Who does that?

I thought the concept of this story was interesting, not necessarily good but interesting. There was a couple of similarities between the descriptions of King Author and his court from this story to the first one we read. His court was described as lavish and filled with expensive clothes, weapons and horses. King Arthur himself was described as the most noble, kind, wise, valiant and merciful. His queen was described as the most generous beautiful lady who lives. Another similarity I found interesting was that again the men and women were separated, with the queen allowing the maidens to stay in her chambers, implying that King Arther and the men stayed somewhere else. This is again reinforced on page 228, the stranger approaches the king while they are waiting for dinner. Of course due to the nature of the favor the woman need to be summoned, “The king now sent sir Valve. And Kay the steward and Meon the page for the queen,” (Kalinke 228)  implying that until the dinner started the men and women were again kept separate. I still think that the concept of this story is a little weird. This man allegedly went to multiple courts, had thousands of women try on this mantle that reveals how faithful and true they are. I mean honestly, who does that?