[Sca-cooks] Re:tea was Introduction and Question

[Laura C. Minnick]

At 02:03 PM 5/14/02 -0400, you wrote:
>> Older than that- the first compilation of Arthurian tales was done in the
>> 12th century by Cretien de Troyes, and there were various tales swimming
>> around before then. Edward III of England did his own SCA-ish stuff by
>> running 'King Arthur' tournaments, himself as Arthur (there's hubris for
>> you!) and his buddies as teh Knights of teh Round Table. He even had a
>> Round Table built- it's hanging on the wall in one of his castles. And any
>> rate, the concept of the Round Table is _very_ period...
>
>Yes, but was it ever applied to anything besides King Arthur's knights in
>period?
>
>-- Jadwiga Zajaczkowa

Besides Edward's re-creation? (And Henry VIII did it too) I don't know
off-hand. Let me think on that a bit.

'Lainie
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