Verse romance · c. 1400

Le Morte Arthur

The stanzaic Morte Arthur

by Anonymous (Middle English)

An English verse romance of about 1400 in eight-line stanzas, telling the last days of King Arthur: the love of Lancelot and Guinevere, the Maid of Ascolot, the war between Arthur and Lancelot, Mordred's treason, the passing of Arthur and the deaths of Lancelot and Guinevere. It was a main source of Malory's last books.

Contents · 8 parts

• Lines 1–479about 480 lines
• Lines 480–959about 480 lines
• Lines 960–1441about 480 lines
• Lines 1442–1919about 480 lines
• Lines 1920–2398about 480 lines
• Lines 2399–2876about 480 lines
• Lines 2877–3360about 480 lines
• Lines 3361–3837about 480 lines

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