| Preface |
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xi | |
| Acknowledgments |
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xv | |
| Chronologies |
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xvii | |
| Arthur Before Malory |
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xvii | |
| The Wars of the Roses |
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xix | |
| Malory: Life Events |
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xxiv | |
| Receptions of Le Morte Darthur to 1934 |
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xxvii | |
| Reading Malory's English |
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xxxv | |
| Editorial Procedure/Reading the Edition |
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xliii | |
| Abbreviations |
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xlix | |
| Page Numbers in This Edition Corresponding to Vinaver (O3) Section Titles |
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Le Morte Darthur or The Hoole Book of Kyng Arthur and of His Noble Knyghtes of the Rounde Table |
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1 | (698) |
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Fro the Maryage of Kynge Uther unto Kyng Arthure that Regned Aftir Hym and Ded Many Batayles |
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3 | (110) |
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How Uther Pendragon Gate the Noble Conqueror Kyng Arthur |
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3 | (37) |
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The Tale of Balyn and Balan |
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40 | (22) |
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The Weddyng of Kyng Arthur |
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62 | (16) |
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78 | (35) |
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The Noble Tale Betwyxt Kynge Arthure and Lucius the Emperour of Rome |
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113 | (38) |
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A Noble Tale of Sir Launcelot Du Lake |
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151 | (26) |
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The Tale of Sir Gareth of Orkeney |
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177 | (51) |
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The Fyrste and the Secunde Boke of Syr Trystrams De Lyones |
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228 | (268) |
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The Noble Tale of the Sankgreal |
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496 | (92) |
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The Tale of Sir Launcelot and Quene Gwenyvere |
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588 | (58) |
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646 | (53) |
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699 | (96) |
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705 | (1) |
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705 | (4) |
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Merlin's Conception and Birth |
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705 | (2) |
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The Conception of the Round Table |
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707 | (2) |
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709 | (5) |
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709 | (2) |
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The Lake of Diana; Ninianne Increasingly Ensnares Merlin |
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711 | (3) |
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The Alliterative Morte Arthure |
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714 | (5) |
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Arthur's Dream of the Dragon and the Bear |
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714 | (2) |
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The End of the Battle of the Prisoner-Escort |
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716 | (1) |
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The Death of Gawain; Mordred's Threnody |
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717 | (2) |
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The Chronicle of John Hardyng |
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719 | (1) |
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The Coronation of Arthur at Rome |
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719 | (1) |
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720 | (4) |
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The First Meeting of Lancelot and Guinevere |
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720 | (2) |
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722 | (1) |
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Lancelot Rescues a Maiden |
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723 | (1) |
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724 | (2) |
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Lancelot at the Perilous Chapel |
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724 | (2) |
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726 | (7) |
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726 | (1) |
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727 | (1) |
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728 | (1) |
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729 | (4) |
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The Queste del Saint Graal |
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733 | (7) |
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The Hermit Explains the Temptation of Perceval |
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733 | (1) |
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734 | (2) |
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736 | (2) |
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738 | (2) |
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The Stanzaic Morte Arthur |
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740 | (7) |
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Launcelot in the Queen's Chambers |
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740 | (2) |
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Gawain's Objection to the Queen's Execution |
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742 | (1) |
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Launcelot Responds to His Besiegers |
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742 | (1) |
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Launcelot Hopes for Peace |
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742 | (1) |
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Arthur Finds Gawain Already Dead |
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743 | (1) |
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Arthur's Dream of the Wheel of Fortune |
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743 | (1) |
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744 | (1) |
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745 | (2) |
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The Death of the Queen; Conclusion |
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747 | (1) |
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747 | (12) |
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747 | (3) |
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Lancelot in the Queen's Chambers |
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750 | (2) |
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Gawain's Objection to the Queen's Execution |
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752 | (1) |
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752 | (1) |
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753 | (2) |
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755 | (2) |
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757 | (1) |
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757 | (2) |
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759 | (1) |
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759 | (1) |
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759 | (4) |
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Isabel, Lady Berkeley, Warns Lord Berkeley of Plans to Seize His Lands |
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760 | (1) |
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Lord Berkeley Agrees to Trial by Combat with Viscount Lisle |
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761 | (2) |
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763 | (5) |
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Lord Moleyns Seizes Gresham Manor and Other Paston Holdings |
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764 | (2) |
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Moleyns's Men Threaten to Abduct Margaret Paston; Other Threats to Paston Holdings |
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766 | (2) |
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Contemporary Accounts of the Wars of the Roses |
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768 | (9) |
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The Register of Abbot John Whetamstede |
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768 | (1) |
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The Duke of York Claims the Throne and is Rejected (c. October 10, 1460) |
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768 | (1) |
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769 | (1) |
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On Battles of Mortimer's Cross and Second St. Albans, February 2--17, 1461 |
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769 | (3) |
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Letter to Francesco Coppini on the Battle of Towton |
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772 | (2) |
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Edward IV's Act of Attainder, December 16, 1461 |
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774 | (3) |
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777 | (8) |
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777 | (1) |
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Properties of the Noble Order and Office of Knychthede |
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777 | (3) |
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How Knyghtis of the Bath Shulde Be Made |
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780 | (3) |
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783 | (2) |
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785 | (10) |
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Knights at Tournament: The 15th Century |
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785 | (6) |
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Agincourt, 25 October 1415 |
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791 | (4) |
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795 | (112) |
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797 | (17) |
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Prologue and Epilogue to the 1485 Edition |
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814 | (5) |
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Counter-Romance: Civil Strife and Father-Killing in the Prose Romances |
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819 | (11) |
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830 | (5) |
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Enchanted Ground: The Feminine Subtext in Malory |
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835 | (14) |
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849 | (7) |
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856 | (9) |
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Manuscripts, Readers, and Patrons in Fifteenth-Century England: Sir Thomas Malory and Arthurian Romance |
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865 | (17) |
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882 | (12) |
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Mellyagant's Primal Scene |
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894 | (13) |
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| Glossary |
|
907 | (32) |
| Selected Guide to Proper Names |
|
939 | (6) |
| Selected Bibliography |
|
945 | |
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