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Le Morte Darthur
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- University of Rochester - Robbins Library Digital Projects - Sir Thomas Malory's Morte d'Arthur
- Internet Archive - "Le morte d'Arthur"
- CORE - Saracens, Graves, and the Formation of national Identity in Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte Darthur
- Pressbooks - Thomas Malory: Le Morte d’Arthur
- National Center for Biotechnology Information - Lifting the Veil: Voices, Visions, and Destiny in Malory’s Morte Darthur
- Academia - Malory's Le Morte Darthur and History
Le Morte Darthur, the first English-language prose version of the Arthurian legend, completed by Sir Thomas Malory about 1470 and printed by William Caxton in 1485. The only extant manuscript that predates Caxton’s edition is in the British Library, London. It retells the adventures of the knights of the Round Table in chronological sequence from the birth of Arthur. Based on French romances, Malory’s account differs from his models in its emphasis on the brotherhood of the knights rather than on courtly love, and on the conflicts of loyalty (brought about by the adultery of Lancelot and Guinevere) that finally destroy the fellowship.