Sword+in+the+Stone

= ﻿The sword in the stone = = · is a story about Arthur's claim to the throne of Britain. = = · According to legend, the Sword was Uther's sword, the sword of the High King of Britain. After Uther's death there is no known heir and the barons are fighting among each other who are to be the next King of Britain. = = ﻿Merlin, who was Uther counselor, has the sollution: he takes Uther's sword and with his magic, he runs it into a rock. The onw man who is able to draw the sword from the stone again will be the rightfull heir. Many have tried: Uriens, even Leodegrance and many more, but no one was able to draw the sword. = = Until one day Sir Ector and his sons Kay and Arthur came to the place where the sword is capture in the rock, they come for a tournament. Arthur, being squirl to Ector and Kay, has to get Kay a new sword for him because his is broken. He passes the rock and draws the sword, which he brings to Ector and Kay. Next, misunderstanding is great, for how could this boy draw the sword from the stone. = = ﻿Then Merlin makes his entrance again and declares that Arthur is Uther's son. Evidence is that he places the sword back in the stone and dares anyone to draw it. No one succeeds, but Arthur. And so he became High King of Britain at a very young age. = =Arthur's sword is known as Caledfwlch. It is one of Arthur's most valuable possessions and is used by Arthur. = = Where is it now = == The sword in the stone is in the chapel next to the Gothic Abbey of Saint Galgano at Montesiepi. Archaeological digging may soon reveal its origins; Italian study announced that it has been plunged into a rock in 1180 by Galgano Guidotti, a medieval knight who abandons war and worldly goods to become a loner. They built it in Galgano's memory, the suggestive Gothic abbey at Montesiepi, near the city of ﻿Siena ﻿, still conserves the sword in a little chapel. The sword has been considered fake for many years, but our metal dating research in 2001 has indicated that it has medieval origin. media type="youtube" key="lZCsBhmjvuQ" height="390" width="480" ==

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