exchange the storys of their adventures and their temptations. Bors is only missing Lancelot in his party. After a while they meet another ship between two big rocks. Writings on on the ship tell them, that only those of “steadfast believe” should enter the ship because the author of those letters would not help them if they should fail. At that point the “gentilwoman” reveals that she is Percival’s sister and warns him, that he will perish should he not firmly believe in Jesus Christ. Happy to see his sister, Percival replies that he, should he be an untrue knight, could as well perish.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 3:&#039;&#039;&#039;  On board of the other ship the the four find it full of riches and with a large bed in the middle, at it’s foot a sword could be found. The swords pommel was made a of multicolored stone and the cross guard (?) (“scales”) was made of the rips of two beasts: the Serpent of the Fiend and the Fish Ertanax. First should save its bearer from weariness and harm, the other would strengthen the bearer’s will as to focus solemly on the task before him and avoid distraction.. Percival and Bors both can’t draw the word and in Galahad’s hands it displayed strange red letters (like blood), telling him of the special powers of the sword and that only a man passing all other man would be able to draw it. Galahad doesn’t ry to draw it out of disgust. &lt;br /&gt;
Percival’s sister remembers some tales in which the word is found on a ship and could only be employed by a severly wounded man against a muslim king who then died after returning the sword to the ship.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt.4:&#039;&#039;&#039;  [Still the sword thing] still tales [wil be added]&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 5:&#039;&#039;&#039; another tale – King Pelles, later on called the Maimed King, was a great supporter of the church, found the ship after getting separated with all but one of his knightes he rode out for hunting. After reading the letters and entering the ship lone he tried to draw the sword and was struck by spear through both thighs  a wound that could never be healed since then.  &lt;br /&gt;
We then switch back to the three knights, who find two swords and three white, green and red “spyndels” of vibrant color near the head of the bed. Sir Percival’s sister tells the knight’s the story how Eve planted the branch of the tree that carried “the apple” after their banishment from paradise into the earth and a majestic white tree grew out of it. After Adam and Eve had had sex under the tree it turned green and later, after Cain killed his brother Abel below it, it turned red and all plants expect this tree withered. Much later wise king Solomon reigned the marvellous red tree still existed.&lt;br /&gt;
King Solomon’s wife is said to be an evil woman and the king himself despises women in his books until the Holy Spirit tells him, that from his lineage will come a glorrious woman, from the man, who would not only be a formidable knight but also the last of Solomon’s bloodline. [“man whiche shalle be a mayde”]&lt;br /&gt;
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Cpt. 6:&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
King Solomon kept studying and thought long time who could be this man and finally he told his wife about the prophecy. She asked him to have an excellent ship build and the sword of David fitted with a new pommel, crossguard and sheath. She herself outfitted the ship with riches and added the hempen girdle (against the protest of Solomon)to the sword. And  she forced a carpenter to cut enough wood from the white, the green and the red tree to craft three “spyndlys” out of it. Those were added to the bed. After all is done Solomons asks his wife what this all is about..&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 7 :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
At night Solomon dreams of angels that spray the ship with holy water (consecrate it?) and wirte on’s sides warnings for those that enter and on the sword another message. Shocked he retreats and the ship glided into the sea and vanished quickly while a little voice told Solomon that the knight he is looking for will rest in this bed and ship. He then told his wife about his dream. [Back on board the ship] Percival finds written news that tell them the story of the ship and the sword and they understand, that they must find a suitable girdle for the famous sword. Percival’s sister then produces a girdle made from her own hair that she had crafted as soon as she knew about her mission. And then Galahad is girded with the sword then called the Sword of the Strange Girdles.Then they leave the ship (of Solomon) and the winds drive them to the coast of Scotland, near to a castle on the cliffs. where Percival’s sister warns the knights about assailants, who know that they were Arthur’s knights.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 8&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
After introducing themselves to a squire of that castle who then returned with the message the hear horns and are warned by a “gentilwoman” to leave or they would die. Some well armed knights are dispatched from the castle to take the knights prisoners but are quickly killed or flee, while the knights take some of the horses and follow the survivers into the castle, were the kill quite many people. As they wonder on what they have done and are quite sure to have sinned. But why had God given them the strength to kill them? [REGRET? Justification of Violence]  A priest in the castle tells them that there is no need for self-doubt since the former lord (Earl Hernox) of this castle was fataly wounded thrown into prison by his three sons, who before that had  raped and then, when she told her father, killed her sister and afterwards killed priests and destroyed churches. The priests also says, that Earl Hernox forsaw the arrival of servants of God to redeem this injustice. &lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt 9&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
Earl Hernox dies in Galahad’s arms and with his last breath asks the knight to go and seek out the Maimed King, for he will be healed by Galahad. [PROPHECY]&lt;br /&gt;
The three knights and Percival’s sister depart and on their travel they meet a white stag with four “lions” (?lyons) in a vast forest which they folllow to a hermitage were an armored priest conducts mass in a chapel, which the four travelers attend. In mass they see the white stag become a man and the lions turn into another man, a lion (…),  an eagle, and an ox, that all receive a blessing at the altar and leave, somehow incorporeal, through the painted glaswindow. Then the knights hear a voice that tells them that like this the Virgin Mary received his son (Christian religion). They ask the priest about what had happened and he explains to them, that they are choosen to learn about secrets of God himself and that they will bring an end to the “Sancgreal” (Sangreal – Holy Grail, probably: the quest for the grail).&lt;br /&gt;
The white stag and the lions are a symbol for Jesus  and the Evangelists but assumes that the knights won’t see these anymore. The knight’s rejoice and travel past a castle on the next day, when a knight bearing a message comes after them.&lt;br /&gt;
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Cpt. 10&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
The knight from tha castle asks Percival’s sister to give a vessel full of her maiden blood as it is custom. The three knights defend her and even manage fend off massive superior number of knights (soldiers), Galahad seemingly going berserk, until nightfall. They are then invited into the castle to rest and learn about this custom.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 11&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
Bors, Galahad, Percival and his sister accept and learn that the blood of a maiden is neede to cure the Lady of the castle. &lt;br /&gt;
Percival’s sister offers to heal the lady with her blood and  voluntarily gives enough to heal the lady but to kill herself. Her last wish is her body to be send forth in a small boat so that, as she forsees, she will arrive in due time at the city of Sarras where she is going to be buried under a tower were Percival and Galahad,too, shall be buried at some point in time. Percival fullfills her wish and even adds a letter that contains all her deeds to her dead hands. After a strong tempest the three knights see a wounded knight praying to God for help and being chased by a “dwarf” and Bors sets out save that knight.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt.12&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
Galahad and Percival pray all night for Bors save return. And when they leave the chappel the find everyone in the castle dead and hear a voice that names this God’s vengeance for the shedding of virgin blood. They then find 36 the well preserved tombs of the “maydens that were martred for the seke ladyes sake”, all of whom had royal blood. Then they leave the castle.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 13&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
