Anglo-Norman Brut
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Anglo-Norman Brut is a medieval chronicle written in the Anglo-Norman language that recounts the legendary and early historical past of Britain, drawing heavily on Geoffrey of Monmouth’s "Historia Regum Britanniae."
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Anglo-Norman literary work
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historical chronicle → medieval chronicle → |
| associatedWith |
Anglo-Norman historiography
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Brut chronicles → |
| audience |
Anglo-Norman aristocracy
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lay nobility in medieval England → |
| basedOn |
Historia Regum Britanniae
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| basedOnAuthor |
Geoffrey of Monmouth
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| circulation |
manuscript tradition
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| contains |
legend of the Trojan origins of the Britons
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legendary material alongside historical material → narratives of British kings → |
| countryOfOrigin |
Kingdom of England
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| coversEvent |
foundation of Britain by Brutus of Troy
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reigns of legendary British kings → transition from legendary to historical Britain → |
| dateWritten |
13th century
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| fieldOfStudy |
Anglo-Norman philology
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medieval historiography → medieval studies → |
| genre |
chronicle
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historiography → |
| historicalContext |
Anglo-Norman England
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| historicalValue |
source for medieval views of British history
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| influencedBy |
Geoffrey of Monmouth’s historiography
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| language |
Anglo-Norman
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| literaryCategory |
vernacular chronicle
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| literaryCulture |
Anglo-Norman literature
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| literaryForm |
prose
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| mainSubject |
early history of Britain
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legendary history of Britain → |
| narrativeFocus |
kings of Britain
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legendary British past → |
| narrativeMode |
chronological narrative
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| placeOfOrigin |
England
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| purpose |
to recount the past of Britain for a lay audience
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| relatedWork |
Brut y Tywysogion
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Middle English Brut → |
| script |
medieval manuscript hand
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| sourceLanguageOfAdaptation |
Latin
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| sourceWork |
Historia Regum Britanniae
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| timePeriodDescribed |
early medieval Britain
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legendary pre-Roman Britain → |
| tradition |
Brut tradition
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| transmission |
copied in multiple medieval manuscripts
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| uses |
Geoffrey of Monmouth’s king lists
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| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Anglo-Norman
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hasNotableWork |