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Tables of Contents for The Prose Brut
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
ix
2
Abbreviations and Short Titles
xi
6
Location Lists of Manuscripts and Early Printed Editions
xvii
 
INTRODUCTION
1
66
I. The Prose Brut: Contents and Overview of the Versions
1
7
II. Cultural and Historical Influence
8
22
III. The Anglo-Norman Brut
30
7
IV. The Latin Brut
37
10
V. The Middle English Brut
47
2
VI. Methods of Classification
49
8
Appendix 1: The Text of the Cadwallader Episode
57
5
Appendix 2: The Text of Queen Isabella's Letter
62
2
Appendix 3: The Text of an Extended Version Exordium (Group B)
64
3
CLASSIFICATION OF THE TEXTS OF THE MIDDLE ENGLISH BRUT Synoptic Inventory of Versions
67
282
I. The Common Version
79
94
The Common Version to 1333 (CV-1333)
79
8
The Common Version to 1377 (CV-1377)
87
10
The Common Version to 1419, ending "and manfully countered with our English men" (CV-1419[men])
97
9
The Common Version to 1419, ending "in rule and governance" (CV-1419[r&g])
106
22
The Common Version to 1419, with "Leyle" for Lear (CV-1419 [Leyle])
128
3
The Common Version to 1419, ending in "men" or (?) "in rule and governance" (CV-1419[men/?r&g])
131
1
Continuation to a CV-1377 f.c. Stage 3 text from a Common Version text ending in 1419 (r&g)
132
1
The Common Version beyond 1419, including John Page's poem "The Siege of Rouen" (CV-JP)
133
24
The Common Version to 1461 (CV-1461)
157
9
Manuscripts containing the Polychronicon 1461 continuation and associated with "Warkworth's" Chronicle (Poly. 1461 W.C.)
166
7
II. The Extended Version
173
31
The Extended and Abbreviated Versions
173
1
The Extended Version to 1377 (EV-1377)
174
3
The Extended Version to 1419, Group A (EV-1419:A)
177
11
The Extended Version to 1419, Group B (EV-1419:B)
188
9
The Extended Version to 1419, Group C (EV-1419:C)
197
7
III. The Abbreviated Version
204
52
The Abbreviated Version to 1419, Group A (AV-1419:A)
204
11
The Abbreviated Version to 1419, Group B (AV-1419:B)
215
13
The Abbreviated Version to 1419, Group C (AV-1419:C)
228
2
The Abbreviated Version to 1419, Group D (AV-1419:D)
230
4
Remarks on the Extended and Abbreviated Versions
234
22
IV. Peculiar Texts and Versions
256
79
Reworked Texts and Versions
257
54
Sections of Longer Brut Texts
311
3
Very Brief Works Based on the Brut
314
4
Texts Containing Brief King-Lists
318
4
Appendages to Other Works
322
6
The Translation Attributed to John Mandeville (JM-1333)
328
7
V. Unclassified Texts
335
4
VI. The Early Printed Editions
339
10
Bibliography
349
17
Index of Manuscripts and Early Printed Editions
366
12
Index of Persons, Places, and Texts Associated with Manuscripts and Early Printed Editions
378