Welcome to this summary of book 3 of The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser. This tale is of Britomart, a female knight representing Chastity.
The Madness of Tristan was one popular version of the Tristan and Isold legend, written in France. Learn more!
Meet Edmund Spenser, the author and poet responsible for one of the greatest English works of Renaissance literature: The Faerie Queene.
Though the Bible is largely the only book of scripture for most of Christianity, there are some who believe that God continues to talk to his people through additional revelation, such as those who identify as members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The Bible has been a source of faith and hope for a lot of people, inspiring millions around the globe for centuries. But did you know that must of the books/chapters of the Bible are not in historical order? That’s what we’re trying to examine, the chronological order of the chapters in the Bible.
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Roman de Brut (Romance of Brutus) or Geste des Bretons (Deeds of the Britons) by Robert Wace of Jersey Overview, Authorship, and Sources Robert Wace of Jersey wrote this poem by AD 1155. Sometimes known as Brut, Charles Foulon calls it an inexact and expanded translation in Norman-French verse of Historia Regum Britanniæ. Gillette Labory … Read more
Y Gododdin is an ancient Welsh poem that depicts the last days of a heroic group of warriors. It is notable for being the first mention of one, Arthur.
Vita Sancti Kentigerni (Life of Saint Kentigern) by Jocelyn(e) (Jocelin), a monk of Furness Authorship Jocelyn (Jocelyne, Jocelin) of Furness wrote Vita Sancti Kentigerni for Jocelyn (Jocelin), Bishop of Glasgow (and Abbot of Melrose) sometime between AD 1175 and 1214 (Lindsay McArthur Irvin claims AD 1185). Being a monastic English Cistercian monk of Furness Abbey … Read more
Overview Even though skepticism has been voiced about this work’s true authorship, Vita Merlini is now generally accepted to have been written by Geoffrey of Monmouth. This Vita gives us the tale of Merlin’s insanity, his existence as a madman of the forest, and his prophecies and conversations with his sister, Ganieda, and with the … Read more
Historia Anglorum (History of Angles, or History of England, or History of English People) by Henry of Huntingdon Preface and Provenance “To Alexander, Bishop of Lincoln” As the pursuit of learning in all its branches affords, it is my considered opinion that the sweetest earthly mitigation of trouble and consolation in grief is to be … Read more
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