Who were the 12 Knights of the Roundtable (incl. Arthur) & what was their code of honor?

Question

Part of their code was, they were men of courage, honor, dignity, courtesy, and nobleness. Would you have wanted to live back in those days? I would have, if I had the proper weapons of today.

Answer 1

their was more then 12 knights wern't there? i thought their was a bunch.
here is a list of some of them.
* Sir Aglovale, son of King Pellinore of Listinoise
* Sir Agravaine, son of King Lot of Orkney
* King Bagdemagus
* Sir Bedivere (Bedwyr)
* Sir Bors, King of Gannes (Gaul)
* Sir Breunor, also known as "La Cote Male Taile"
* Sir Cador
* Sir Caradoc, called "Caradoc Vreichvras", or "Caradoc Strong Arm"
* Sir Colgrevance
* Sir Constantine, son of Cador, who became king after Arthur's death
* Sir Dagonet, the court jester
* Sir Daniel
* Sir Dinadan, the son of Sir Brunor Senior and brother of Sirs Brunor le Noir 'La Cote Mal Taillée' and Daniel.
* Sir Ector, Arthur's foster father and Sir Kay's father
* Sir Ector de Maris, the son of King Ban of Benwick
* Sir Elyan the White, the son of Sir Bors
* Sir Erec, (see also Geraint)
* Sir Gaheris
* Sir Galahad (son of Lancelot; his seat was the Siege Perilous)
* Sir Galeshin (son of Elaine and King Nentres)
* Sir Gareth, also called Beaumains or Goodhands
* Sir Gawain (Gawaine, Walganus, Balbhuaidh, Gwalchmai)
* Sir Geraint (see also Erec)
* Sir Gingalain, called at first Sir Le Bel Inconnu ("The "Fair Unknown"), Gawain's son

* Sir Griflet, also called Sir Griflet le Fils de Dieu
* King Hoel
* Sir Kay (Cai, Caius), Arthur's stepbrother, son of Sir Ector
* Sir Lamorak
* Sir Lancelot (Launcelot du Lac, father of Sir Galahad)
* King Leodegrance, Guinevere's father and keeper of the Round Table
* Sir Lionel
* Sir Lucan
* Sir Maleagant, who abducted Guinevere
* Sir Meliant de Lis
* Sir Mordred, Arthur's illegitimate son and destroyer of the kingdom
* Sir Morholt
* Sir Palamedes the Saracen
* Sir Pelleas, husband of the Lady of the Lake
* King Pellinore
* Sir Percival (Perceval, Peredur), son of Pellinore
* Sir Sagramore le Desirous
* Sir Safir, brother of Palamedes
* Sir Segwarides, brother of Palamedes
* Sir Tor
* Sir Tristram (Tristan)
* King Uriens
* Sir Ywain (Owain), son of King Uriens of Gore
* Sir Ywain the Bastard, also son of Uriens

and it says their are a lot more...

Answer 2

OMG!! Watch First Knight???? NNoooooo!

Having said that... what makes the weapons of today "proper"?

The code of chivalry is really a Victorian notion. Most knights were more like mercenaries and when there was not a "legal" war to fight they often wreaked havoc on the countryside.

Would I want to have lived back then? No, not really. It was a very tough time to live between famine and disease. Unless you were of noble birth, and those were the minority, you were not very well off and destined to stay in the class in which you were born.

Answer 3

What do you mean by 'back in those days'? The legend of King Arthur and his courtly knights was a Medieval invention (Geoffrey of Monmouth etc) and represented the ideal of those times. If there was an historic Arthur he would have lived at the end of the Roman Era in Britannia, in the 5th century AD. There would have been no galloping around on horses clad in medieval armour.

Answer 4

There were more than 12 knights of the roundtable(incl. Arthur). You might just be considering the main knights of Arthur's table.

Answer 5

Sir Thomas Malory describes the Knights' code of chivalry as:

To never do outrage nor murder
Always to flee treason
To by no means be cruel but to give mercy unto him who asks for mercy
To always do ladies, gentlewomen and widows succor
To never force ladies, gentlewomen or widows
Not to take up battles in wrongful quarrels for love or worldly goods

As for the names of the knights is great, but here is a link in the source section to help you out. =]

As for living back then.. I am not sure. A day of were honour and couragous deeds were great unlike today(a young mans muges a elderly woman for the $12 in her bag) would be great. But the downside would be the society of which they lived in(fedualism) and the style of living.

Answer 6

Part of their code was----------
"God grant me the wisdom to know right,
the will to choose it,
and the strength to make it endure"

Watch the movie "First Knight"