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Layamon's Brut

Layamon's Brut (c. 1190 – c. 1215), also known as The Chronicle of Britain, is a Middle English alliterative verse poem compiled and recast by the English priest Layamon. Layamon's Brut is 16,096 lines long and narrates a fictionalized version of the history of Britain up to the Early Middle Ages. It was the first work of history written in English since…

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Layamon's Brut → Anglo-Norman Vision, Boydell, BrewerTiller, Francoise, History, ISBN, Kenneth, Le Saux, Sources, The Poem, University, Wales Press

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brut layamon english history layamon's middle poem britain alliterative chronicle verse wace london madden french lines ed 1215 written king

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Sir Gawaininstance ofespecially in comparison with later alliterative writings0.80text
the Green Knightinstance ofespecially in comparison with later alliterative writings0.80text
Piers Plowmaninstance ofespecially in comparison with later alliterative writings0.80text
Layamon's Brutrelated to BibliographyLe Saux0.60section
Layamon's Brutrelated to BibliographyFrancoise0.60section
Layamon's Brutrelated to BibliographyThe Poem0.60section
Layamon's Brutrelated to BibliographySources0.60section
Layamon's Brutrelated to BibliographyBoydell0.60section
Layamon's Brutrelated to BibliographyBrewerTiller0.60section
Layamon's Brutrelated to BibliographyKenneth0.60section
Layamon's Brutrelated to BibliographyAnglo-Norman Vision0.60section
Layamon's Brutrelated to BibliographyHistory0.60section

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