Arthur, Origins, Identities and the Legendary History of Britain

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Arthur, Origins, Identities and the Legendary History of Britain

Blacker, Jean

Brill

03/2024

580

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Inglês

9789004691032

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Acknowledgements



Introduction

?1?Contextualizing Geoffrey's Historia, Arthur, and the Early French Brut Tradition

?2?Structure of Arthur, Origins, Identities



1 Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae: Part 1

?1?Introduction

?2?Description of Britain, Arrival of Brutus, Foundation Myth: Geoffrey and His Predecessors

?3?Adventus Saxonum and the Passage of Dominion



2 Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae: Part 2

?1?Geoffrey of Monmouth: Adventus Saxonum and Preview of Other Landmark Events

?2?King Arthur

?3?Post Arthur: Gormund's Donation, Augustine's Conversion of the English, the Passage of Dominion (Reprise) - Cadwallader and the Final Days

?4?Postscript: Geoffrey's Ideas on Multiple Ethnicities, Nationalities, Allegiances - including His Prejudices Interwoven with Origin Stories as Part of His Endeavor to Negotiate Identities



3 The First Variant Version

?1?Introduction

?2?Dating and Authorship of the First Variant Version

?3?The Description of Britain and the Foundation Myth

?4?Adventus Saxonum

?5?King Arthur

?6?Stages of the Passage of Dominion

?7?Cadwallader and the Final Passage

?8?Conclusion



4 Wace's Roman de Brut, Part 1

?Gaimar's Estoire des Engleis

?1?Introduction

?2?Setting the Stage: Gaimar's Estoire des Engleis

?3?The Prologue to the Estoire des Engleis

?4?The Foundation Myth, the Adventus Saxonum, and the Passage of Dominion

?5?The Epilogue to the Estoire des Engleis



5 Wace's Roman de Brut, Part 2

?1?Wace's Roman de Brut: Organization of the Chapter

?2?Foundation Myth

?3?The Adventus Saxonum

?4?King Arthur

?5?Gormund's Donation and the Passage of Dominion; Gormund and Arthur as Leaders

?6?Augustine's Conversion of the English

?7?Cadwallader and the "Final Days"

?8?Conclusion: The Role of Language, Ethnic/Cultural Separatism, and the Characterization of Arthur as Insider/Outsider, Barbarian and Civilizer



6 The Anonymous Verse Brut Tradition

?1?General Introduction

?2?Contextualizing the Anonymous Verse Bruts: Wace and Authorial Voice

?3?Overview: Anonymous Verse Bruts

?4?Common Content of the Anonymous Verse Bruts Relative to the Historia and Wace

?5?Anonymous Verse Bruts

?6?Chapter Conclusion



Conclusion

Appendix 1: Wace's Roman de Brut in Its Manuscript Contexts

Appendix 2: Anonymous Verse Bruts

Appendix 3: Arthur's "Twelve Battles": Comparative Chart

Bibliography

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wace; geoffrey of monmouth; foundation myth; manuscripts; britons; history of the kings of britain; twelfth century; 12th century; 13th century; thirteenth century; latin; anglo-norman; old french