While Lanceleot is resting near the “waters of Mortoyse” he receives a vision that aks him to board the first ship that he may find. On a beach he finds a ship without sail or oars and as soon as he enters he is overwhelmed with joy and falls asleep. As he awakes he finds Percival’s dead sister on a bed in the ship and reads of her and her brother’s deeds. &lt;br /&gt;
Lancelot stays onboard the ship for a month and ist sustained by prayers alone.One night  he meets his son Galahad and both are full of joy and, as he sees Percival’s dead sister on the bed, tell each other stories of their deeds. Lancelot is especially keen to hear and praise the sword Galahad procured on the ship of Solomon. Both travel together on the ship for half a year and worship good, while again and again fight against wild beasts on unchartered isles, which is not elaborated on since it has nothing to to with the grail.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 14&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
On a Monday Galahad is picked up by heavily armored knight who tells him, that he had passed enough time with his father and a voice tells them, that they will only see each other again on judgement day. Thy bid farewell to each other and Lancelot ist driven out unto the see again for another month of full of prayers.&lt;br /&gt;
Lancelot finally arrives at a castle whose doors are open but guarded with two lions but before he canenter he is reprimanded by a voice that he will need the strength in the Lord more than his armor. (actually a suddenly appearing dwarf hits him after he readies sword and armor O_o ) &lt;br /&gt;
He thanks the Lord and manages to enter the castle through open doors and non-aggressive lions. Only a last door is closed to him and he tries to open it.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 15&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
With all his strength he can’t open the door. He only hears an angelic voice praising the Lord. So he prays for God to let him in if he had done something in his life that had pleased him. The door opens and he sees that inside there is a richly decorated and bright altar, some angels and a holy vessel with a priest holding mass in front of it. Lancelot is warned to by that mysterios voice but after seeing the priest struggling while holds the young child of two other people aloft he enters to help the priest. And feels instantly burned and weakend. He falls to the ground, absolutely powerless, and is brought outside. There he is found the next morning and the people of the castle decide to look after him although he seems dead for many of them. &lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 16&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
For 24 days they serve him and as he suddenly awakes he is furious about it sine he was shown great secrets and miracles in his sleep. He perceives thos 24 (25th day he awakes) as his punishment for his 25 years being a sinner and he remebers that he hadn’t worn the hair-shirt (“hayr”) a hermit had given to him as he promised a year ago. [I’m at a complete loss with this .. shirt. Where in the book does he get it? ] Afterward wears the hair-shirt beneath his other clothing. He also is told that he will never see the Grail any closer than he already did and he accepts it, grateful for the mercy shown to him by God. &lt;br /&gt;
He then gives his full name and is happily greeting by the king for he is at the Castle of Carbonek and at King Pelles court.&lt;br /&gt;
The King relates the sad story of his dead daughter whereof Lancelot is genuinely sorry. After four days he leaves the court.&lt;br /&gt;
[to be continued]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>Le Morte Darthur Book 17</title>
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&lt;div&gt;This is my first sketch. will end it tomorrow morning or later this night. - will also add remarks which chapter relates to what topic of ours. Just thought that anyone interested could already skim through it to get a glimpse of the story so far.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Book 17.Cpt. 1:&#039;&#039;&#039;  [Beginning missing - will be added] &lt;br /&gt;
Gawayn may heal but his quest is at an end. Sir Galahad  rests at a hermitage and is woken at night by a “gentilwoman” that asks him to get armed and follow her, for in the next three days she would grant him adventures never seen by a knight before. Galahad follows.&lt;br /&gt;
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Cpt. 2:  Galahad is lead to the castle of that “gentilwoman’s” lady where he rests some time before he is lead towards the sea by that “gentilwoman” and with them they carry a child and some riches. On the beach the ship,with cheering Bors and Percival on board, is waiting for them. As soon as they are on board the ship starts sailing again and all three knights exchange the storys of their adventures and their temptations. Bors is only missing Lancelot in his party. After a while they meet another ship between two big rocks. Writings on on the ship tell them, that only those of “steadfast believe” should enter the ship because the author of those letters would not help them if they should fail. At that point the “gentilwoman” reveals that she is Percival’s sister and warns him, that he will perish should he not firmly believe in Jesus Christ. Happy to see his sister, Percival replies that he, should he be an untrue knight, could as well perish.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 3:&#039;&#039;&#039;  On board of the other ship the the four find it full of riches and with a large bed in the middle, at it’s foot a sword could be found. The swords pommel was made a of multicolored stone and the cross guard (?) (“scales”) was made of the rips of two beasts: the Serpent of the Fiend and the Fish Ertanax. First should save its bearer from weariness and harm, the other would strengthen the bearer’s will as to focus solemly on the task before him and avoid distraction.. Percival and Bors both can’t draw the word and in Galahad’s hands it displayed strange red letters (like blood), telling him of the special powers of the sword and that only a man passing all other man would be able to draw it. Galahad doesn’t ry to draw it out of disgust. &lt;br /&gt;
Percival’s sister remembers some tales in which the word is found on a ship and could only be employed by a severly wounded man against a muslim king who then died after returning the sword to the ship.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt.4:&#039;&#039;&#039;  [Still the sword thing] still tales [wil be added]&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 5:&#039;&#039;&#039; another tale – King Pelles,later on called the Maimed King, was a great supporter of the church, found the ship after getting separated with all but one of his knightes he rode out for hunting. After reading the letters and entering the ship lone he tried to draw the sword and was struck by spear through both thighs  a wound that could never be healed since then.  &lt;br /&gt;
We then switch back to the three knights, who find two swords and three white, green and red “spyndels” of vibrant color near the head of the bed. Sir Percival’s sister tells the knight’s the story how Eve planted the branch of the tree that carried “the apple” after their banishment from paradise into the earth and a majestic white tree grew out of it.  After Adam and Eve had sex under the tree it turned green and later ,after Cain killed his brother Abel below it, it turned red and all plants expect this tree withered. Much later wise king Solomon reigned the marvellous red tree still existed.&lt;br /&gt;
King Solomon’s wife is said to be an evil woman and the king himself despises women in his books until the holy ghost tells him, that from his lineage will come a glorrious woman, from the man, who would not only be a formidable knight but also the last of Solomon’s bloodline. [“man whiche shalle be a mayde”]&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
Cpt. 6:&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
King Solomon  kept studying and thought long time who could be this man and finally he told his wife about the prophecy. She asked him to have an excellent ship build and the sword of David fitted with a new pommel, crossguard and sheath. She herself outfitted the ship with riches and added the hempen girdle (against the protest of Solomon)to the sword. And  she forced a carpenter to cut enough wood from the white, the green and the red tree to craft three “spyndlys” out of it. Those were added to the bed. After all is done Solomons asks his wife what this all is about..&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 7 :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
