▁Arthur ▁and ▁His ▁No ble ▁Kn ights ▁of ▁the ▁Round ▁Table , ▁but ▁printer ▁William ▁Ca xt on ▁changed ▁it ▁to ▁Le ▁Mor te ▁d ' Ar thur ▁before ▁he ▁printed ▁it ▁in ▁ 1 4 8 5 , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁making ▁several ▁other ▁editor ial ▁changes . ▁According ▁to ▁one ▁theory , ▁the ▁eight ▁roman ces ▁were ▁originally ▁intended ▁to ▁be ▁separate , ▁but ▁Ca xt on ▁alter ed ▁them ▁to ▁be ▁more ▁un ified . ▁ ▁There ▁has ▁been ▁some ▁argument ▁among ▁critics ▁that ▁Mal ory ' s ▁Le ▁Mor te ▁d ' Ar thur ▁was ▁primarily ▁intended ▁as ▁a ▁political ▁comment ary ▁of ▁Mal ory ' s ▁own ▁era . ▁Mal ory ▁port ray s ▁an ▁initially ▁id yl lic ▁past ▁under ▁the ▁strong ▁leadership ▁of ▁King ▁Arthur ▁and ▁his ▁kn ights , ▁but ▁as ▁intr igue ▁and ▁inf ight ing ▁develop , ▁the ▁u topic ▁kingdom ▁col laps es , ▁which ▁may ▁have ▁been ▁intended ▁as ▁a ▁parallel ▁and ▁a ▁warning ▁against ▁the ▁inf ight ing ▁taking ▁place ▁during ▁the ▁Wars ▁of ▁the ▁Ros es . ▁The ▁seem ingly ▁contradict ory ▁changes ▁in ▁King ▁Arthur ' s ▁character ▁throughout ▁the ▁work ▁has ▁been ▁argued ▁to ▁support ▁the ▁theory ▁that ▁Arthur ▁represents ▁different ▁er as ▁and ▁reign s ▁throughout ▁the ▁tales . ▁This ▁argument ▁has ▁also ▁been ▁used ▁to ▁attempt ▁to ▁recon cile ▁Mal ory ' s ▁doubt ful ▁reputation ▁as ▁a ▁person ▁who ▁contin ually ▁changed ▁sides ▁with ▁the ▁unexpected ▁ideal ism ▁of ▁Le ▁Mor te ▁d '