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Thomas Malory


Born
in Warwickshire, England
October 12, 1415

Died
January 01, 1471

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From French sources, Sir Thomas Malory, English writer in floruit in 1470, adapted Le Morte d'Arthur , a collection of romances, which William Caxton published in 1485.

From original tales such as the Vulgate Cycle , Sir Thomas Malory, an imprisoned knight in the fifteenth century, meanwhile compiled and translated the tales, which we know as the legend of king.

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Le Morte D'Arthur, Volume I

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Malory: Complete Works

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“The very purpose of a knight is to fight on behalf of a lady.”
Thomas Malory

“Yet some men say in many parts of England that King Arthur is not dead, but had by the will of our Lord Jesu into another place; and men say that he shall come again, and he shall win the holy cross.”
Thomas Malory, Le Morte d'Arthur

“We shall now seek that which we shall not find.”
Thomas Malory

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