Abstract

El rey Arturo que Thomas Malory retrata en su Morte D’Arthur es especialmente interesante porque representa un avance respecto del modelo tradicional del caballero medieval. Hacer una semblanza de su personalidad a partir de los relatos de su juventud permite comprender mejor al personaje y los acontecimientos posteriores de su historia, además de entender cómo fue recepcionado el ideal caballeresco en la literatura. The King Arthur that Thomas Malory portrays in his Morte D'Arthur is especially interesting because it represents a progress on the traditional model of the Medieval Knight. Making a portrait of his personality from the tales of his youth serves to better understand the character and the subsequent events of his story, as well as to comprehend how the Chivalric Ideal was received in Literature.