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I argue that using both historical context and Sir Thomas Malory\u2019s opus,\u00a0<em>Le Morte D\u2019Arthur<\/em>, allows a post-medieval reader to better understand and critically interrogate friendship and masculinity among Black men\u2014a group that has not garnered enough positive, critical and intellectual attention within friendship studies.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the Middle Ages, male friendship bonds played an integral role in constructing one\u2019s social and political identity. The Arthurian court, best known as Camelot, is one of the largest and oldest literary representations of a medieval male network. 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