Edward III's Round Table at Windsor

A dramatic archaeological find at Windsor Castle reveals Edward III's 'House of the Round Table', designed to show off Edward's power and prestige at a crucial moment in his attempts to lay claim to the throne of France.

List of illustrations and tables	p. vii
Introduction	p. xi
Acknowledgements	p. xiii
Prologue: Excavating the Round Table, August 2006	p. 1
Discovering the Round Table
Windsor Castle before 1344	p. 13
The early years of Edward III	p. 29
The Round Table feast of 1344	p. 38
The Round Table Building	p. 44
The Windsor Building Accounts
The building stone used for the Round Table building
The archaeology of the Upper Ward Quadrangle and the evidence for the Round Table Building
The Idea of the Round Table
What was a Round Table?	p. 69
Why did Edward III hold the Round Table? The political background	p. 77
Why did Edward III hold the Round Table? The chivalric background	p. 84
Imaginary buildings	p. 100
Reconstructing the Round Table
Reconstructing the Round Table: Windsor and beyond	p. 119
The Order of the Round Table	p. 137
Appendices
Archaeological Report on the 2006 Excavation	p. 157
Windsor Round Table Chronicle sources: Latin and French texts with facing translation	p. 179
Windsor Building Accounts for the House of the Round Table: Latin text with facing translation	p. 191
Arthurian re-enactments: Le Tournoi de Chauvency	p. 241
Lodewijk van Velthem, Voortzetting van den Spiegel Historiael
Abbreviations	p. 270
Works cited	p. 271
Index	p. 279
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