GUENEVERE'S ADULTERY

 

Golden chains bind the High Queen to her doom.

For the many years that Lancelot and Guenevere were lovers, arthur had done his best to overlook the affair. Despite the hurt and humiliation, he continued to lover his queen and his best friend. Though rumors had circulated there was no proof of adultery, but Mordred wet about to change this. By bringing the affair out in the open for all to see, Mordred put the king in a desperate position. The new religion did not allow the Queen to take lovers, and to do so was considered an offense to the king. Being that Guenevere was the wife of the High King, her betrayal was considered an act of high treason--punishable by death.

Though Arthur did all he could to stall the sentence, Mordred led the people in howls of disgust, demanding that Arthur fulfill his obligation as King. Guenevere was damned to burn at the stake.

As the fateful moment arrived and queen waas bound to the stake, Lancelot and his band rushed upon the scene and frantiically hacked their way to the queen. Lancelot succeeded in rescuring his beloved and carried her to safety. Guenevere's life had been saaved, but with tragic results. In his frenzy, Lancelot had killed many of his friends including the much loved Garth. The formidable Gawain sought his former friend to avenge the death of his brothers. With this tragedy, blood feuds erupted and split the Fellowship of the Round Table.


Ferguson, Anna-Marie. Keeper of Words. 1995 Llewellyn Publications. St. Paul, Minnesota. (197)

 

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