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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Middle English chronicle ⓘ
historical chronicle ⓘ
medieval English literary work ⓘ
verse chronicle ⓘ
adaptationOf Anglo-Norman Brut chronicle ⓘ
alternateName Middle English Brut chronicle ⓘ
linked to: Middle English Brut
associatedWith 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 ⓘ

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Anglo-Norman Brut → relatedWork → Middle English Brut ⓘ
Wace → influenced → Middle English Brut tradition ⓘ
linked to: Middle English Brut
Brut chronicles → hasVersion → Anglo-Norman Prose Brut ⓘ
linked to: Middle English Brut
Brut chronicles → hasVersion → Middle English Prose Brut ⓘ
linked to: Middle English Brut
Middle English Brut → alternateName → Middle English Brut chronicle ⓘ
linked to: Middle English Brut