First modern text and translation of the prose Brut chronicle, the
most popular secular vernacular work of the middle ages. First
composed in Anglo-Norman French around the end of the thirteenth
century, the anonymous prose Brut chronicle became the most popular
secular vernacular work, and the most widespread Arthurian work, of
the later middleages in England: repeatedly expanded, revised, and
translated, it remained influential for centuries. Yet it has been
little studied, in part because of the lack of any full modern
edition. This edition of the Oldest Versionof the prose Brut,
running from the fall of Troy to the death of Henry III in 1272,
provides the Anglo-Norman text with facing-page translation and
textual apparatus, a comprehensive introduction, and extensive
explanatorynotes. It makes new contributions, on, for example, the
identification and classification of the manuscripts, the
identification and analysis of the sources [far more varied and
numerous than had been previously recognised], andthe probable
circumstances of the chronicle's composition. It will enable
scholars to make full use of this remarkable resource for the study
of Arthurian tradition, contemporary visions of British history,
popular thought about society and government in late-medieval
England, and the history of reading itself. Professor JULIA MARVIN
teaches at the University of Notre Dame.
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