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unusual facts about The Brut



Robert Fabyan

Fabyan was the first London chronicler to cite his sources, which included The Brut, Bede, William of Malmesbury, Ranulf Higden, Henry of Huntingdon and numerous others, as well as records of the City of London.


see also

Brut y Brenhinedd

The version known as the Brut Tysilio, attributed to the 7th-century Welsh saint Tysilio, became more widely known when its text was published in The Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales, a once-influential collection of Welsh literary material whose credibility has suffered due the involvement of the antiquarian forger Iolo Morganwg, in 1801-1807.

Excalibur

The name was later used in Welsh adaptations of foreign material such as the Bruts, which were based on Geoffrey.

Walter of Oxford

Walter's name is attached to the Brut Tysilio, a variant of the Welsh chronicle Brut y Brenhinedd.