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  1. Arthur, origins, identities and the legendary history of Britain
    Published: 2024
    Publisher:  Brill, Leiden

    "Geoffrey of Monmouth's immensely popular Latin prose Historia regum Britanniae (c. 1138), followed by French verse translations - Wace's Roman de Brut (1155) and anonymous versions including the Royal Brut, the Munich, Harley, and Egerton Bruts... more

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    Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Haus Potsdamer Straße
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    "Geoffrey of Monmouth's immensely popular Latin prose Historia regum Britanniae (c. 1138), followed by French verse translations - Wace's Roman de Brut (1155) and anonymous versions including the Royal Brut, the Munich, Harley, and Egerton Bruts (12th -14th c.), initiated Arthurian narratives of many genres throughout the ages, alongside Welsh, English, and other traditions. Arthur, Origins, Identities and the Legendary History of Britain addresses how Arthurian histories incorporating the British foundation myth responded to images of individual or collective identity and how those narratives contributed to those identities. What cultural, political or psychic needs did these Arthurian narratives meet and what might have been the origins of those needs? And how did each text contribute to a "larger picture" of Arthur, to the construction of a myth that still remains so compelling today?"--

     

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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9789004691889
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    Series: Explorations in medieval culture ; volume 25
    Subjects: Arthurian romances
    Other subjects: Arthur King; Geoffrey of Monmouth, Bishop of St. Asaph (1100?-1154): Historia regum Britanniae; Wace (approximately 1100-approximately 1175): Roman de Brut; Gaimar, Geffrei (active 1136-1137): Estoire des Engleis
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (IX, 565 Seiten)
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    Includes bibliographical references and index

    Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae : part 1 -- Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae : part 2 -- The first variant version -- Wace's Roman de Brut, part 1 : Gaimar's Estoire des Engleis -- Wace's Roman de Brut, part 2 -- The anonymous Verse Brut tradition.

  2. Arthur, origins, identities and the legendary history of Britain
    Published: [2024]
    Publisher:  Brill, Leiden

    "Geoffrey of Monmouth's immensely popular Latin prose Historia regum Britanniae (c. 1138), followed by French verse translations - Wace's Roman de Brut (1155) and anonymous versions including the Royal Brut, the Munich, Harley, and Egerton Bruts... more

    Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg
    2024 A 3879
    Unlimited inter-library loan, copies and loan

     

    "Geoffrey of Monmouth's immensely popular Latin prose Historia regum Britanniae (c. 1138), followed by French verse translations - Wace's Roman de Brut (1155) and anonymous versions including the Royal Brut, the Munich, Harley, and Egerton Bruts (12th -14th c.), initiated Arthurian narratives of many genres throughout the ages, alongside Welsh, English, and other traditions. Arthur, Origins, Identities and the Legendary History of Britain addresses how Arthurian histories incorporating the British foundation myth responded to images of individual or collective identity and how those narratives contributed to those identities. What cultural, political or psychic needs did these Arthurian narratives meet and what might have been the origins of those needs? And how did each text contribute to a "larger picture" of Arthur, to the construction of a myth that still remains so compelling today?"--

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9789004691032
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    Series: Explorations in medieval culture ; volume 25
    Subjects: Arthurian romances
    Other subjects: Arthur King; Geoffrey of Monmouth, Bishop of St. Asaph (1100?-1154): Historia regum Britanniae; Wace (approximately 1100-approximately 1175): Roman de Brut; Gaimar, Geffrei (active 1136-1137): Estoire des Engleis
    Scope: IX, 565 Seiten
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references and index

    Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae : part 1 -- Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae : part 2 -- The first variant version -- Wace's Roman de Brut, part 1 : Gaimar's Estoire des Engleis -- Wace's Roman de Brut, part 2 -- The anonymous Verse Brut tradition.