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Alliterative Morte Arthure

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The Alliterative Morte Arthure is a 4346-line Middle English alliterative poem, retelling the latter part of the legend of King Arthur. [1]

29 relations: Alliterative Revival, Alliterative verse, Battle of Camlann, Bedivere, Bibliography of King Arthur, Cador, Constantine (Briton), Editio princeps, Excalibur, Frumenty, Guinevere, Huchoun, Igraine, Knights of the Round Table, Layamon, Le Morte d'Arthur, Lincoln Thornton Manuscript, List of Arthurian characters, Lucius Tiberius, Matter of Britain, Mordred, Octavian (romance), River Tamar, Robert Thornton (scribe), Sir Eglamour of Artois, Sir Kay, Stanzaic Morte Arthur, Thomas Malory, 15th century in literature.

Alliterative Revival

The Alliterative Revival is a term adopted by academics to refer to the resurgence of poetry using the alliterative verse form in Middle English between c. 1350 and 1500.

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Alliterative verse

In prosody, alliterative verse is a form of verse that uses alliteration as the principal ornamental device to help indicate the underlying metrical structure, as opposed to other devices such as rhyme.

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Battle of Camlann

The Battle of Camlann (Gwaith Camlan or Brwydr Camlan) is reputed to have been the final battle of King Arthur, in which he either died or was fatally wounded, fighting either with or against Mordred who is also said to have died.

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Bedivere

In the Matter of Britain, Sir Bedivere (or; Bedwyr; Bédoier, also spelt Bedevere) is the Knight of the Round Table of King Arthur who returns Excalibur to the Lady of the Lake.

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Bibliography of King Arthur

This is a bibliography of works about King Arthur, his related world, family, friends or enemies.

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Cador

Cador (Latin: Cadorius) was a legendary Duke of Cornwall, known chiefly through Geoffrey of Monmouth's pseudohistorical Historia Regum Britanniae and previous manuscript sources such as the Life of Carantoc.

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Constantine (Briton)

Constantine (fl. 520–523) was a 6th-century king of Dumnonia in sub-Roman Britain, who was remembered in later British tradition as a legendary King of Britain.

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Editio princeps

In classical scholarship, the editio princeps (plural: editiones principes) of a work is the first printed edition of the work, that previously had existed only in manuscripts, which could be circulated only after being copied by hand.

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Excalibur

Excalibur, or Caliburn, is the legendary sword of King Arthur, sometimes also attributed with magical powers or associated with the rightful sovereignty of Britain.

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Frumenty

Frumenty (sometimes frumentee, furmity, fromity, or fermenty) was a popular dish in Western European medieval cuisine.

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Guinevere

Guinevere (Gwenhwyfar; Gwenivar), often written as Guenevere or Gwenevere, is the wife of King Arthur in Arthurian legend.

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Huchoun

Huchoun ("little Hugh") or Huchown "of the Awle Ryale" (fl. 14th century) is a poet conjectured to have been writing sometime in the 14th century.

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Igraine

In the Matter of Britain, Igraine is the mother of King Arthur.

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Knights of the Round Table

The Knights of the Round Table were the knightly members of the legendary fellowship of the King Arthur in the literary cycle of the Matter of Britain, in which the first written record of them appears in the Roman de Brut written by the Norman poet Wace in 1155.

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Layamon

Layamon or Laghamon – spelled Laȝamon or Laȝamonn in his time, occasionally written Lawman – was a poet of the late 12th/early 13th century and author of the Brut, a notable work that was the first to present the legends of Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table in English poetry.

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Le Morte d'Arthur

Le Morte d'Arthur (originally spelled Le Morte Darthur, Middle French for "the death of Arthur") is a reworking of existing tales by Sir Thomas Malory about the legendary King Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot, Merlin, and the Knights of the Round Table.

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Lincoln Thornton Manuscript

The Lincoln Thornton Manuscript is a medieval manuscript compiled and copied by the fifteenth-century English scribe and landowner Robert Thornton, MS 91 in the library of Lincoln Cathedral.

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List of Arthurian characters

The Arthurian legend features many characters, including the Knights of the Round Table and members of King Arthur's family.

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Lucius Tiberius

Lucius Tiberius (sometimes Lucius Hiberius, or just simply Lucius) is a Roman Procurator from Arthurian legend appearing first in Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae, though there are passages in Geoffrey's work that give him the title "Emperor".

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Matter of Britain

The Matter of Britain is the body of Medieval literature and legendary material associated with Great Britain, and sometimes Brittany, and the legendary kings and heroes associated with it, particularly King Arthur.

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Mordred

Mordred or Modred (Medrawt) is a character in the Arthurian legend, known as a notorious traitor who fought King Arthur at the Battle of Camlann, where he was killed and Arthur was fatally wounded.

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Octavian (romance)

Octavian is a 14th-century Middle English verse translation and abridgement of a mid-13th century Old French romance of the same name.

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River Tamar

The Tamar (Dowr Tamar) is a river in south west England, that forms most of the border between Devon (to the east) and Cornwall (to the west).

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Robert Thornton (scribe)

Robert Thornton (fl. 1418 – 1456) was a Yorkshire landowner, a member of the landed gentry.

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Sir Eglamour of Artois

Sir Eglamour of Artois is a Middle English verse romance that was written sometime around 1350.

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Sir Kay

In Arthurian legend, Sir Kay (Cai, Middle Welsh Kei or Cei; Caius; French: Keu; French Romance: Queux; Old French: Kès or Kex) is Sir Ector's son and King Arthur's foster brother and later seneschal, as well as one of the first Knights of the Round Table.

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Stanzaic Morte Arthur

The Stanzaic Morte Arthur is an anonymous 14th-century Middle English poem in 3,969 lines, about the adulterous affair between Lancelot and Guinevere, and Lancelot's tragic dissension with King Arthur.

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Thomas Malory

Sir Thomas Malory (c. 1415 – 14 March 1471) was an English writer, the author or compiler of Le Morte d'Arthur (originally titled, The Whole Book of King Arthur and His Noble Knights of the Round table).

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15th century in literature

This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in the 15th century.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliterative_Morte_Arthure

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