LONG LIVE QUEEN MATILDA!

Would sacrifice for/10

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>>140420266
She can pull my sword any day

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>>140420266
i'd let her slice my dick off

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Just a reminder for foreigners, that King Arthur was a Celtic Welsh semi-historical figure that us English have bizarrely co-opted into our national history despite him being responsible for waging the biggest counter-attack against the immigrating Anglo-Saxon hordes after the fall of the Roman Empire.

>>140421409
>/pol/ - Politically Incorrect
Welll, Arthur is a celtic name

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>>140420266
SEIBAH!?

>>140421247
death to all pedos, someone grab this fucking rapist and teach him some justice

>>140421409

Came here to post this, considering Americans in particular seem to think British = English.

>>140420266

wood berry

>>140420266
So can we officially say
>YAS KWEEEEENNN SLAYYYY
now?

>>140420266
I'd bow down and kiss her feet.

>>140420266

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvKIWjnEPNY

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>>140421409
>>140421787
i think of Idris Elba, to be quite honest.

>>140421770
t. toughguy

post all your info pussy you won't

>>140420266
is she queen of the whites?

>>140421409
This is something that always gets me; the bastardization and moral creep of cultural legends.
I mean this is an event that historically speaking was fairly recent. 1500 years or so.
We have stories three times that age. How much has been altered for state or religious propaganda? Word of mouth or translation error?
I'm a history August, and it saddens me that the farther back we go, the more likely it is that what we know is either only vaguely accurate or even remotely factual.

watery tart

>>140423086
Autist. And phone poster. Meh

>>140423140
If it was a scimitar you'd be on to something. That's some sort of flamberge or zweihander. Which makes it even stranger

>>140422402
Hmm, I see him as more of a Roman.

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>>140423086
>how does history change?
>I'm a history August

history is the record of our improperly recorded, low-fidelity memes

Illiterate. You either pull the sword from the stone or you receive the sword from the Lady of the Lake. You do not pull the sword from the lake.

>>140424003
What if she IS the lady of the lake?

>>140420266
You can't even call that a sword, it's too long for her, too thick and heavy.

>>140424003
>>140424554
I really don't know how Azura has anything to do with this

>>140424694
>it's too long for her, too thick and heavy.
You're acting like she's holding your dick

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLt2344AvTE

>>140426020
>giving a FUCKING LEAF so much credit

>>140426533
I don't know how I was giving him credit.

>>140427191
You implied that his dick was big enough that a little girl might react in any of those ways, and now that the frog is spread across the table it's not goddamn funny any more. REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEee

>>140421394
can't find it

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>>140420266
Holy Grail Wars soon, fellow masters.

>>140420266
Next news article is
>girl gets tetanus

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>>140421247

>>140427458
>and now that the frog is spread across the table

I said nothing about Pepe dweeb

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>>140420266
Fakest sword I've ever seen, the first set of quillons are too fat, and the tang is also too fat. The second set of quillons are too wide and too close to the hilt. It's not even a dark ages or migration era sword, it's trying to emulate a 16th or 17th century greatsword. If that sword was sitting under water for 600 years, it would not be in that good condition.
>pic related, it's a historically accurate greatsword.

>>140423861

So for more proper recording, we should go with high fidelity memes?

>>140428889
YOU UNCULTURED FUCKING SWINE, IT WAS A REFERENCE TO A WELL KNOWN QUOTE ABOUT EXPLAINING JOKES, REEEEEEEEEEEE REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE GET THE FUCK OFF MY SITE YOU NORMIE PIECE OF SHITREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

>>140429134

>fidelity
>fecundity
>longievity

most powerful memes have at least 2

>>140428955
>Fakest sword I've ever seen, the first set of quillons are too fat, and the tang is also too fat. The second set of quillons are too wide and too close to the hilt. It's not even a dark ages or migration era sword, it's trying to emulate a 16th or 17th century greatsword. If that sword was sitting under water for 600 years, it would not be in that good condition

I bet some autistic "druid" guy went there in 1960 and threw the sword in as a kind of ritual. Throwing swords into lakes or ponds as an offering to a deity was an old, Pagan, European tradition.

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>>140428344

>>140421409
This.

>>140420266
How long before she's arrested for not binning that knife?

>>140428955
you are an idiot

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>>140420266
ex-CALIIBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

>>140425738
Cirilla

>>140428955
looks like a federschwert (practice longsword) if you ask me

>>140422704
14 words confirmed for reality

>>140429880
Prepare the Grass potions. I'll get the table.

>>140429407

I'm on it.