At night Solomon dreams of angels that spray the ship with holy water (consecrate it?) and wirte on’s sides warnings for those that enter and on the sword another message. Shocked he retreats and the ship glided into the sea and vanished quickly while a little voice told Solomon that the knight he is looking for will rest in this bed and ship. He then told his wife about his dream. [Back on board the ship] Percival finds written news that tell them the story of the ship and the sword and they understand, that they must find a suitable girdle for the famous sword. Percival’s sister then produces a girdle made from her own hair that she had crafted as soon as she knew about her mission. And then Galahad is girded with the sword then called the Sword of the Strange Girdles.Then they leave the ship (of Solomon) and the winds drive them to the coast of Scotland, near to a castle on the cliffs. where Percival’s sister warns the knights about assailants, who know that they were Arthur’s knights.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 8&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
After introducing themselves to a squire of that castle who then returned with the message the hear horns and are warned by a “gentilwoman” to leave or they would die. Some well armed knights are dispatched from the castle to take the knights prisoners but are quickly killed or flee, while the knights take some of the horses and follow the survivers into the castle, were the kill quite many people. As they wonder on what they have done and are quite sure to have sinned. But why had God given them the strength to kill them? [REGRET? Justification of Violence]  A priest in the castle tells them that there is no need for self-doubt since the former lord (Earl Hernox) of this castle was fataly wounded thrown into prison by his three sons, who before that had  raped and then, when she told her father, killed her sister and afterwards killed priests and destroyed churches. The priests also says, that Earl Hernox forsaw the arrival of servants of God to redeem this injustice. &lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt 9&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
Earl Hernox dies in Galahad’s arms and with his last breath asks the knight to go and seek out the Maimed King, for he will be healed by Galahad. [PROPHECY]&lt;br /&gt;
The three knights and Percival’s sister depart and on their travel they meet a white stag with four “lions” (?lyons) in a vast forest which they folllow to a hermitage were an armored priest conducts mass in a chapel, which the four travelers attend. In mass they see the white stag become a man and the lions turn into another man, a lion (…),  an eagle, and an ox, that all receive a blessing at the altar and leave, somehow incorporeal, through the painted glaswindow. Then the knights hear a voice that tells them that like this the Virgin Mary received his son (Christian religion). They ask the priest about what had happened and he explains to them, that they are choosen to learn about secrets of God himself and that they will bring an end to the “Sancgreal” (Sangreal – Holy Grail, probably: the quest for the grail).&lt;br /&gt;
The white stag and the lions are a symbol for Jesus  and the Evangelists but assumes that the knights won’t see these anymore. The knight’s rejoice and travel past a castle on the next day, when a knight bearing a message comes after them.&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
Cpt. 10&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
The knight from tha castle asks Percival’s sister to give a vessel full of her maiden blood as it is custom. The three knights defend her and even manage fend off massive superior number of knights (soldiers), Galahad seemingly going berserk, until nightfall. They are then invited into the castle to rest and learn about this custom.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 11&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
Bors, Galahad, Percival and his sister accept and learn that the blood of a maiden is neede to cure the Lady of the castle. &lt;br /&gt;
Percival’s sister offers to heal the lady with her blood and  voluntarily gives enough to heal the lady but to kill herself. Her last wish is her body to be send forth in a small boat so that, as she forsees, she will arrive in due time at the city of Sarras where she is going to be buried under a tower were Percival and Galahad,too, shall be buried at some point in time. Percival fullfills her wish and even adds a letter that contains all her deeds to her dead hands. After a strong tempest the three knights see a wounded knight praying to God for help and being chased by a “dwarf” and Bors sets out save that knight.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt.12&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
Galahad and Percival pray all night for Bors save return. And when they leave the chappel the find everyone in the castle dead and hear a voice that names this God’s vengeance for the shedding of virgin blood. They then find 36 the well preserved tombs of the “maydens that were martred for the seke ladyes sake”, all of whom had royal blood. Then they leave the castle.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 13&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
While Lanceleot is resting near the “waters of Mortoyse” he receives a vision that aks him to board the first ship that he may find. On a beach he finds a ship without sail or oars and as soon as he enters he is overwhelmed with joy and falls asleep. As he awakes he finds Percival’s dead sister on a bed in the ship and reads of her and her brother’s deeds. &lt;br /&gt;
Lancelot stays onboard the ship for a month and ist sustained by prayers alone.One night  he meets his son Galahad and both are full of joy and, as he sees Percival’s dead sister on the bed, tell each other stories of their deeds. Lancelot is especially keen to hear and praise the sword Galahad procured on the ship of Solomon. Both travel together on the ship for half a year and worship good, while again and again fight against wild beasts on unchartered isles, which is not elaborated on since it has nothing to to with the grail.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 14&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
On a Monday Galahad is picked up by heavily armored knight who tells him, that he had passed enough time with his father and a voice tells them, that they will only see each other again on judgement day. Thy bid farewell to each other and Lancelot ist driven out unto the see again for another month of full of prayers.&lt;br /&gt;
Lancelot finally arrives at a castle whose doors are open but guarded with two lions but before he canenter he is reprimanded by a voice that he will need the strength in the Lord more than his armor. (actually a suddenly appearing dwarf hits him after he readies sword and armor O_o ) &lt;br /&gt;
He thanks the Lord and manages to enter the castle through open doors and non-aggressive lions. Only a last door is closed to him and he tries to open it.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 15&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
With all his strength he can’t open the door. He only hears an angelic voice praising the Lord. So he prays for God to let him in if he had done something in his life that had pleased him. The door opens and he sees that inside there is a richly decorated and bright altar, some angels and a holy vessel with a priest holding mass in front of it. Lancelot is warned to by that mysterios voice but after seeing the priest struggling while holds the young child of two other people aloft he enters to help the priest. And feels instantly burned and weakend. He falls to the ground, absolutely powerless, and is brought outside. There he is found the next morning and the people of the castle decide to look after him although he seems dead for many of them. &lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 16&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
For 24 days they serve him and as he suddenly awakes he is furious about it sine he was shown great secrets and miracles in his sleep. He perceives thos 24 (25th day he awakes) as his punishment for his 25 years being a sinner and he remebers that he hadn’t worn the hair-shirt (“hayr”) a hermit had given to him as he promised a year ago. [I’m at a complete loss with this .. shirt. Where in the book does he get it? ] Afterward wears the hair-shirt beneath his other clothing. He also is told that he will never see the Grail any closer than he already did and he accepts it, grateful for the mercy shown to him by God. &lt;br /&gt;
He then gives his full name and is happily greeting by the king for he is at the Castle of Carbonek and at King Pelles court.&lt;br /&gt;
The King relates the sad story of his dead daughter whereof Lancelot is genuinely sorry. After four days he leaves the court.&lt;br /&gt;
[to be continued]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Jens</name></author>
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		<title>Le Morte Darthur Book 16</title>
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&lt;div&gt;Book 16: Of Sir Gawain&lt;br /&gt;
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1.) Sir Gawain rides throughout the country looking for adventures. That’s where he meets Sir Ector. They talk about seeking a good adventure and decide to ride further together in order to find an adventure. After eight days they arrive at an old chapel and enter it. Sitting there together they both fall asleep. In Sir Gawain’s dream he sees 150 black bulls and tree white ones. Two of them are shining very bright and one of them has a black spot on him. These bulls are all looking for a better “pasture” but they don’t find any. That’s why they depart more and more from each other.    &lt;br /&gt;
