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mber ofParliament for his county: a rather unstable area duringthis time because the usually powerful Earl of Warwick,was only in his lot of political affairs in Warwickshire led SirThomas into his numerous clashes with the 1444 onwards, he was caught up in raids(襲擊)on theattacks on the Duke of Buckingham and Combe Abbey大修道院,大寺院 , as well as a number of thefts in the countyof to blacken his name, Sir Thomas39。enemies branded(給某人加上污名)him “a rapist, churchrobber, extortioner(勒索者,敲詐者)and wouldbemurderer.Unlucky or inpetent,Sir Thomas was certainly in prison almostcontinuously throughout the 1450s, though he didescape several pardon came to him inOctober 1462, followed by military service in then on he kept his head down,but may have bee embroiled(使卷入)in Cook39。sConspiracy(陰謀活動(dòng))of 1468, for which he was, he turned to writing and earnedeternal Thomas died on 12th March 1471,probably in Newgate Prison(London).He was buried in the nearby Friary Church of d39。 Arthur《亞瑟王之死》Malory39。s tale begins with the mysterious birth of Arthur and ends with his equally mysterious central concern is with the adventures of Arthur and his famous Knights of the Round knights fight many battles and win glory, all of which is a credit to the name of King the end of the story, however, the tide of good fortune , one of Arthur39。s knights, falls in love with Arfhur39。s queen, Guinever, and the ladyreturns his by one the other knight bee discontented(使不滿), selfish, ordisillusioned(使醒悟。使不再抱幻想。使...的理想破滅).Thus weakened, the kingdom is attacked by force under Sir Mordred, Arthur39。s treacherous(背叛的。不忠的)nephew, and ultimately it goes down in is borne away(被...所驅(qū)使)on a barge(大型平底船)by three mysterious ladies of the d‘Arthur was written in a time of feudal order was the time Malory began writing his story, soldiers were fighting with gunpowder, a middle class oftradesmen was arising。and the practices of chivalry were being replaced(代替,取代)by a new aristocratic , in a desire to escape the disorder and uneasiness of his day,tried to recapture lost ideals of the romantic past as recounted(敘述,講述)in his tale of noble kings, adventurous knights, and damsels(少女。閨女)in distress(悲痛??鄲馈n傷。貧困,窮苦。危難。不幸。引起痛苦或悲痛的事物).This book is very important in English Arthurian materials have a strong influence on literature of later for Discussion are the features of Popular Ballads? is the story of Morte d‘Arthur ? is Sir Thomas Malory an important writer the 15th century? are the features of Popular Ballads?See the last paragraph on Page 50 to the fifth paragraph on Page our text is the story of Morte d‘Arthur ?See Page 6 –9 of our PPt..Why is Sir Thomas Malory an important writer the 15th century?See the first paragraph on Page 52 of our text book.