Le Morte d'Arthur
Thomas Malory's great compilation of Arthurian legend, the book through which the whole Matter of Britain reached the modern world.
Core Characteristics
- Completed in prison around 1470, printed by William Caxton in 1485.
- Twenty-one books gather the French and English romances: the sword in the stone, Lancelot and Guinevere, the Grail, Arthur's last battle.
- Malory's plain English prose fixed the characters — Arthur, Merlin, Lancelot, Tristram — for every retelling since.
Related Concepts & Sources
Camelot, Avalon, Historia Regum Britanniae
Wikidata Authority Record
- Canonical Label
- Le Morte d'Arthur
- Verified Description
- 1485 reworking of existing tales about King Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory
Identified as: 1485 reworking of existing tales about King Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory. Source: Wikidata Q1136104.
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