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Havelok in the Prose Brut Tradition

Havelok in the Prose Brut Tradition Havelok in the Prose Brut Tradition by Julia Marvin HE written versions of the story of Havelok most widely distrib- uted in the Middle Ages are also among the least known today: Tthey are found not in romance, nor even in verse, but in the prose Brut chronicles. Surviving in some 50 manuscripts in Anglo-Norman, 180 in English, and 20 in later Latin versions, the prose Brut in its vari- ous manifestations was the most popular secular, vernacular work of the late Middle Ages in England. As Lister Matheson says, ‘‘as a cul- tural artifact the Brut is of the first importance.’’ From its oldest Anglo- Norman version, running from the fall of Troy to 1272 and thought to have been composed near the end of the thirteenth century, to its thir- teen printed editions of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, and be- yond that through the works it influenced, the Brut provided genera- tions of English readers with a fundamental narrative of the history of their land. In his 1828 edition of the Middle English Havelok, Frederic Madden printed extracts from the prose Bruts, observing that the Havelok tra- th th dition was ‘‘not only admitted from the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Studies in Philology University of North Carolina Press

Havelok in the Prose Brut Tradition

Studies in Philology , Volume 102 (3) – Jul 5, 2005

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University of North Carolina Press
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Abstract

Havelok in the Prose Brut Tradition by Julia Marvin HE written versions of the story of Havelok most widely distrib- uted in the Middle Ages are also among the least known today: Tthey are found not in romance, nor even in verse, but in the prose Brut chronicles. Surviving in some 50 manuscripts in Anglo-Norman, 180 in English, and 20 in later Latin versions, the prose Brut in its vari- ous manifestations was the most popular secular, vernacular work of the late Middle Ages in England. As Lister Matheson says, ‘‘as a cul- tural artifact the Brut is of the first importance.’’ From its oldest Anglo- Norman version, running from the fall of Troy to 1272 and thought to have been composed near the end of the thirteenth century, to its thir- teen printed editions of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, and be- yond that through the works it influenced, the Brut provided genera- tions of English readers with a fundamental narrative of the history of their land. In his 1828 edition of the Middle English Havelok, Frederic Madden printed extracts from the prose Bruts, observing that the Havelok tra- th th dition was ‘‘not only admitted from the

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Published: Jul 5, 2005

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