# Le Morte d'Arthur **Domain:** Arthurian Literature / Narrative Transmission **Doc Type:** Work Node **Maturity:** Developed ## Definition _**Le Morte d'Arthur**_ is [[wiki/Thomas Malory|Thomas Malory's]] major prose synthesis of Arthurian narratives, first printed by William Caxton in 1485. It became one of the most influential English-language transmissions of the Arthurian world. ## Westworld Interface The production text for [[wiki/Sir Rowan and the Lady of Sulon|Sir Rowan and the Lady of Sulon]] closely adapts the [[wiki/Tristram and Isoud|Tristram and Isoud]] episode in which a fragment taken from [[wiki/Sir Marhaus|Sir Marhaus's]] skull is matched to Tristram's sword and reveals hidden identity and violence. The adaptation places a centuries-old reconstruction mechanism inside William's childhood: evidence survives the person, the fragment is reassembled, identity is inferred and judgment follows. ## Sources - [_Le Morte d'Arthur_ — Project Gutenberg](https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1251) - [Tristram/Isoud page — Wikisource](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Le_Morte_d%27Arthur_-_Volume_1.djvu/284) ## See Also [[wiki/Thomas Malory|Thomas Malory]] · [[wiki/Tristram and Isoud|Tristram and Isoud]] · [[wiki/Sir Rowan and the Lady of Sulon|Sir Rowan and the Lady of Sulon]] · [[wiki/Narrative Bootloader|Narrative Bootloader]]