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Saracens and Islamic Alterity in Malory's Le Morte Darthur
- Arthuriana
- Scriptorium Press
- Volume 16, Number 4, Winter 2006
- pp. 10-28
- 10.1353/art.2006.0009
- Article
- Additional Information
Malory's treatment of Saracens depends upon his crusading-era literary sources and his personal awareness of Ottoman Turk incursions into Europe. Except for Palomides, his Saracens develop typical orientalist functions.