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2.) Sir Ector dreams of himself and his brother Lancelot. They two try to find what they “shall not find”. Sir Lancelot arrives at a castle, where there is a wedding, and the king of the castle tells him to leave for there is no place for him. Lancelot moves back to where he came from. Then Sir Ector and Sir Gawain awake and tell each other about their dreams. Then there appears an arm dressed in red cloth with a “brydel” and a burning candle in its hand. But this arm vanishes immediately. That’s why a voice says that they both are evil and therefore not allowed to start the quest of the Holy Grail. Both of them want to look for someone that can explain everything to them, so they ride on. But then there comes a knight and Sir Gawain fights against him. In the end Gawain slays the knight that can be later on detected as Sir Uwain, his own brother that has been on the quest of the Holy Grail. Information about: Family ties of Gawain and Uwain; &lt;br /&gt;
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3.) Uwain dies and Sir Ector and Sir Gawain burry him in honour. Then they ride to a mountain in order to be advised by Nacien, the eremite. They tell him everything that has happened. And then Nacien explains Sir Gawain’s dream. The meadow in which the bulls are living is the table round. All the black bulls are evil and proud in their minds. Only the two shiny bulls that are Sir Galahad and Sir Percival are of good characters. The one with the spot on it is Sir Bors. All the bulls have to solve the quest of the Holy Grail, but many of them will die in this quest or fall into sin and never come back to Arthur’s court. Information about: morals and sin;&lt;br /&gt;
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4.) Then the eremite explains Sir Ector’s dream to them. He says that Lancelot has fallen into may sin and that’s why he was servant of the devil for a long time. He can’t reach the Holy Grail anymore. The eremite also tells them about the brydel and the candle. The brydel is a sign of abstinence and the candle is a sign of clearness and Christ. Both of them don’t own these virtues, so they can’t reach the Holy Grail either. Information about: morals and sin; &lt;br /&gt;
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17.) A voice stops Bors from killing his brother and a sudden flame rises between them , that heals Bor’s brother. The voice then asks Bors to travel to the sea to meet Sir Parcival. And after the two brothers forgive each other Bors starts his travel. At night he rests at an old abbey and hears that demanding voice again and he immediately marks himself with a cross on his forehead and picks up his travel. On a beach a ship with white saisl is waiting and as soon as he gets on board the ship starts moving (no crew mentioned) very fast. On the ship he finds Sir Parcival sleeping and both men soon recognize each other and are sure God himself brought them together. They talk and pray and the only thing they are missing while the ship travels forwards and backwards is Sir Galahad.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.angl-am.uni-oldenburg.de/wiki/index.php?title=Le_Morte_Darthur_Book_17&amp;diff=9095</id>
		<title>Le Morte Darthur Book 17</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Jens: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;This is my first sketch. will end it tomorrow morning or later this night. - will also add remarks which chapter relates to what topic of ours. Just thought that anyone interested could already skim through it to get a glimpse of the story so far.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Book 17.Cpt. 1:&#039;&#039;&#039;  [Beginning missing - will be added] &lt;br /&gt;
Gawayn may heal but his quest is at an end. Sir Galahad  rests at a hermitage and is woken at night by a “gentilwoman” that asks him to get armed and follow her, for in the next three days she would grant him adventures never seen by a knight before. Galahad follows.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Cpt. 2:  Galahad is lead to the castle of that “gentilwoman’s” lady where he rests some time before he is lead towards the sea by that “gentilwoman” and with them they carry a child and some riches. On the beach the ship,with cheering Bors and Percival on board, is waiting for them. As soon as they are on board the ship starts sailing again and all three knights exchange the storys of their adventures and their temptations. Bors is only missing Lancelot in his party. After a while they meet another ship between two big rocks. Writings on on the ship tell them, that only those of “steadfast believe” should enter the ship because the author of those letters would not help them if they should fail. At that point the “gentilwoman” reveals that she is Percival’s sister and warns him, that he will perish should he not firmly believe in Jesus Christ. Happy to see his sister, Percival replies that he, should he be an untrue knight, could as well perish.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 3:&#039;&#039;&#039;  On board of the other ship the the four find it full of riches and with a large bed in the middle, at it’s foot a sword could be found. The swords pommel was made a of multicolored stone and the cross guard (?) (“scales”) was made of the rips of two beasts: the Serpent of the Fiend and the Fish Ertanax. First should save its bearer from weariness and harm, the other would strengthen the bearer’s will as to focus solemly on the task before him and avoid distraction.. Percival and Bors both can’t draw the word and in Galahad’s hands it displayed strange red letters (like blood), telling him of the special powers of the sword and that only a man passing all other man would be able to draw it. Galahad doesn’t ry to draw it out of disgust. &lt;br /&gt;
Percival’s sister remembers some tales in which the word is found on a ship and could only be employed by a severly wounded man against a muslim king who then died after returning the sword to the ship.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt.4:&#039;&#039;&#039;  [Still the sword thing] still tales [wil be added]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 5:&#039;&#039;&#039; another tale – King Pelles,later on called the Maimed King, was a great supporter of the church, found the ship after getting separated with all but one of his knightes he rode out for hunting. After reading the letters and entering the ship lone he tried to draw the sword and was struck by spear through both thighs  a wound that could never be healed since then.  &lt;br /&gt;
We then switch back to the three knights, who find two swords and three white, green and red “spyndels” of vibrant color near the head of the bed. Sir Percival’s sister tells the knight’s the story how Eve planted the branch of the tree that carried “the apple” after their banishment from paradise into the earth and a majestic white tree grew out of it.  After Adam and Eve had sex under the tree it turned green and later ,after Cain killed his brother Abel below it, it turned red and all plants expect this tree withered. Much later wise king Solomon reigned the marvellous red tree still existed.&lt;br /&gt;
King Solomon’s wife is said to be an evil woman and the king himself despises women in his books until the holy ghost tells him, that from his lineage will come a glorrious woman, from the man, who would not only be a formidable knight but also the last of Solomon’s bloodline. [“man whiche shalle be a mayde”]&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
Cpt. 6:&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
King Solomon  kept studying and thought long time who could be this man and finally he told his wife about the prophecy. She asked him to have an excellent ship build and the sword of David fitted with a new pommel, crossguard and sheath. She herself outfitted the ship with riches and added the hempen girdle (against the protest of Solomon)to the sword. And  she forced a carpenter to cut enough wood from the white, the green and the red tree to craft three “spyndlys” out of it. Those were added to the bed. After all is done Solomons asks his wife what this all is about..&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 7 :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
At night Solomon dreams of angels that spray the ship with holy water (consecrate it?) and wirte on’s sides warnings for those that enter and on the sword another message. Shocked he retreats and the ship glided into the sea and vanished quickly while a little voice told Solomon that the knight he is looking for will rest in this bed and ship. He then told his wife about his dream. [Back on board the ship] Percival finds written news that tell them the story of the ship and the sword and they understand, that they must find a suitable girdle for the famous sword. Percival’s sister then produces a girdle made from her own hair that she had crafted as soon as she knew about her mission. And then Galahad is girded with the sword then called the Sword of the Strange Girdles.Then they leave the ship (of Solomon) and the winds drive them to the coast of Scotland, near to a castle on the cliffs. where Percival’s sister warns the knights about assailants, who know that they were Arthur’s knights.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 8&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
