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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Arthurian text ⓘ
Norman French literary work ⓘ
medieval chronicle ⓘ
verse chronicle ⓘ
adaptationType vernacular adaptation of Latin historiography ⓘ
alternateTitle Brut ⓘ
linked to: Brut Tysilio

Roman de Brut ⓘ
associatedWith Plantagenet court ⓘ
audience courtly audience ⓘ
author Wace ⓘ
basedOn Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae ⓘ
commissionedBy Henry II of England ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Duchy of Normandy ⓘ
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 ⓘ
King Brutus of Troy ⓘ
linked to: Brutus of Troy

King Lear ⓘ
Merlin ⓘ
influenced Layamon's Brut ⓘ
Middle English chronicle tradition ⓘ
later French Arthurian romance ⓘ
language Norman French ⓘ
Old French ⓘ
literaryForm octosyllabic rhymed couplets ⓘ
literaryMovement Anglo-Norman literature ⓘ
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 ⓘ
placeInArthurianCanon one of the earliest extended Arthurian narratives in French ⓘ
region Anglo-Norman world ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Norman
relatedWork Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae ⓘ
Layamon's Brut ⓘ
setting Britain ⓘ
linked to: Great Britain
sourceLanguageOfBaseText Latin ⓘ
style courtly narrative verse ⓘ
subject Arthurian legend ⓘ
legendary kings of Britain ⓘ
targetLanguage vernacular French ⓘ

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Historia Regum Britanniae → influenced → Wace's Roman de Brut ⓘ
Historia Regum Britanniae → influenced → Layamon's Brut ⓘ
linked to: Wace's Roman de Brut
Geoffrey of Monmouth (literary consolidation) → influenced → Wace’s Roman de Brut ⓘ
linked to: Wace's Roman de Brut
Geoffrey of Monmouth (literary consolidation) → influenced → Layamon’s Brut ⓘ
linked to: Wace's Roman de Brut
Middle English Brut → adaptationOf → Anglo-Norman Brut chronicle ⓘ
linked to: Wace's Roman de Brut
Roman de Rou → relatedWork → Roman de Brut ⓘ
linked to: Wace's Roman de Brut
Wace's Roman de Brut → alternateTitle → Roman de Brut ⓘ
linked to: Wace's Roman de Brut
Anglo-Norman literature → hasNotableWork → Roman de Brut ⓘ
linked to: Wace's Roman de Brut
Anglo-Norman literature → hasNotableWork → Anglo-Norman Brut chronicles ⓘ
linked to: Wace's Roman de Brut