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>>140420266
I was expecting a gif from op...op is a fag

KING ARTHUR DID NOTHING WRONG. KEEP THE TREACHEROUS ETERNAL ANGLOS AT BAY

>>140428955
>internet expert

Where does it even state the era it's supposedly from in that image? It says a girl found a sword in a lake. She could have pulled a 21st century plastic LARP sword out and the headline would be correct.

>>140421409
He was a Roman.

>>140421409
wtf I love king arthur now

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>>140429842

>>140421409
>>140422402
He was a literal nigger the BBC made a special.

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>>140420266
I'm going to take that sword and become King of England.

>>140428344
One grail to rule them all...

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>>140429968
Nah, feders were much smaller and had a very thin blade. The odd placing of the second quillons makes it vaguely similar though.

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this is a good thread

>>140423861
But once literacy and preservation of record became a thing things got a little more codified. They've (rulers) had to put more effort into propaganda and memory hoping things to change perspectives. I'm more worried that people have an inbuilt disregard for accuracy in their stories or moral backing. That any marvel movie tier story that confirms bias is more attractive than the actual events.

Are the memes really that powerful?

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>>140430343
The original king Arthur legends refer to him living in the mid dark ages, right around the migration period. That is not a migration period sword. This is a migration period sword.

*teleports behind you
not so fast peasant

>>140431308
>Excalibur was a not-gladius
well that's kind of boring

>>140431308
It doesn't say it's king arthurs sword though

>>140421409

thanks for that

where do all these medieval dorks come from? Are you all self-taught or what

>>140421787
usually yeah, but on pol probably not.

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>>140430995

>are the memes really that powerful?
roll

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>>140421787
wait...what?

>>140421247

lel

>>140428955
>like

sexy sword

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>>140420266
>she was then arreated for being a child in possesion of a weapon
Britbongs everybody

>>140421409
Doesn't surprise me. Anglos in the US want to believe they are part Native American and have mythicized figures like Geronimo, Crazy Horse, and Sitting Bull.

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>>140431611
Well, to be honest, if King Arthur was a Native Briton, he may have had a celtic style sword.
btw migration period swords are still pretty sexy

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>>140421409
I'm Welsh
We wuz kangz

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/puts historyfag cap on

The legend of Excalibur goes back all the way to the Bronze Age. You mold them by pouring molten metal into a limestone or soapstone mold, then literally draw the draw from the stone and work-harden the edge. Excalibur looks like pic related.

Pagan Europeans used to donate stuff to the gods by breaking them and throwing them into sacred pools. The Lady of the Lake is a goddess that gives you one back, unbroken and blessed with special powers and says here: Go do some good with it, but return it afterwards.

Still, OP's pic is heartwarming.

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>>140421247

>>140421933
I love that meme. Shame all the newfags here killed it

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>>140431308

can I have more sword facts please? something you think is cool or intersting

>>140421409
He was also cucked by sir Lancelot and wasnt supposed to be the king in the first place

>>140421787
t b h a lot of my Anglophile peers just watch a lot of bbc America comedies and claim some level of expertise from it

>>140420266
HAIL THE QUEEN!

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>>140421247
t.Merlin,shitposting from Avalon

>>140431973
no she wasn't

>>140421409
>us English

woah seriously got me fooled there friendo.

>>140432221
Damn those are some nice swords, European craftsmanship is truly the greatest.

>>140432401
That place looks comfy, I wanna live there.

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>>140421247

>>140431308
Thats not relevant. It doesn't say she pulled King Arthur's fucking sword from the lake, does it? You're too keen to divulge your Wikipedia learning.

>>140432221

i love that form

You guys know that King Arthur never actually existed, right?

>>140421247
fuck off ahmed

>>140432721
He did actually

why is this little girl doing weapon sweeps for the UK police?

>>140421409
I like the Stephen Baxter take from Coalescent the most. Grandson of a Romano-British officer who fought back the Saxons semi-successfully while his pet welsh druid Myrddin made steal for him using slaves and humongous kilns.

>>140432593

same. there are some places like that where i live in west michigan, but MI house and land are pricey.

at least, from my experience, a lot of older homes in places like this have cool stuff that comes with the grandfathers clause, like horses or mining claims.

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>>140421409
this

>>140432851
jej

>>140432003
Lol most Americans don't care about redskins, the they're barely even a race

>>140420266
BIN THAT KNIFE

>>140430240

W Why? Why do people do this???

I can smell those fucking sushi shits from here. fuck.

>>140432003
everyone wants to believe theyre an underdog. see pbs's finding your roots show to see just how accurate claims of indigenous heritage are

>>140421409
I didn't vote for him.

