Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut by Wace

"Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut" by Wace is a Norman-French verse chronicle completed in 1155. This nearly 15,000-line poem retells Britain's legendary history from its founding by Trojan refugee Brutus through a thousand years of myth and pseudohistory. The work traces the island's story through King Leir, the Roman conquest, and the coming of Christianity, culminating in the tales of sub-Roman Britain. Most notably, it presents the first vernacular account of King Arthur's life, introducing the Round Table to world literature and launching an entire tradition of French Arthurian romance. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Wace, 1100?-1175?
Translator Mason, Eugene
Title Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_de_Brut
Credits Produced by Ted Garvin and PG Distributed Proofreaders
Reading Level Reading ease score: 78.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Subject Arthurian romances
Subject Romances -- Translations into English
Category Text
eBook-No. 10472
Release Date
Last Update Oct 28, 2024
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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