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60 Cards in this Set
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How did Uther Pendragon rise to power
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brother died in battle
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Battle between
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Saxons and Britons
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Merlin
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a wizard, tutor, prophet, and adviser
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merlin was a ____ which meant
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druid- drew power from nature
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Merlin represented
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paganism and christianity
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Stonehenge
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Merlin sent large stones to Uther's brothers grave, known as stonehenge
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Who does Uther fall in love with
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Igrayne
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Igrayne is who's wife?
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Gerlois- the king of cornwall
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How does uther get Igrayne
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He has merlin transform him into the form of Gerlois and then sleeps with Igrayne
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What does Merlin take as payment
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Arthur- the child of Igrayne and Uther
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Who does arthur go to?
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Knight Sir Ector
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tournament held to
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determine new king after king pendragon was killed
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Arthurs "brother"
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Sir Kay
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Excalibur
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sword with mystical powers
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Powers of Excalibur
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-full right to throne
- protects owner from harm and heals wounds |
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Lady of the Lakes
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repairs Excalibur
hand sticks out of lake |
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What does King arthur need to do in order to fight the Saxons
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make the lower british Kings come together to all fight as one
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Excalibur was a ___ sign that
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divine sign that Arthur should be King Of England
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Excalibur has the power of
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invincibility
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Camelot
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castle/kingdom of Arthur
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what did camelot symbolize
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everything good and decent in society
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The round table symbolized
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equality
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The knights swore to
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protect the King and the kingdom
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some knights
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Sir Kay
Sir Ector Sir Pelleas Sir Gawain |
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5 oaths of knights
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-assist one another
-attempt hazardous adventures -lead a life of solitude -make right the wrongs -to give ladies, orphans and widows comfort and aid |
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as important with the ladies as sword and lance
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courtly manners
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term related to medieval institution of knighthood
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chivalry
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Chivalry is usually associated with knightly virtues, ____ and ______
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honor and courtly love
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The one seat open at the round table was called
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Siege Perilous
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The seat was reserved for
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the holy grail knight
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what would happen if someone else sat there?
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they would die
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The true grail hero must be the king with the
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purest heart and a virgin without sins
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The holy grail knight was
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Galahad
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Courtly love is
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an oath to place ladies on a pedastool
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Igrayne and Gerlois's daughter was
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Morgana
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The pursuit of the Holy grail symbolized two things
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a chance to prove themselves
a call to adventure |
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The Holy grail was a symbol of
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divine love
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The Holy grail was the source of
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visionary enlightment
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the holy grail is the cup of ____ used for communion at the _____
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Jesus, Last supper
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the holy grail is said to have collected
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blood from the cruxcifiction
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the ultimate quest is to be allowed to
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comprehend the mysteries of the grail
true enlightment |
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The three knights who managed to see the vision of the Holy Grail
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Sir Bors
Sir Galahad Sir Percivale |
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Only knight given true enlightenment
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Sir Galahad
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King Arthur offered to aid ____ in war
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King Leodogran
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King Arthur vowed to win his daughter
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Guinevere
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Arthur won war and King Leodogran gave him
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gifts, that he refused until he got his daughter
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When delivering his daughter to Arthur, King Leodogran sent his number one knight to deliver her
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Knight Lancelot
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Lancelot and Guiniveres son
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Galahad
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Lancelot was
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the most famous knight at the round table
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lovers triangle
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Guinevere, Lancelot, Arthur
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the adultry of guinivere and lancelot marks the beginning of
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the decay of camelot
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Arthurs half sister
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Morgana
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Morgana lures arthur into sleeping with her so
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she can have an heir to the throne
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Arthur and Morganas son
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Mordred
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Mordred was a knight at the round table but he betrayed
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the king and knights
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The last meeting between arthur and mordred
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Arthur sent 6,666 men to kill mordred, he got killed
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Arthur got wounded in war and asked
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Knight Bedivere to carry out last mission
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Sir Bedivere was asked to
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throw excalibur in the lake
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the final sign that proved sir bedivere did his task was
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that the lady caught the sward and saluted him three times and disappeared
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evidence that proves King Arthur was buried on the isle
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- slab that says "here lies king arthur", found a coffin made of logs, man with damaged skull
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