ABSTRACT
In the sixth century King Arthur needed the support of a group of knights to both protect and project his kingdom. When the knights gathered at Camelot in late spring for an annual meeting, King Arthur had a problem seating them. The knights were each so great in dignity and power (at least in their own minds) that one could not occupy a higher-ranking seat than another. The king’s solution was to seat them at a round table that all might occupy chairs of equal importance.
