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Primary Sources: Le Morte D’Arthur, Book XXI Chapter 4

Primary Sources Posted on August 29, 2014 by jeffwikJuly 13, 2015

It’s a tense scene, with both Arthur’s group and Mordred’s group expecting the other to double-cross.  Naturally things go south; the catalyst here is a snake biting a knight’s ankle.  This knight (Malory doesn’t specify if he’s one of Arthur’s … Continue reading →

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Primary Sources: Le Morte D’Arthur, Book XXI, Chapter 3

Primary Sources Posted on August 27, 2014 by jeffwikJuly 13, 2015

On the eve of this planned joust/battle with Mordred, Arthur dream[s] a wonderful dream.  He’s in a chair on a scaffold! It gets better.  The scaffold is all connected to this big wheel assembly, and it’s slowly turning.  As it … Continue reading →

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Primary Sources: Le Morte D’Arthur, Book XXI, Chapter 2

Primary Sources Posted on August 25, 2014 by jeffwikJuly 13, 2015

Mordred’s still working on getting Guenever out of her tower when a messenger brings him word: Arthur, Gawaine, and their troops are landing at Dover.  Mordred’s okay with this, though, because he has the common people on his side.  Apparently … Continue reading →

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Primary Sources: Le Morte D’Arthur, Book XXI Chapter 1

Primary Sources Posted on August 22, 2014 by jeffwikJuly 13, 2015

We cut back to England and flash back to just after Arthur and Gawaine sail away with their sixty thousand troops.  Mordred, Guenever, and all the other survivors of Book XX stand on the dock and watch them go. “Well, … Continue reading →

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Primary Sources: Le Morte D’Arthur, Book XX, Chapter 19

Primary Sources Posted on August 11, 2014 by jeffwikJuly 13, 2015

Meanwhile Arthur and Gawaine mobilize all of England to invade Benwick.  It’s sixty thousand troops, which is the largest army we’ve seen in a while, on par with Arthur’s invasion force in Book V or the armies he and Team … Continue reading →

Posted in Le Morte D'Arthur, Primary Sources | Tagged Arthur, Bagdemagus, Bors Jr, Galihud, Gawaine, Guenever, Launcelot, Lionel, Mordred, Peter | Leave a reply

Primary Sources: Book XX Chapters 9 and 10

Primary Sources Posted on August 1, 2014 by jeffwikJuly 13, 2015

“Alas, that ever I bare crown upon my head!” cries Arthur, when he hears about the massacre.  “The Round Table is ended, as I predicted.  We were running on fumes ever since the Grail quest; now we’re done.  Launcelot and … Continue reading →

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Primary Sources: Le Morte D’Arthur, Book XX, Chapters 7 and 8

Primary Sources Posted on July 30, 2014 by jeffwikJuly 13, 2015

Meanwhile Sir Mordred, whom Launcelot did not kill, limps off to Arthur.  He has to go on horseback because, as you may have forgotten, all of this went down while King Arthur was away from Camelot on the pretext of … Continue reading →

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Primary Sources: Le Morte D’Arthur, Book XX Chapters 3 and 4

Primary Sources Posted on July 25, 2014 by jeffwikJuly 13, 2015

Okay, so, at this point things go more or less how you’d expect.  Launcelot heads over to Guenever’s chambers.  Mordred and the other knights hide, then listen at the door.  When it sounds like Launcelot and Guenever are in a … Continue reading →

Posted in Le Morte D'Arthur, Primary Sources | Tagged Agravaine, Colgrevance, Guenever, Launcelot, Mordred | 1 Reply

Primary Sources: Le Morte D’Arthur, Book XX Chapter 1

Primary Sources Posted on July 21, 2014 by jeffwikJuly 13, 2015

Another year, another May, another season of romance and whimsy!  Book XX opens with the stark contrast between all the happy lovers in Camelot (chief among them Guenever and Launcelot) and the two villains of our piece, Sir Agravaine and … Continue reading →

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Primary Sources: Le Morte D’Arthur, Book XIX, Chapters 10 and 11

Primary Sources Posted on July 14, 2014 by jeffwikJuly 13, 2015

New story!  Once upon a time there was a Hungarian knight named Sir Urre, who fought with a Spanish knight named Sir Alphegus, at Alphegus’s father’s tournament.  Urre killed Alphegus, but Alphegus had a death-curse, on account of his mother … Continue reading →

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