Camelot Research Paper

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Early Camelot starts with Joseph of Arimathea. According to a Vugate story, he came to Britain and then to Camelot, finding it to be a Islamic city. It was the rightest of the Saracen cities that were in Great Britain. It was so important the kings we crowned there. Camelot was a mythical castled city that was said to be in Great Britain. Camelot was the center of the Kingdom of Logres and in the Arthurian legend. Camelot was said to be a city surrounded by forests and meadows with plenty of open space for knightly tournaments. Text says that Camelot was a “rich and well provided town” but offers few details as to its layout or exact size. Camelot saw its share of wars in the Vulgate stories. The city’s defences were formidable, surviving a war against the Saxons and another invasion in which the Saxons were aided by Cornishmen. “After the bridges were raised and the gates shut, they climbed high on the walls to see whether or not the Saxons were coming to storm the city, but the Saxons did not have the will,” reads a section of one story It was said to be small enough that during a particularly expensive court so many barons and nobles came. …show more content…

These legends and myths about "the one, true King of the Britons" were used by Kings of England to authenticate their claims to the both the Welsh and English thrones. According to the Post Vulgate cycle sometime after the death of Camelot, a ruler, named King Mark of Cornwallis, whom Arthur had once defeated in battle, takes revenge by launching a final invasion of the Kingdom of Logres. There is some evidence that King Arthur might have been based on a real person so it is therefore unreasonable to expect that a place called Camelot actually

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