June
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/ 2020
In the early Middle Ages, the most eminent members who surrounded the sovereign of the empire were defined as Paladins, or Palatine Counts, who, among various other duties, served as Judges for Preliminary Investigations, to bring before the Emperor only those cases worthy of his personal judgement. The Matter of France, (also known as the Carolingian cycle), a body of literature and legendary material, addressing mostly Charlemagne and his associates, would be the equivalent of King Arthur in the Matter of Britain. Over the years and through flourishing myths and legends, the Paladins, fired by the collective imagination, were identified as the valiant defenders of the weak, of the poor pilgrims against the onslaught of the Moors, and as role
