Published 2023-07-01
“…However, the abbreviated Middle English prose Brut preserved in
Edinburgh University Library MS 184 and two other manuscripts is unusual in its blending of narrative elements from historical accounts, hagiography, and romance to portray Athelstan as an English hero, and in its telling its 15-century audience where they could still see physical relics of Athelstan’s reign in their own day, giving them the opportunity to be vicariously connected to the storied history of their nation. …”
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