Roman de Brut (English spelling) RomandeBrut

Japanese: 《Roman de Brut》(英語表記)RomandeBrut
Roman de Brut (English spelling) RomandeBrut

…Born in Jersey, he was educated mainly in France, and then, under the patronage of King Henry II of England, he devoted himself to writing in Caen, Normandy. In particular, his Roman de Brut (1155), a free translation into French verse of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Latin work Historia regna, had a great influence on chivalric romances from the second half of the 12th century onwards. This work contains the first comprehensive description in French of the deeds of King Arthur, and is not merely a translation, but adds many details. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Roman de Brut" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…ジャージー島で生まれ,おもにフランスで教育を受けた後,イギリス王ヘンリー2世の庇護を受け,ノルマンディーのカンで著述に励んだ。特にジェフリー・オブ・モンマスのラテン語の著作《ブリテン列王史》をフランス語韻文に自由訳した《ブリュ物語Roman de Brut》(1155)は,12世紀後半以降の騎士道物語に大きな影響を与えた。これはアーサー王の事跡についてのフランス語による最初のまとまった記述を含み,また単なる翻訳にとどまらず多くの細部が書き加えられている。…

※「《Roman de Brut》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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