Sir Lancelot- Lancelot was the most

famous knight of the round table

- Lancelot was a fictional character in Chretien de Troyes books and has been a loved hero ever since

Brief history of Lancelot's Mama and Papa

• Lancelot was the only child of King Ban and his queen Elaine

• When Lancelot was young his father was driven from the kingdom by a revolt of his own people

• The king and queen flee, but the king dies of a broken heart on the way

Momma? Is that you?

• The queen knew her time was short so handed the baby over to the Lady of the Lake, who brought the boy up in her mysterious kingdom.

Lancelot, the arrogant hero

• Lancelot was known as a brave hero who could sometimes be rather arrogant

• His brave deeds were known far and wide

King Arthur looses his girlfriend

• King Arthur’s downfall was because of Lancelot. He had an affair with King Arthur’s girlfriend Guinevere, whom Arhur later married.

The roundish table of equality

• The round table was round because King Arthur had this crazy idea that everybody should be equal and having a circle table would make sure no one was at the head. Weird, we know.

Reasons why Lancelot was somewhat of a good guy

• All the ladies thought he was hot

• He was, yeah…okay, he was kind. Sort of.

• He had wavy hair. Okay, maybe this isn’t exactly a fact, but we imagined it.

The code of chivalry. Yeah, that’s right. They were polite

• To never lay down arms

• To seek after wonders

• When called upon, to defend the rights of the weak with all ones strength

• To injure no one

• Not to attack one another

Continuation of the chivalry rules

• To fight for the safety of ones country

• To give one’s life for one’s country

• To seek nothing before honor

• Never to break faith for any reason

Yeah, this is going to take a while. (Continuation)

• To practice religion most diligently

• To grant hospitality to anyone, each according to his ability

• Whether in honor or disgrace, to make a report with the greatest fidelity to truth to those who keep the annals

We like Lance- a lot!!

• We like Lance-a lot!! He lanced people a lot with his lance. A lot of people think Lancelot is cool. We do too. Like lance a lot that is

• Ok we’re done now