Le Morte d'Arthur

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Arthurian romance literary work prose narrative

Le Morte d'Arthur is a 15th-century English prose compilation of Arthurian legends that became the most influential and enduring version of the stories of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.

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All labels observed (15)

Label	Occurrences
Le Morte d’Arthur	24
Le Morte d'Arthur canonical	6
Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur	6
Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur	6
Le Morte d’Arthur by Thomas Malory	2
Thomas Malory's "Le Morte d'Arthur"	2
"Le Morte d'Arthur"	1
Le Morte d'Arthur manuscripts	1
Le Morte d’Arthur (in some versions)	1
Sir Thomas Malory's "Le Morte d'Arthur"	1
Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur	1
Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur	1
The Death of Arthur	1
Thomas Malory's Le Morte Darthur	1
Thomas Malory’s "Le Morte d’Arthur"	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Arthurian romance ⓘ literary work ⓘ prose narrative ⓘ
approximateCompletionYear	1470 ⓘ
author	Thomas Malory ⓘ
basedOn	English Arthurian chronicles ⓘ French Arthurian romances ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	England ⓘ
firstPublicationYear	1485 ⓘ
firstPublisher	William Caxton ⓘ
form	prose ⓘ
genre	Arthurian literature ⓘ chivalric romance ⓘ fantasy ⓘ
influenced	Idylls of the King ⓘ the Once and Future King ⓘ surface form: The Once and Future King modern Arthurian fiction ⓘ
language	Middle English ⓘ
literaryPeriod	late Middle Ages ⓘ
mainCharacter	King Arthur ⓘ Merlin ⓘ Mordred ⓘ Morgan le Fay ⓘ Queen Guinevere ⓘ Sir Galahad ⓘ Sir Gareth ⓘ Gawain ⓘ surface form: Sir Gawain Sir Lancelot ⓘ Sir Tristram ⓘ
notableEpisode	Battle of Camlann ⓘ Lancelot and Guinevere's affair ⓘ Holy Grail ⓘ surface form: Quest for the Holy Grail Sword in the Stone ⓘ
placeOfFirstPublication	City of Westminster ⓘ surface form: Westminster
setting	King Arthur's court ⓘ surface form: Camelot Logres ⓘ medieval Britain ⓘ
structure	8 books ⓘ
subject	Holy Grail ⓘ King Arthur's court ⓘ surface form: Knights of the Round Table betrayal ⓘ chivalry ⓘ courtly love ⓘ tragedy ⓘ
theme	conflict between love and duty ⓘ ideal of knighthood ⓘ rise and fall of a kingdom ⓘ
timePeriodOfComposition	15th century ⓘ
titleMeaning	Le Morte d'Arthur self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Death of Arthur

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King Arthur → mentionedIn → Le Morte d'Arthur ⓘ

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Merlin → notableAppearance → Le Morte d'Arthur ⓘ

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King Arthur's court → literarySource → Le Morte d'Arthur ⓘ

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Sir Lancelot → appearsIn → Le Morte d'Arthur ⓘ

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King Arthur's Britain → describedIn → Le Morte d'Arthur ⓘ

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Gawain → appearsIn → Le Morte d'Arthur ⓘ

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Queen Guinevere → appearsIn → Le Morte d'Arthur ⓘ

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Morgan le Fay → appearsIn → Le Morte d'Arthur ⓘ

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Le Morte d'Arthur → titleMeaning → Le Morte d'Arthur self-linksurface differs ⓘ

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Uther Pendragon → appearsIn → Le Morte d'Arthur ⓘ

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Excalibur → appearsIn → Le Morte d'Arthur ⓘ

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T. H. White → influencedBy → Le Morte d'Arthur ⓘ

William Caxton → printedWork → Le Morte d'Arthur ⓘ

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Sir Tristan → appearsIn → Le Morte d'Arthur ⓘ

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Battle of Camlann → describedIn → Le Morte d'Arthur ⓘ

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Sir Galahad → appearsIn → Le Morte d'Arthur ⓘ

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Sir Gareth → appearsIn → Le Morte d'Arthur ⓘ

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Sir Gareth → literarySource → Le Morte d'Arthur ⓘ

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I Loved You Once in Silence → basedOn → Le Morte d'Arthur ⓘ

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Gaheris → appearsIn → Le Morte d'Arthur ⓘ

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Idylls of the King → influencedBy → Le Morte d'Arthur ⓘ

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poem "Guinevere" → influencedBy → Le Morte d'Arthur ⓘ

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Logres → appearsIn → Le Morte d'Arthur ⓘ

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Ector → appearsIn → Le Morte d'Arthur ⓘ

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The Lady of the Lake → appearsIn → Le Morte d'Arthur ⓘ

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Gorlois of Cornwall → literarySource → Le Morte d'Arthur ⓘ

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