After introducing themselves to a squire of that castle who then returned with the message the hear horns and are warned by a “gentilwoman” to leave or they would die. Some well armed knights are dispatched from the castle to take the knights prisoners but are quickly killed or flee, while the knights take some of the horses and follow the survivers into the castle, were the kill quite many people. As they wonder on what they have done and are quite sure to have sinned. But why had God given them the strength to kill them? [REGRET? Justification of Violence]  A priest in the castle tells them that there is no need for self-doubt since the former lord (Earl Hernox) of this castle was fataly wounded thrown into prison by his three sons, who before that had  raped and then, when she told her father, killed her sister and afterwards killed priests and destroyed churches. The priests also says, that Earl Hernox forsaw the arrival of servants of God to redeem this injustice. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt 9&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
Earl Hernox dies in Galahad’s arms and with his last breath asks the knight to go and seek out the Maimed King, for he will be healed by Galahad. [PROPHECY]&lt;br /&gt;
The three knights and Percival’s sister depart and on their travel they meet a white stag with four “lions” (?lyons) in a vast forest which they folllow to a hermitage were an armored priest conducts mass in a chapel, which the four travelers attend. In mass they see the white stag become a man and the lions turn into another man, a lion (…),  an eagle, and an ox, that all receive a blessing at the altar and leave, somehow incorporeal, through the painted glaswindow. Then the knights hear a voice that tells them that like this the Virgin Mary received his son (Christian religion). They ask the priest about what had happened and he explains to them, that they are choosen to learn about secrets of God himself and that they will bring an end to the “Sancgreal” (Sangreal – Holy Grail, probably: the quest for the grail).&lt;br /&gt;
The white stag and the lions are a symbol for Jesus  and the Evangelists but assumes that the knights won’t see these anymore. The knight’s rejoice and travel past a castle on the next day, when a knight bearing a message comes after them.&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
Cpt. 10&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
The knight from tha castle asks Percival’s sister to give a vessel full of her maiden blood as it is custom. The three knights defend her and even manage fend off massive superior number of knights (soldiers), Galahad seemingly going berserk, until nightfall. They are then invited into the castle to rest and learn about this custom.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 11&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
Bors, Galahad, Percival and his sister accept and learn that the blood of a maiden is neede to cure the Lady of the castle. &lt;br /&gt;
Percival’s sister offers to heal the lady with her blood and  voluntarily gives enough to heal the lady but to kill herself. Her last wish is her body to be send forth in a small boat so that, as she forsees, she will arrive in due time at the city of Sarras where she is going to be buried under a tower were Percival and Galahad,too, shall be buried at some point in time. Percival fullfills her wish and even adds a letter that contains all her deeds to her dead hands. After a strong tempest the three knights see a wounded knight praying to God for help and being chased by a “dwarf” and Bors sets out save that knight.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt.12&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
Galahad and Percival pray all night for Bors save return. And when they leave the chappel the find everyone in the castle dead and hear a voice that names this God’s vengeance for the shedding of virgin blood. They then find 36 the well preserved tombs of the “maydens that were martred for the seke ladyes sake”, all of whom had royal blood. Then they leave the castle.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 13&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
While Lanceleot is resting near the “waters of Mortoyse” he receives a vision that aks him to board the first ship that he may find. On a beach he finds a ship without sail or oars and as soon as he enters he is overwhelmed with joy and falls asleep. As he awakes he finds Percival’s dead sister on a bed in the ship and reads of her and her brother’s deeds. &lt;br /&gt;
Lancelot stays onboard the ship for a month and ist sustained by prayers alone.One night  he meets his son Galahad and both are full of joy and, as he sees Percival’s dead sister on the bed, tell each other stories of their deeds. Lancelot is especially keen to hear and praise the sword Galahad procured on the ship of Solomon. Both travel together on the ship for half a year and worship good, while again and again fight against wild beasts on unchartered isles, which is not elaborated on since it has nothing to to with the grail.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 14&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
On a Monday Galahad is picked up by heavily armored knight who tells him, that he had passed enough time with his father and a voice tells them, that they will only see each other again on judgement day. Thy bid farewell to each other and Lancelot ist driven out unto the see again for another month of full of prayers.&lt;br /&gt;
Lancelot finally arrives at a castle whose doors are open but guarded with two lions but before he canenter he is reprimanded by a voice that he will need the strength in the Lord more than his armor. ( a suddenly appearing dwarf actually hits him after drawing his sword! O_o ) &lt;br /&gt;
He thanks the Lord and manages to enter the castle through open doors and non-aggressive lions. Only a last door is closed to him and he tries to open it.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 15&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
With all his strength he can’t open the door. He only hears an angelic voice praising the Lord. So he prays for God to let him in if he had done something in his life that had pleased him. The door opens and he sees that inside there is a richly decorated and bright altar, some angels and a holy vessel with a priest holding mass in front of it. Lancelot is warned to by that mysterios voice but after seeing the priest struggling while holds the young child of two other people aloft he enters to help the priest. And feels instantly burned and weakend. He falls to the ground, absolutely powerless, and is brought outside. There he is found the next morning and the people of the castle decide to look after him although he seems dead for many of them. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 16&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
For 24 days they serve him and as he suddenly awakes he is furious about it sine he was shown great secrets and miracles in his sleep. He perceives thos 24 (25th day he awakes) as his punishment for his 25 years being a sinner and he remebers that he hadn’t worn the hair-shirt (“hayr”) a hermit had given to him as he promised a year ago. [I’m at a complete loss with this .. shirt. Where in the book does he get it? ] Afterward wears the hair-shirt beneath his other clothing. He also is told that he will never see the Grail any closer than he already did and he accepts it, grateful for the mercy shown to him by God. &lt;br /&gt;
He then gives his full name and is happily greeting by the king for he is at the Castle of Carbonek and at King Pelles court.&lt;br /&gt;
The King relates the sad story of his dead daughter whereof Lancelot is genuinely sorry. After four days he leaves the court.&lt;br /&gt;
[to be continued]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Jens</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.angl-am.uni-oldenburg.de/wiki/index.php?title=Le_Morte_Darthur_Book_17&amp;diff=9094</id>
		<title>Le Morte Darthur Book 17</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://wiki.angl-am.uni-oldenburg.de/wiki/index.php?title=Le_Morte_Darthur_Book_17&amp;diff=9094"/>
		<updated>2007-12-06T19:16:25Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Jens: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;This is my first sketch. will end it tomorrow morning or later this night. - will also add remarks which chapter relates to what topic of ours. Just thought that anyone interested could already skim through it to get a glimpse of the story so far.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Book 17.Cpt. 1:&#039;&#039;&#039;  [Beginning missing - will be added] &lt;br /&gt;
