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  • Lancelot and Guinevere
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    …role in the late 14th-century Le Morte Arthur, which told of a fatal passion for Lancelot conceived by Elaine the Fair of Astolat and which described the tragic end of Lancelot’s love for Guinevere. He also played a central role in Malory’s 15th-century prose work Le Morte Darthur, in which…

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    …role in the late 14th-century Le Morte Arthur, which told of a fatal passion for Lancelot conceived by Elaine the Fair of Astolat and which described the tragic end of Lancelot’s love for Guinevere. He also played a central role in Malory’s 15th-century prose work Le Morte Darthur, in which…

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