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King Arthur Websearch – Part 1

 

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Go to http://csis.pace.edu/grendel/projs993a/arthurian/kingarthur.htm

 

1. Arthur is a legendary king of Br________ from around _______ AD to _________ AD. His actual name might have been its Latin version, A_______. 
2. Some important parts of the legend about King Arthur are the ad_______ between Guinevere and L_______, Arthur's favorite kn_____; the quest for the H_____ Gr_____; and the battle between Arthur and his knights against his own son M_______.
3. There is a l______, which says that Arthur is the O_____ and F______ King of Britain, meaning that he is bound to r_____ at some time in the future to reign again.

 

Go to http://www-personal.umich.edu/%7Emerrie/Arthur/kidstory.html and find out the basics of the King Arthur legend.

1.     The Kingdom of Britain was without a k________.   It was agreed among the great lords of Britain that a t___________ would be held, and the kn______ who won the tournament would be the next K_____.

2.     Sir K_____ was preparing to f______ in the tournament. He was convinced that he would w____. He told this to Arthur, his adopted br_______.   Arthur would be allowed to act as Kay's sq______ during the c______, which meant he would get to take care of his a_____ and w_______.

3.     Arthur was so excited that he forgot to bring Kay's sw_____ with him. Without a sword, he could not fight. Arthur was w_______ that he would miss seeing many matches while he had to r____ the long distance back to f_____ the sword.

4.     On his way back to their l_________, though, Arthur saw a sw_____, sticking out of a s______, just sitting in the middle of a courtyard. He vo______ to put the sword back when Kay was done using it, and hurried forward and p_____ the sword out of the stone.  He ran back to Kay and gave it to him.

5.     Sir Ector called _______ the men of the tournament and showed them Arthur and the sw_____ he had pulled from the stone. And they had no choice, but to make Arthur the K_____ of Britain, for M_____ the enchanter had p______ the sword in the stone many years ago, and until then, and though many men had tried, no one else had been able to d_____ the sword from the stone.

6.     Young King Arthur was faced with many p_______.  Mostly, though, he needed to fight against the S______, who had invaded Britain before he was b_____, and were constantly trying to get new l______.

7.     He had to make the many petty kings and lords fight t________ with him instead of a_______ each other. To solve this problem, he was given the great R_____ T______, where all the men in his service could sit together without thinking that anyone was more i_______ than anyone else. A round table has no h_____, so no one could be said to be sitting at the h_____ of the table.

8.     King Leodegrance promised King Arthur his d________ Guinevere to be his q_______. They were married during a big celebration.

9.     After his w_______, King Arthur went on a long c_______ He fought twelve great b_____, the last one called the Battle of B_____, in which he beat the S_____ so badly that they did not make a peep for tw______ years.

10. King Arthur was afraid that his men would start to get b_______ and f______ amongst themselves. He asked M______ to come visit and give his knights some quests, to keep them b_____. He had the men hunt a w____ s______, he brought forward the G______ Knight, and finally, he suggested the pursuit of the H____ Gr_______.

11. King Arthur's knights were kept busy for many y_____ following these quests, until Merlin was i__________ in a c____ by his girlfriend. Without Merlin to keep them busy, tr_________ eventually found them.

12. King Arthur's nephew, M______, came to Camelot and seemed to fit in well there as a knight. But he secretly h_____ King Arthur, and began to p_____ so that he could become the King of Britain. As King Arthur didn't have any s_____, the throne would surely go to a n_______. And Mordred intended to be that n_______.

13.  When the S_______ started to attack King Arthur's lands again, he rode off to b______ with them. While King Arthur was g_____, Mordred made his move, and raised an a_____ to make him King instead. After King Arthur fought the S________, he had no choice but to m_____ out and fight Mordred. During the battle, they st_______ each other with mortal bl______. Mordred died quickly.

14. Bedivere, Arthur's most l_______ knight, came upon the d_____ King Arthur and asked, "________________________________?”  Bedivere agreed to do his took E________ and walked down to the water's e_____. But when he lifted his h_____ to throw the sword into the water, he f______ he could not. Bedivere h_____ the sword under a bush, and marked the spot, intending to r_______ it later.  But Arthur knew he was lying.  Bedivere took the sword and hid it under a bush a______, and marked the spot so he might retrieve it l_____.   Again, Arthur knew he was lying.

15.  Bedivere, even more troubled, left his king, took the sword from its hiding place, and went to the water's e_____. Then he lifted it high over his head, and h______ it out over the lake. The sword did not have a ch_____ to hit the water; for a ha_____ rose from the deep center of the lake, and c______ the sword neatly. It saluted Bedivere t______ times, and then sank beneath the s__________.

16.  Bedivere stayed with his mortally w_________ friend, as the sun set, and the s______ came out. And from the d__________ came nine w_________ dressed like q_________. They tenderly lifted the dying king from his rough b______ on the ground, and bore him off. Bedivere f______ as quickly as he could; he did not c_______ up with them until the nine queens had ______ Arthur onto a _____ and had sailed halfway across the l______.