Middle English Brut

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Middle English chronicle historical chronicle medieval English literary work verse chronicle

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.

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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.

Anglo-Norman Brut → relatedWork → Middle English Brut ⓘ

Wace → influenced → Middle English Brut ⓘ

this entity surface form: Middle English Brut tradition

Brut chronicles → hasVersion → Middle English Brut ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman Prose Brut

Brut chronicles → hasVersion → Middle English Brut ⓘ

this entity surface form: Middle English Prose Brut

Middle English Brut → alternateName → Middle English Brut ⓘ

this entity surface form: Middle English Brut chronicle