Middle English Brut
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Middle English Brut is a Middle English verse chronicle that adapts and expands the earlier Anglo-Norman Brut to recount the legendary and historical history of Britain.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Anglo-Norman Prose Brut | 1 |
| Middle English Brut canonical | 1 |
| Middle English Brut chronicle | 1 |
| Middle English Brut tradition | 1 |
| Middle English Prose Brut | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2669499 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Middle English Brut Context triple: [Anglo-Norman Brut, relatedWork, Middle English Brut]
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Anglo-Saxon literature
Anglo-Saxon literature is the body of early medieval English writing in Old English, encompassing poetry, prose, religious works, and heroic narratives produced in England roughly between the 7th and 11th centuries.
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Middle English
Middle English is the historical stage of the English language spoken and written roughly between the late 11th and late 15th centuries, exemplified by works like Chaucer’s "Canterbury Tales."
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The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a collection of annals in Old English that records the early history of the Anglo-Saxons and the formation of England from the 9th century onward.
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Old English
Old English is the earliest historical form of the English language, spoken and written in parts of what is now England and southern Scotland roughly between the 5th and 12th centuries.
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Old English homilies
Old English homilies are religious sermons written in the Old English language that explain Christian doctrine and moral teachings to early medieval English audiences.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Middle English Brut Target entity description: Middle English Brut is a Middle English verse chronicle that adapts and expands the earlier Anglo-Norman Brut to recount the legendary and historical history of Britain.
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A.
Anglo-Saxon literature
Anglo-Saxon literature is the body of early medieval English writing in Old English, encompassing poetry, prose, religious works, and heroic narratives produced in England roughly between the 7th and 11th centuries.
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B.
Middle English
Middle English is the historical stage of the English language spoken and written roughly between the late 11th and late 15th centuries, exemplified by works like Chaucer’s "Canterbury Tales."
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C.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a collection of annals in Old English that records the early history of the Anglo-Saxons and the formation of England from the 9th century onward.
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D.
Old English
Old English is the earliest historical form of the English language, spoken and written in parts of what is now England and southern Scotland roughly between the 5th and 12th centuries.
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E.
Old English homilies
Old English homilies are religious sermons written in the Old English language that explain Christian doctrine and moral teachings to early medieval English audiences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Middle English chronicle
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historical chronicle ⓘ medieval English literary work ⓘ verse chronicle ⓘ |
| adaptationOf |
Wace's Roman de Brut
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surface form:
Anglo-Norman Brut chronicle
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| alternateName |
Middle English Brut
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surface form:
Middle English Brut chronicle
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| associatedWith |
Historia Regum Britanniae
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surface form:
Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia Regum Britanniae
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| basedOn | Anglo-Norman Brut ⓘ |
| chronicleType | universal history of Britain ⓘ |
| circulation | widely circulated in medieval England ⓘ |
| contains |
historical material
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legendary material ⓘ |
| coversPeriod |
from mythical Trojan origins of Britain
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to later medieval English history ⓘ |
| expands | Anglo-Norman Brut ⓘ |
| genre |
chronicle
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historiography ⓘ |
| influenced |
English national historical myth
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later Middle English historical writing ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | English-speaking lay readers ⓘ |
| language | Middle English ⓘ |
| literaryCycle | Brut chronicles ⓘ |
| literaryForm | verse ⓘ |
| literaryLanguage | vernacular ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
historical history of Britain
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history of Britain ⓘ legendary history of Britain ⓘ |
| originCountry | England ⓘ |
| preservedIn | medieval manuscripts ⓘ |
| script | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| subject |
British historical events
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British legendary kings ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late Middle Ages ⓘ |
| tradition | Brut tradition ⓘ |
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Subject: Middle English Brut Description of subject: Middle English Brut is a Middle English verse chronicle that adapts and expands the earlier Anglo-Norman Brut to recount the legendary and historical history of Britain.
Referenced by (5)
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