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Index
Cover page Series page Oxford World’s Classics Title page Copyright page Acknowledgements Contents Introduction
Life and Work The Roman de Brut in Context Predecessors: Earliest Texts by Gildas, ‘Nennius’, and Bede Geoffrey of Monmouth Audience and Literary Context Foundation Myth; the Saxons, Picts, and Scots; and Arthur’s Many Roles
Note on the Translation Select Bibliography
Primary Sources Secondary Sources Further Reading In Oxford World’S Classics
Summary of the Text The Roman De Brut of Wace
Prologue Aeneas escapes the Greeks who have conquered Troy Brutus and the Trojans leave Greece, heading for Spain and France The Trojans defeat the French and leave for Britain Brutus names Britain after himself, founding New Troy and dividing the land among his three sons The brothers Belin and Brenne fight each other, but then defeat the Romans Caesar arrives in Britain, demanding tribute; at first victorious, the Britons finally capitulate and pay the tribute; the Romans depart The Britons are converted to Christianity, following their King Luces Sever is sent to Britain, and he rebuilds Hadrian’s Wall Founding of the House of Constantine Maximien takes Britain from Cunan, giving him Brittany and making Brittany only for the Britons The Romans are no longer able to help defend the Britons against invaders, and they leave Britain The Britons elect Constantine as their king, but, after his murder two years later Vortigern crowns Constant The arrival of Hengist and Horsa, and thus the beginning of the adventus saxonum Vortigern marries the pagan Hengist’s daughter, Ronwen, and gives him Kent as a dowry The Saxons’ treachery at the ‘night of the long knives’ In exchange for his life Vortigern gives the Saxons Winchester, Lincoln, York, and Chichester, and flees across the Severn into Wales Merlin prophesies to Vortigern (but Wace declines to include the bulk of the Prophecies) The Britons make Aurelius Ambrosius their king Aurelius wants to build a monument; Uther his brother and Merlin go to Ireland to bring back the stones Uther falls hopelessly in love with Ygerne Arthur is conceived as a result of Merlin’s ruse to disguise Uther as Gorlois Arthur is crowned by the Britons at the age of fifteen The battle of Lincoln The battle of Bath Arthur heads to Loch Lomond; the Scots beg for mercy, which Arthur grants Arthur restores his kingdom and marries Guinevere; foreign conquests The twelve years’ peace; Arthur establishes the Round Table Arthur goes to Norway to make his brother-in-law, Loth, king More foreign conquests; Arthur invades France and defeats the Roman legate Frollo Arthur returns to England and summons his barons to Caerleon for his crown-wearing Court festivities Twelve white-haired men arrive, demanding tribute on behalf of the Roman emperor, Lucius Arthur refuses to pay the tribute and prepares to make a counterclaim Arthur heads for Normandy, on the way to Rome Arthur defeats the giant of Mont Saint-Michel, but must bury Eleine, Hoel’s niece The battle begins to determine whether Arthur or the Romans will have France Arthur is victorious, but at great cost Arthur vows to take revenge on Mordred, who had stolen his wife and his kingdom Both Arthur and Mordred are mortally wounded at the battle of Camlann; Arthur is taken to Avalon to have his wounds tended, giving the kingdom to Constantine, Cador’s son, until his return — the ‘Breton hope’ Gormund, the African, conquers Ireland, and destroys much of Britain How Gormund’s ‘Donation’ enables the Saxon takeover of Britain Augustine’s mission to convert the English (struggles against the Britons, who were already Christians) Strife between the Briton Chadwalein and the Northumbrian Edwin After Chadwalein’s largely peaceful forty-eight-year reign, his son Cadwallader was the last Briton to rule Britain Following the famine, Cadwallader seeks King Alain’s help in Brittany, but a divine voice tells him to go to Rome, rather than returning to rule Britain Cadwallader summons Yvor and Yni to return to Britain to rule the Britons, who are now called the Welsh
Explanatory Notes List of Manuscripts Glossary Index of Personal Names Index of Geographical Names Other
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