Gawayn may heal but his quest is at an end. Sir Galahad  rests at a hermitage and is woken at night by a “gentilwoman” that asks him to get armed and follow her, for in the next three days she would grant him adventures never seen by a knight before. Galahad follows.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Cpt. 2:  Galahad is lead to the castle of that “gentilwoman’s” lady where he rests some time before he is lead towards the sea by that “gentilwoman” and with them they carry a child and some riches. On the beach the ship,with cheering Bors and Percival on board, is waiting for them. As soon as they are on board the ship starts sailing again and all three knights exchange the storys of their adventures and their temptations. Bors is only missing Lancelot in his party. After a while they meet another ship between two big rocks. Writings on on the ship tell them, that only those of “steadfast believe” should enter the ship because the author of those letters would not help them if they should fail. At that point the “gentilwoman” reveals that she is Percival’s sister and warns him, that he will perish should he not firmly believe in Jesus Christ. Happy to see his sister, Percival replies that he, should he be an untrue knight, could as well perish.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 3:&#039;&#039;&#039;  On board of the other ship the the four find it full of riches and with a large bed in the middle, at it’s foot a sword could be found. The swords pommel was made a of multicolored stone and the cross guard (?) (“scales”) was made of the rips of two beasts: the Serpent of the Fiend and the Fish Ertanax. First should save its bearer from weariness and harm, the other would strengthen the bearer’s will as to focus solemly on the task before him and avoid distraction.. Percival and Bors both can’t draw the word and in Galahad’s hands it displayed strange red letters (like blood), telling him of the special powers of the sword and that only a man passing all other man would be able to draw it. Galahad doesn’t ry to draw it out of disgust. &lt;br /&gt;
Percival’s sister remembers some tales in which the word is found on a ship and could only be employed by a severly wounded man against a muslim king who then died after returning the sword to the ship.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt.4:&#039;&#039;&#039;  [Still the sword thing] still tales [wil be added]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 5:&#039;&#039;&#039; another tale – King Pelles,later on called the Maimed King, was a great supporter of the church, found the ship after getting separated with all but one of his knightes he rode out for hunting. After reading the letters and entering the ship lone he tried to draw the sword and was struck by spear through both thighs  a wound that could never be healed since then.  &lt;br /&gt;
We then switch back to the three knights, who find two swords and three white, green and red “spyndels” of vibrant color near the head of the bed. Sir Percival’s sister tells the knight’s the story how Eve planted the branch of the tree that carried “the apple” after their banishment from paradise into the earth and a majestic white tree grew out of it.  After Adam and Eve had sex under the tree it turned green and later ,after Cain killed his brother Abel below it, it turned red and all plants expect this tree withered. Much later wise king Solomon reigned the marvellous red tree still existed.&lt;br /&gt;
King Solomon’s wife is said to be an evil woman and the king himself despises women in his books until the holy ghost tells him, that from his lineage will come a glorrious woman, from the man, who would not only be a formidable knight but also the last of Solomon’s bloodline. [“man whiche shalle be a mayde”]&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
Cpt. 6:&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
King Solomon  kept studying and thought long time who could be this man and finally he told his wife about the prophecy. She asked him to have an excellent ship build and the sword of David fitted with a new pommel, crossguard and sheath. She herself outfitted the ship with riches and added the hempen girdle (against the protest of Solomon)to the sword. And  she forced a carpenter to cut enough wood from the white, the green and the red tree to craft three “spyndlys” out of it. Those were added to the bed. After all is done Solomons asks his wife what this all is about..&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 7 :&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
At night Solomon dreams of angels that spray the ship with holy water (consecrate it?) and wirte on’s sides warnings for those that enter and on the sword another message. Shocked he retreats and the ship glided into the sea and vanished quickly while a little voice told Solomon that the knight he is looking for will rest in this bed and ship. He then told his wife about his dream. [Back on board the ship] Percival finds written news that tell them the story of the ship and the sword and they understand, that they must find a suitable girdle for the famous sword. Percival’s sister then produces a girdle made from her own hair that she had crafted as soon as she knew about her mission. And then Galahad is girded with the sword then called the Sword of the Strange Girdles.Then they leave the ship (of Solomon) and the winds drive them to the coast of Scotland, near to a castle on the cliffs. where Percival’s sister warns the knights about assailants, who know that they were Arthur’s knights.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 8&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
After introducing themselves to a squire of that castle who then returned with the message the hear horns and are warned by a “gentilwoman” to leave or they would die. Some well armed knights are dispatched from the castle to take the knights prisoners but are quickly killed or flee, while the knights take some of the horses and follow the survivers into the castle, were the kill quite many people. As they wonder on what they have done and are quite sure to have sinned. But why had God given them the strength to kill them? [REGRET? Justification of Violence]  A priest in the castle tells them that there is no need for self-doubt since the former lord (Earl Hernox) of this castle was fataly wounded thrown into prison by his three sons, who before that had  raped and then, when she told her father, killed her sister and afterwards killed priests and destroyed churches. The priests also says, that Earl Hernox forsaw the arrival of servants of God to redeem this injustice. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt 9&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
Earl Hernox dies in Galahad’s arms and with his last breath asks the knight to go and seek out the Maimed King, for he will be healed by Galahad. [PROPHECY]&lt;br /&gt;
The three knights and Percival’s sister depart and on their travel they meet a white stag with four “lions” (?lyons) in a vast forest which they folllow to a hermitage were an armored priest conducts mass in a chapel, which the four travelers attend. In mass they see the white stag become a man and the lions turn into another man, a lion (…),  an eagle, and an ox, that all receive a blessing at the altar and leave, somehow incorporeal, through the painted glaswindow. Then the knights hear a voice that tells them that like this the Virgin Mary received his son (Christian religion). They ask the priest about what had happened and he explains to them, that they are choosen to learn about secrets of God himself and that they will bring an end to the “Sancgreal” (Sangreal – Holy Grail, probably: the quest for the grail).&lt;br /&gt;
The white stag and the lions are a symbol for Jesus  and the Evangelists but assumes that the knights won’t see these anymore. The knight’s rejoice and travel past a castle on the next day, when a knight bearing a message comes after them.&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
Cpt. 10&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
The knight from tha castle asks Percival’s sister to give a vessel full of her maiden blood as it is custom. The three knights defend her and even manage fend off massive superior number of knights (soldiers), Galahad seemingly going berserk, until nightfall. They are then invited into the castle to rest and learn about this custom.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 11&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
Bors, Galahad, Percival and his sister accept and learn that the blood of a maiden is neede to cure the Lady of the castle. &lt;br /&gt;
Percival’s sister offers to heal the lady with her blood and  voluntarily gives enough to heal the lady but to kill herself. Her last wish is her body to be send forth in a small boat so that, as she forsees, she will arrive in due time at the city of Sarras where she is going to be buried under a tower were Percival and Galahad,too, shall be buried at some point in time. Percival fullfills her wish and even adds a letter that contains all her deeds to her dead hands. After a strong tempest the three knights see a wounded knight praying to God for help and being chased by a “dwarf” and Bors sets out save that knight.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt.12&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
