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> >>>Why didn't Arthur ban burning at the stake when he was politically
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> >>>I suggest that Arthur tell Lancelot to look up Tom and join forces to
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> >>Consider that 1) the musical is based on a novel written in the
> >>20th century; 2) the novel was based on Le Morte d'Arthur, an
> >>epic compiled several centuries before that, and 3) the actual
> >>events are alleged to take place at the tag end of the Roman
> >>Empire. In such a chronological hodgepodge it is pointless to
> >>look for historical accuracy. In almost every case the creators
> >>did what they felt would make for a good story, consistency and
> >>historicity be damned.
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> > Now I would like to know why Arthur wasn't asking why his wife has
been
> > accused and convicted of treason, or asking what she did to warrant a
> > treason charge, or demanding to review the evidence to make sure its
> > valid. I find it unbelievable that Arthur wouldn't be curious as to
why
> > his wife has suddenly been convicted of treason and sentenced to
death!
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> In that time (i.e. when the novel and epic were set, not the
> musical) adultery in the Queen was indeed treason. The whole
> point of the marrying a virgin, your wife being faithful, your
> daughters being guarded bit was to ensure that you, the king,
> were going to pass your kingdom on to your true genetic son. If
> the Queen commits adultery she is by definition imperilling the
> succession, and is lucky to get off merely with being burnt at
> the stake. There are plenty of places on this planet even now
> where that rule holds.
I had thought that Mordred and the rebel knights might have trumped up
the
treason charges, so I figured that it might do some good for Arthur to
contest
the treason charges.
To me, treason constitutes aiding and abetting your nation's enemies by
such means as fighting for them, selling arms to them, and leaking
national secrets to them. Adultery does not, by itself, help your
nation's enemies.
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