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THE GLOBE EDITION.

MORTE DARTHUR..

MORTE DARTHUR

Sir Thomas Malory's Book
of King Arthur and of his Noble Knights
of the Round Table

HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY
GIFT OF

SINCLAIR KENNEDY
OCT. 6, 1936

OXFORD:

BY E. PICKARD HALL AND J. H. STACY,

PRINTERS TO THE UNIVERSITY.

CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION

§ 1. THE ORIGIN AND MATTER OF THE BOOK.

Caxton.-Malory.-The Book epic in plan.-Malory's use of the old
romances. His History.-The Sangreal.-His Geography.-Camelot.
-Glastonbury.—Almesbury.-Joyous Gard.-Morality of the Book

§ 2. THE TEXT AND ITS SEVERAL EDITIONS.

The edition of Caxton, 1485.-Those of Wynkyn de Worde, 1498 and 1529.

-Of Copland, 1557.-Of East, without date.-Edition of 1634.-

-Of 1816.-Southey's edition of 1817.-Discovery of interpolations in

that edition. Mr. Wright's edition, 1858.-Character and object of

the present edition

§ 3. AN ESSAY ON CHIVALRY.

Origin of Chivalry.-Contest of Civilization with Barbarism.-The Cheva-

lier and the Knight.-His education.-Amadis and Oriana.---The

Black Prince.-Birth not essential to Knighthood.-The Lady.-

Queen Philippa.-Decay of Chivalry.-Knights of Malta.-Modern

Manners

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