Geoffrey of Monmouth's de gestis Britonum and twelfth-century romance

Le Saux, F. (2020) Geoffrey of Monmouth's de gestis Britonum and twelfth-century romance. In: Smith, J. B. and Henley, G. (eds.) A Companion to Geoffrey of Monmouth. Brill's Companions to European History, 22. Brill, Leiden and Boston, pp. 235-256. ISBN 978900440528 doi: 10.1163/9789004410398_010

Abstract/Summary

The proto-romance features of the work of Geoffrey of Monmouth and early Anglo-Norman vernacular historians are explored, in particular Gaimar and Wace. The rise of the 'romans d'antiquite' is charted, and their stylistic and thematic influence on the arthurian romance is analysed. This influence is shown to extend to vernacular Bruts (rewritings of Geoffrey's work). Particular attention is given to important remnants of broader narratives dating from the late 12th and early 13th centuries: the Becker fragment, the Harley Brut (London, British Library, Harley 1605 and Harley 4733), the Royal Brut (London, British Library, Royal 13A.xxi)and the Munich Brut (Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Gall. 29).

Item Type	Book or Report Section
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/98703
Identification Number/DOI	10.1163/9789004410398_010
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Arts, Humanities and Social Science > Graduate Centre for Medieval Studies (GCMS) Arts, Humanities and Social Science > Language Text and Power
Publisher	Brill
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