Wace's Roman de Brut
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Wace's Roman de Brut is a 12th-century Norman French verse chronicle that popularized and adapted the legendary history of the kings of Britain, including early Arthurian material, for a courtly audience.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Anglo-Norman Brut chronicle | 1 |
| Layamon's Brut | 1 |
| Layamon’s Brut | 1 |
| Roman de Brut | 1 |
| Wace's Roman de Brut canonical | 1 |
| Wace’s Roman de Brut | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wace's Roman de Brut Context triple: [Historia Regum Britanniae, influenced, Wace's Roman de Brut]
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A.
Béroul’s Tristan
Béroul’s Tristan is a 12th-century Old French verse romance that presents one of the earliest and most influential versions of the tragic love story of Tristan and Iseult.
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B.
The Song of Roland
The Song of Roland is an 11th-century Old French epic poem that recounts the heroic but doomed stand of Charlemagne’s knight Roland against the Saracens at Roncevaux Pass.
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C.
chronicles of Fulcher of Chartres
The chronicles of Fulcher of Chartres are a key medieval Latin narrative that provides a detailed eyewitness account of the First Crusade and the early years of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem.
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D.
Alliterative Morte Arthure
Alliterative Morte Arthure is a 14th-century Middle English alliterative poem recounting the legendary exploits and tragic downfall of King Arthur.
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E.
The Vision of Sir Launfal
The Vision of Sir Launfal is a narrative poem by James Russell Lowell that reimagines the Holy Grail legend to explore themes of charity, humility, and spiritual awakening.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wace's Roman de Brut Target entity description: Wace's Roman de Brut is a 12th-century Norman French verse chronicle that popularized and adapted the legendary history of the kings of Britain, including early Arthurian material, for a courtly audience.
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A.
Béroul’s Tristan
Béroul’s Tristan is a 12th-century Old French verse romance that presents one of the earliest and most influential versions of the tragic love story of Tristan and Iseult.
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B.
The Song of Roland
The Song of Roland is an 11th-century Old French epic poem that recounts the heroic but doomed stand of Charlemagne’s knight Roland against the Saracens at Roncevaux Pass.
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C.
chronicles of Fulcher of Chartres
The chronicles of Fulcher of Chartres are a key medieval Latin narrative that provides a detailed eyewitness account of the First Crusade and the early years of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem.
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D.
Alliterative Morte Arthure
Alliterative Morte Arthure is a 14th-century Middle English alliterative poem recounting the legendary exploits and tragic downfall of King Arthur.
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E.
The Vision of Sir Launfal
The Vision of Sir Launfal is a narrative poem by James Russell Lowell that reimagines the Holy Grail legend to explore themes of charity, humility, and spiritual awakening.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arthurian text
ⓘ
Norman French literary work ⓘ medieval chronicle ⓘ verse chronicle ⓘ |
| adaptationType | vernacular adaptation of Latin historiography ⓘ |
| alternateTitle |
Brut
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roman de Brut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Plantagenet court ⓘ |
| audience | courtly audience ⓘ |
| author | Wace NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Henry II of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Duchy of Normandy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalRole | mediated British legendary history to continental audiences ⓘ |
| dateWritten | 12th century ⓘ |
| function |
courtly entertainment
ⓘ
didactic historiography ⓘ |
| genre |
chronicle
ⓘ
romance ⓘ |
| historicity | mixes legend and pseudo-history ⓘ |
| includesCharacter |
King Arthur
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
King Brutus of Troy NERFINISHED ⓘ King Lear NERFINISHED ⓘ Merlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Layamon's Brut
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Middle English chronicle tradition ⓘ later French Arthurian romance ⓘ |
| language |
Norman French
ⓘ
Old French ⓘ |
| literaryForm | octosyllabic rhymed couplets ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Anglo-Norman literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Brut tradition ⓘ |
| manuscriptTradition | survives in multiple medieval manuscripts ⓘ |
| meter | octosyllabic verse ⓘ |
| narrativeScope | history of Britain from its legendary Trojan origins to the 7th century ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early vernacular Arthurian material
ⓘ
introducing the Round Table into Arthurian literature ⓘ popularizing Geoffrey of Monmouth's British history in the vernacular ⓘ |
| period | High Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeInArthurianCanon | one of the earliest extended Arthurian narratives in French ⓘ |
| region | Anglo-Norman world NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae
NERFINISHED
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Layamon's Brut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceLanguageOfBaseText | Latin ⓘ |
| style | courtly narrative verse ⓘ |
| subject |
Arthurian legend
NERFINISHED
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legendary kings of Britain ⓘ |
| targetLanguage | vernacular French ⓘ |
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Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Layamon's Brut
this entity surface form:
Wace’s Roman de Brut
this entity surface form:
Layamon’s Brut
this entity surface form:
Anglo-Norman Brut chronicle
this entity surface form:
Roman de Brut