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Galahad, Sir

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Galahad, Sir (găl`əhăd'), hero of Arthurian legend Arthurian legend, the mass of legend, popular in medieval lore, concerning King Arthur of Britain and his knights. Medieval Sources


The battle of Mt. Badon—in which, according to the Annales Cambriae (c.
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. He was the son of Launcelot and Elaine, the daughter of King Pelles. Because he was the noblest and purest of the knights of Christendom, he alone, according to Sir Thomas Malory Malory, Sir Thomas , d. 1471, English author of Morte d'Arthur. It is almost certain that he was Sir Thomas Malory of Newbold Revell, Warwickshire. Knighted in 1442, he served in the parliament of 1445.
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, achieved the Holy Grail (see Grail, Holy Grail, Holy, a feature of medieval legend and literature. It appears variously as a chalice, a cup, or a dish and sometimes as a stone or a caldron into which a bleeding lance drips.
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Galahad, Sir
gallant, chivalrous knight of the Round Table. [Br. Lit.: Le Morte d’Arthur]
See : Chivalry

Galahad, Sir
sole knight who could sit in siege perilous. [Br. Lit.: Le Morte d’Arthur; Idylls of the King]
See : Purity

Galahad, Sir
noblest and purest knight of the Round Table. [Br. Lit.: Le Morte d’Arthur]


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In addition, there are two minesweepers, HMS Grimsby and HMS Ledbury; three landing vessels, Sir Galahad, Sir Tristram and Sir Percivale; and four Royal Fleet Auxiliary support vessels, including the Argus, which can be fitted out as a hospital ship.
In addition there will be two minesweepers, HMS Grimsby and HMS Ledbury, three landing vessels Sir Galahad, Sir Tristram and Sir Percivale, and four Royal Fleet Auxiliary support vessels, including the Argus which can be fitted out as a hospital ship.
In addition there will be two minesweepers, HMS Grimsby and HMS Ledbury, three landing vessels, Sir Galahad, Sir Tristram and Sir Percivale, and four Royal Fleet Auxiliary support vessels, including the Argus which can be fitted out as a hospital ship.
 
 
 
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