Middle English Brut
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Middle English Brut is a Middle English verse chronicle that adapts and expands the earlier Anglo-Norman Brut to recount the legendary and historical history of Britain.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Anglo-Norman Prose Brut | 1 |
| Middle English Brut canonical | 1 |
| Middle English Brut chronicle | 1 |
| Middle English Brut tradition | 1 |
| Middle English Prose Brut | 1 |
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Middle English chronicle
ⓘ
historical chronicle ⓘ medieval English literary work ⓘ verse chronicle ⓘ |
| adaptationOf |
Wace's Roman de Brut
ⓘ
surface form:
Anglo-Norman Brut chronicle
|
| alternateName |
Middle English Brut
ⓘ
surface form:
Middle English Brut chronicle
|
| associatedWith |
Historia Regum Britanniae
ⓘ
surface form:
Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia Regum Britanniae
|
| basedOn | Anglo-Norman Brut ⓘ |
| chronicleType | universal history of Britain ⓘ |
| circulation | widely circulated in medieval England ⓘ |
| contains |
historical material
ⓘ
legendary material ⓘ |
| coversPeriod |
from mythical Trojan origins of Britain
ⓘ
to later medieval English history ⓘ |
| expands | Anglo-Norman Brut ⓘ |
| genre |
chronicle
ⓘ
historiography ⓘ |
| influenced |
English national historical myth
ⓘ
later Middle English historical writing ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | English-speaking lay readers ⓘ |
| language | Middle English ⓘ |
| literaryCycle | Brut chronicles ⓘ |
| literaryForm | verse ⓘ |
| literaryLanguage | vernacular ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
historical history of Britain
ⓘ
history of Britain ⓘ legendary history of Britain ⓘ |
| originCountry | England ⓘ |
| preservedIn | medieval manuscripts ⓘ |
| script | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| subject |
British historical events
ⓘ
British legendary kings ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late Middle Ages ⓘ |
| tradition | Brut tradition ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Middle English Brut tradition
this entity surface form:
Anglo-Norman Prose Brut
this entity surface form:
Middle English Prose Brut
this entity surface form:
Middle English Brut chronicle