Galahad and Percival pray all night for Bors save return. And when they leave the chappel the find everyone in the castle dead and hear a voice that names this God’s vengeance for the shedding of virgin blood. They then find 36 the well preserved tombs of the “maydens that were martred for the seke ladyes sake”, all of whom had royal blood. Then they leave the castle.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 13&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
While Lanceleot is resting near the “waters of Mortoyse” he receives a vision that aks him to board the first ship that he may find. On a beach he finds a ship without sail or oars and as soon as he enters he is overwhelmed with joy and falls asleep. As he awakes he finds Percival’s dead sister on a bed in the ship and reads of her and her brother’s deeds. &lt;br /&gt;
Lancelot stays onboard the ship for a month and ist sustained by prayers alone.One night  he meets his son Galahad and both are full of joy and, as he sees Percival’s dead sister on the bed, tell each other stories of their deeds. Lancelot is especially keen to hear and praise the sword Galahad procured on the ship of Solomon. Both travel together on the ship for half a year and worship good, while again and again fight against wild beasts on unchartered isles, which is not elaborated on since it has nothing to to with the grail.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 14&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
On a Monday Galahad is picked up by heavily armored knight who tells him, that he had passed enough time with his father and a voice tells them, that they will only see each other again on judgement day. Thy bid farewell to each other and Lancelot ist driven out unto the see again for another month of full of prayers.&lt;br /&gt;
Lancelot finally arrives at a castle whose doors are open but guarded with two lions but before he canenter he is reprimanded by a voice that he will need the strength in the Lord more than his armor. ( a suddenly appearing dwarf actually hits him after drawing his sword! O_o ) &lt;br /&gt;
He thanks the Lord and manages to enter the castle through open doors and non-aggressive lions. Only a last door is closed to him and he tries to open it.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 15&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
With all his strength he can’t open the door. He only hears an angelic voice praising the Lord. So he prays for God to let him in if he had done something in his life that had pleased him. The door opens and he sees that inside there is a richly decorated and bright altar, some angels and a holy vessel with a priest holding mass in front of it. Lancelot is warned to by that mysterios voice but after seeing the priest struggling while holds the young child of two other people aloft he enters to help the priest. And feels instantly burned and weakend. He falls to the ground, absolutely powerless, and is brought outside. There he is found the next morning and the people of the castle decide to look after him although he seems dead for many of them. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 16&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
For 24 days they serve him and as he suddenly awakes he is furious about it sine he was shown great secrets and miracles in his sleep. He perceives thos 24 (25th day he awakes) as his punishment for his 25 years being a sinner and he remebers that he hadn’t worn the hair-shirt (“hayr”) a hermit had given to him as he promised a year ago. [I’m at a complete loss with this .. shirt. Where in the book does he get it? ] Afterward wears the hair-shirt beneath his other clothing. He also is told that he will never see the Grail any closer than he already did and he accepts it, grateful for the mercy shown to him by God. &lt;br /&gt;
He then gives his full name and is happily greeting by the king for he is at the Castle of Carbonek and at King Pelles court.&lt;br /&gt;
The King relates the sad story of his dead daughter whereof Lancelot is genuinely sorry. After four days he leaves the court.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Jens</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.angl-am.uni-oldenburg.de/wiki/index.php?title=Le_Morte_Darthur_Book_17&amp;diff=9093</id>
		<title>Le Morte Darthur Book 17</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://wiki.angl-am.uni-oldenburg.de/wiki/index.php?title=Le_Morte_Darthur_Book_17&amp;diff=9093"/>
		<updated>2007-12-06T19:15:26Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Jens: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;This is my first sketch. will end it tomorrow morning or later this night. - will also add remarks which chapter relates to what topic of ours. Just thought that anyone interested could already skim through it to get a glimpse of the story so far.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Book 17.Cpt. 1:&#039;&#039;&#039;  [Beginning missing - will be added] &lt;br /&gt;
Gawayn may heal but his quest is at an end. Sir Galahad  rests at a hermitage and is woken at night by a “gentilwoman” that asks him to get armed and follow her, for in the next three days she would grant him adventures never seen by a knight before. Galahad follows.&lt;br /&gt;
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Cpt. 2:  Galahad is lead to the castle of that “gentilwoman’s” lady where he rests some time before he is lead towards the sea by that “gentilwoman” and with them they carry a child and some riches. On the beach the ship,with cheering Bors and Percival on board, is waiting for them. As soon as they are on board the ship starts sailing again and all three knights exchange the storys of their adventures and their temptations. Bors is only missing Lancelot in his party. After a while they meet another ship between two big rocks. Writings on on the ship tell them, that only those of “steadfast believe” should enter the ship because the author of those letters would not help them if they should fail. At that point the “gentilwoman” reveals that she is Percival’s sister and warns him, that he will perish should he not firmly believe in Jesus Christ. Happy to see his sister, Percival replies that he, should he be an untrue knight, could as well perish.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 3:&#039;&#039;&#039;  On board of the other ship the the four find it full of riches and with a large bed in the middle, at it’s foot a sword could be found. The swords pommel was made a of multicolored stone and the cross guard (?) (“scales”) was made of the rips of two beasts: the Serpent of the Fiend and the Fish Ertanax. First should save its bearer from weariness and harm, the other would strengthen the bearer’s will as to focus solemly on the task before him and avoid distraction.. Perciaval and Bors both can’t draw the word and in Galahad’s hands it displayed strange red letters (like blood), telling him of the special powers of the sword and that only a man passing all other man would be able to draw it. Galahad doesn’t ry to draw it out of disgust. &lt;br /&gt;
Percival’s sister remembers some tales in which the word is found on a ship and could only be employed by a severly wounded man against a muslim king who then died after returning the sword to the ship.&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt.4:&#039;&#039;&#039;  [Still the sword thing] still tales [wil be added]&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt. 5:&#039;&#039;&#039; another tale – King Pelles,later on called the Maimed King, was a great supporter of the church, found the ship after getting separated with all but one of his knightes he rode out for hunting. After reading the letters and entering the ship lone he tried to draw the sword and was struck by spear through both thighs  a wound that could never be healed since then.  &lt;br /&gt;
We then switch back to the three knights, who find two swords and three white, green and red “spyndels” of vibrant color near the head of the bed. Sir Percival’s sister tells the knight’s the story how Eve planted the branch of the tree that carried “the apple” after their banishment from paradise into the earth and a majestic white tree grew out of it.  After Adam and Eve had sex under the tree it turned green and later ,after Cain killed his brother Abel below it, it turned red and all plants expect this tree withered. Much later wise king Solomon reigned the marvellous red tree still existed.&lt;br /&gt;
King Solomon’s wife is said to be an evil woman and the king himself despises women in his books until the holy ghost tells him, that from his lineage will come a glorrious woman, from the man, who would not only be a formidable knight but also the last of Solomon’s bloodline. [“man whiche shalle be a mayde”]&lt;br /&gt;