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>>140432401
Here's one, the myth that medieval swords were dull 10lb iron bars that were swung around aimlessly is part of the smear campaign against the European culture. In reality, medieval swords and weapons were, for the most part, exquisitely crafted, sharpened and balanced and accompanied by many styles of martial arts.
> pic related, my favorite European swordsman

>>140421787
Celt here

fuck what angloyanks think

>>140432675
meh, I wanted an excuse to talk about medieval shit

>>140423086
History
His story.
Story

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>>140420266
>LONG LIVE QUEEN MATILDA!

maude was an "empress." she was never crowned queen

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>>140432815

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>tfw 100% Anglo Saxon

>>140431308
thats a vendel sword

>>140433490

thanks friend. so were sword fights actually a thing? it seems almost counter intuitive to swing such a sharp blade at another sharp blade.

>>140423140
moistened bink

I hope she remembers to BIN THAT SWORD

>>140433872
You mean vandal sword? And yes, they're basically the same thing

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>>140431308

>filename

>>140432721
His existence is disputed but not impossible

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>>140429842
moar Saber

>>140420266
But that's not even in Bongland. FAKE ARTHUR FAKE EXCALIBUR. KYS CNN

>>140431308
that is 100% not relevant to the accuracy of the headline

>>140433796
Battle of a Badon, Arthur myths started after the Britons won that battle because it stopped Anglo Saxon expansion for decades, once they started expanding again the myths that Arthur would return started

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>>140428955
rate my sword

>>140433899
Damn right sword fights were a thing, the judicial duel was used by courts to judge who was right and wrong. If you were going to accuse someone of a crime and had no proof, be prepared to battle to the death. Also in some parts of medieval Germany, you were required to own a sword.

>>140434266
Yes it is?

It's in Cornwall

>>140433899
the italians had an entire martial art system for blade positioning so as best to defend and attack. generally, you would want to use the flat of the blade to defend, not the edge.

>>140420266

i love how people are arguing about the sword, its probably not even a real article. Honestly i would be surprised if that sword was in the lake for more than a few years judging by the rust. you can't throw amalgam metals into a lake and not expect corrosion to turn it back into ore relatively quickly.

>>140420266
LMAO

>>140423086
The only thing that will remain of our culture, of our lifes are the memes we left behind.

>>140434501
sexy af, looks like an oakeshott type XVIa

>>140421409
Thank God for british shitposting

>>140431844
Touche

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>>140433473

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>>140420266
......can I challenge her for the throne later? I think I developed a cold.

>>140420266
Kisshot acerola-orion heart under blade!

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>>140430240

>>140421787
It's not American, so it really doesn't matter.

>>140435322
Help! Help! I'm being repressed!

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>>140434266
There is an actual sword in the stone that may have inspired that part of arthurian legend, but it's in a chapel in Italy and belonged to an italian saint named San Galgano

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>>140436021
Bloody peasant!

>>140421787
to be fair if you are English you are by default British.

>>140434616
>Il fior di battaglia
i feel nostalgia for a time i've never experienced

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>>140421409
>Bhí muid ríthe

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>>140438249
I know that feel son

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>>140421409
>Anglo
>my waifu fought against my ancestors invading her land

>>140438249
Feeling that feel too, anon.

>>140438876
It's just a model.

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>>140421247
t. Abd ar-Rahman al-Bazzaz

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>>140429314

>>140436645
>sword in the stone
>excalibur

Americlap education

>>140428456
lmao

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>>140441628
WHAT THE FUCK DID I SAY YOU TRIPLE NIGGER, GOOOOOOOOOOOO REEEEEEEEEEEEEE REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE YOU FUCKING SUCK AND I HATE HOW STUPID YOU ARE REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

>>140441876
excalibur and caliburn come from the same welsh name. In many early writings, no difference was made between them.

>implying she has the STR and/or DEX to properly wield the rusted sword replica

>>140420266
She's got a knife!

>>140434883
>real ar
It's a real article but nobody actually thinks the sword is excalibur, it's just an article meant to capture clicks and make a little girl feel cool.

"Could Matilda’s sword be a thing of history and lore? Her father suspects not.
Though its discovery makes for a pretty cool story, he estimated that it’s only 20 to 30 years old.
“It’s probably an old film prop,” he suggested."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/sword-found-in-excalibur-lake_us_59ae946ee4b0b5e53100b997

>>140443851

https://unvis.it/huffingtonpost.com/entry/sword-found-in-excalibur-lake_us_59ae946ee4b0b5e53100b997

>>140428955
I actually bought a sword that looked EXACTLY like that one back at a yard sale when I was in High School. This was somewhere around 2002

It's probably just a movie prop.

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>>140420266
I don't know much about you limeys so correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't this LEGALLY make her the rightful Queen and ruler of all Britannia superseding Parliament and the usurper Hapsburg-Gotha royals?

>>140438690
Ah, the eternal Hibernian. Even though I am descended from the Irish I still take humor in it.

>>14044444