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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Observed surface forms (7)

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Le Morte d’Arthur 6
Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur 2
Le Morte d'Arthur manuscripts 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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Bedivere → appearsIn → Le Morte d'Arthur ⓘ
Excalibur → appearsIn → Le Morte d'Arthur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thomas Malory’s "Le Morte d’Arthur"
Gawain → appearsIn → Le Morte d'Arthur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Le Morte d’Arthur
Morgan le Fay → appearsIn → Le Morte d'Arthur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Le Morte d’Arthur
Queen Guinevere → appearsIn → Le Morte d'Arthur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thomas Malory's "Le Morte d'Arthur"
Sir Lancelot → appearsIn → Le Morte d'Arthur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Le Morte d’Arthur
Uther Pendragon → appearsIn → Le Morte d'Arthur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Le Morte d’Arthur
Thomas Malory → authorOf → Le Morte d'Arthur ⓘ
King Arthur's Britain → describedIn → Le Morte d'Arthur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur
T. H. White → influencedBy → Le Morte d'Arthur ⓘ
King Arthur's court → literarySource → Le Morte d'Arthur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur
Arthurian legend → majorSource → Le Morte d'Arthur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur
King Arthur → mentionedIn → Le Morte d'Arthur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Le Morte d’Arthur
Merlin → notableAppearance → Le Morte d'Arthur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Le Morte d’Arthur
Thomas Malory → notableWork → Le Morte d'Arthur ⓘ
Thomas Malory → primaryTopicOf → Le Morte d'Arthur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Le Morte d'Arthur manuscripts
Le Morte d'Arthur → titleMeaning → Le Morte d'Arthur self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Death of Arthur