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King Solomon  kept studying and thought long time who could be this man and finally he told his wife about the prophecy. She asked him to have an excellent ship build and the sword of David fitted with a new pommel, crossguard and sheath. She herself outfitted the ship with riches and added the hempen girdle (against the protest of Solomon)to the sword. And  she forced a carpenter to cut enough wood from the white, the green and the red tree to craft three “spyndlys” out of it. Those were added to the bed. After all is done Solomons asks his wife what this all is about..&lt;br /&gt;
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At night Solomon dreams of angels that spray the ship with holy water (consecrate it?) and wirte on’s sides warnings for those that enter and on the sword another message. Shocked he retreats and the ship glided into the sea and vanished quickly while a little voice told Solomon that the knight he is looking for will rest in this bed and ship. He then told his wife about his dream. [Back on board the ship] Percival finds written news that tell them the story of the ship and the sword and they understand, that they must find a suitable girdle for the famous sword. Percival’s sister then produces a girdle made from her own hair that she had crafted as soon as she knew about her mission. And then Galahad is girded with the sword then called the Sword of the Strange Girdles.Then they leave the ship (of Solomon) and the winds drive them to the coast of Scotland, near to a castle on the cliffs. where Percival’s sister warns the knights about assailants, who know that they were Arthur’s knights.&lt;br /&gt;
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After introducing themselves to a squire of that castle who then returned with the message the hear horns and are warned by a “gentilwoman” to leave or they would die. Some well armed knights are dispatched from the castle to take the knights prisoners but are quickly killed or flee, while the knights take some of the horses and follow the survivers into the castle, were the kill quite many people. As they wonder on what they have done and are quite sure to have sinned. But why had God given them the strength to kill them? [REGRET? Justification of Violence]  A priest in the castle tells them that there is no need for self-doubt since the former lord (Earl Hernox) of this castle was fataly wounded thrown into prison by his three sons, who before that had  raped and then, when she told her father, killed her sister and afterwards killed priests and destroyed churches. The priests also says, that Earl Hernox forsaw the arrival of servants of God to redeem this injustice. &lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Cpt 9&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
Earl Hernox dies in Galahad’s arms and with his last breath asks the knight to go and seek out the Maimed King, for he will be healed by Galahad. [PROPHECY]&lt;br /&gt;
The three knights and Percival’s sister depart and on their travel they meet a white stag with four “lions” (?lyons) in a vast forest which they folllow to a hermitage were an armored priest conducts mass in a chapel, which the four travelers attend. In mass they see the white stag become a man and the lions turn into another man, a lion (…),  an eagle, and an ox, that all receive a blessing at the altar and leave, somehow incorporeal, through the painted glaswindow. Then the knights hear a voice that tells them that like this the Virgin Mary received his son (Christian religion). They ask the priest about what had happened and he explains to them, that they are choosen to learn about secrets of God himself and that they will bring an end to the “Sancgreal” (Sangreal – Holy Grail, probably: the quest for the grail).&lt;br /&gt;
The white stag and the lions are a symbol for Jesus  and the Evangelists but assumes that the knights won’t see these anymore. The knight’s rejoice and travel past a castle on the next day, when a knight bearing a message comes after them.&lt;br /&gt;
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The knight from tha castle asks Percival’s sister to give a vessel full of her maiden blood as it is custom. The three knights defend her and even manage fend off massive superior number of knights (soldiers), Galahad seemingly going berserk, until nightfall. They are then invited into the castle to rest and learn about this custom.&lt;br /&gt;
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Bors, Galahad, Percival and his sister accept and learn that the blood of a maiden is neede to cure the Lady of the castle. &lt;br /&gt;
Percival’s sister offers to heal the lady with her blood and  voluntarily gives enough to heal the lady but to kill herself. Her last wish is her body to be send forth in a small boat so that, as she forsees, she will arrive in due time at the city of Sarras where she is going to be buried under a tower were Percival and Galahad,too, shall be buried at some point in time. Percival fullfills her wish and even adds a letter that contains all her deeds to her dead hands. After a strong tempest the three knights see a wounded knight praying to God for help and being chased by a “dwarf” and Bors sets out save that knight.&lt;br /&gt;
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Galahad and Percival pray all night for Bors save return. And when they leave the chappel the find everyone in the castle dead and hear a voice that names this God’s vengeance for the shedding of virgin blood. They then find 36 the well preserved tombs of the “maydens that were martred for the seke ladyes sake”, all of whom had royal blood. Then they leave the castle.&lt;br /&gt;
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While Lanceleot is resting near the “waters of Mortoyse” he receives a vision that aks him to board the first ship that he may find. On a beach he finds a ship without sail or oars and as soon as he enters he is overwhelmed with joy and falls asleep. As he awakes he finds Percival’s dead sister on a bed in the ship and reads of her and her brother’s deeds. &lt;br /&gt;
Lancelot stays onboard the ship for a month and ist sustained by prayers alone.One night  he meets his son Galahad and both are full of joy and, as he sees Percival’s dead sister on the bed, tell each other stories of their deeds. Lancelot is especially keen to hear and praise the sword Galahad procured on the ship of Solomon. Both travel together on the ship for half a year and worship good, while again and again fight against wild beasts on unchartered isles, which is not elaborated on since it has nothing to to with the grail.&lt;br /&gt;
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On a Monday Galahad is picked up by heavily armored knight who tells him, that he had passed enough time with his father and a voice tells them, that they will only see each other again on judgement day. Thy bid farewell to each other and Lancelot ist driven out unto the see again for another month of full of prayers.&lt;br /&gt;
Lancelot finally arrives at a castle whose doors are open but guarded with two lions but before he canenter he is reprimanded by a voice that he will need the strength in the Lord more than his armor. ( a suddenly appearing dwarf actually hits him after drawing his sword! O_o ) &lt;br /&gt;
He thanks the Lord and manages to enter the castle through open doors and non-aggressive lions. Only a last door is closed to him and he tries to open it.&lt;br /&gt;
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With all his strength he can’t open the door. He only hears an angelic voice praising the Lord. So he prays for God to let him in if he had done something in his life that had pleased him. The door opens and he sees that inside there is a richly decorated and bright altar, some angels and a holy vessel with a priest holding mass in front of it. Lancelot is warned to by that mysterios voice but after seeing the priest struggling while holds the young child of two other people aloft he enters to help the priest. And feels instantly burned and weakend. He falls to the ground, absolutely powerless, and is brought outside. There he is found the next morning and the people of the castle decide to look after him although he seems dead for many of them. &lt;br /&gt;
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For 24 days they serve him and as he suddenly awakes he is furious about it sine he was shown great secrets and miracles in his sleep. He perceives thos 24 (25th day he awakes) as his punishment for his 25 years being a sinner and he remebers that he hadn’t worn the hair-shirt (“hayr”) a hermit had given to him as he promised a year ago. [I’m at a complete loss with this .. shirt. Where in the book does he get it? ] Afterward wears the hair-shirt beneath his other clothing. He also is told that he will never see the Grail any closer than he already did and he accepts it, grateful for the mercy shown to him by God. &lt;br /&gt;
He then gives his full name and is happily greeting by the king for he is at the Castle of Carbonek and at King Pelles court.&lt;br /&gt;
The King relates the sad story of his dead daughter whereof Lancelot is genuinely sorry. After four days he leaves the court.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Jens</name></author>
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