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Layamon was a male poet, writer, and priest from the Kingdom of England. He worked in the field of medieval literature and wrote in Middle English and the English language. He was affiliated with the Catholic Church. His work period spanned from 1200 to 1300.
His notable works include the Brut, Le gesta di Artù, Layamons Brut, the Chronicle of Britain, and Arthurian Chronicles Roman De Brut. He is described by sources such as The Nuttall Encyclopædia and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition. Layamon was born in the 12th century and died on January 1, 1300.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 12th
- Died
- 13th cent.
- Works
- 27
Top works
- Brut
- Le gesta di Artù
- Layamons Brut, or Chronicle of Britain
- Layamons Brut
- Arthurian Chronicles Roman De Brut
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1
- Total plays
- 1
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Recent publications · Crossref
2 total works indexed
- Brut
· 1847 · cited 6x
- Laȝamon's 'Arthur': The Arthurian Section of Laȝamon's 'Brut'
· 1992
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Quotes
- “Betere is liste þene ufel strenðe.for mid liste me mai ihalden þat strengðe ne mai iwalden.”
- “Þa þe Arður wes king hærne nu seollic þing.he wes mete-custi ælche quike monne.cniht mid þan bezste wunder ane kene.he wes þan yungen for fader þan alden for frouer.and wið þan vnwise wunder ane sturnne.”
- “Yurstendæi wes Baldulf cnihten alre baldest.nu he stant on hulle & Auene bi-haldeð.hu ligeð i þan stræme stelene fisces.mid sweorde bi-georede heore sund is awemmed.heore scalen wleoteð swulc gold-faye sceldes.þer fleoteð heore spiten swulc hit spæren weoren.Þis beoð seolcuðe þing isiyen to þissen londe.swulche deor an hulle swulche fisces in wælle.”
- “And ich wulle uaren to Aualun to uairest alre maidene.to Argante þere quene aluen swiðe sceone.& heo scal mine wunden makien alle isunde.al hal me makien mid haleweiye drenchen.And seoðe ich cumen wulle. to mine kineriche.and wunien mid Brutten mid muchelere wunne.”
- “By reason of Arthur's position as its climax as well as of the long line of other traditional heroes, events and associations, and of its breadth of treatment, simplicity, intensity, enthusiasm, accord with the supernatural, vitality of imagination, elevation and sometimes nobility and religious feeling, the poem is the nearest thing we have to a traditional racial epic.”
- “Even the British Arthur becomes an Englishman, a Germanic hero, brave, daring and open-handed. We are in a world of feasts and vaunting speeches, flytings and lusty battles, fierce deeds and bloody humour, with the Fiend, the Adversary of Man, always round the next corner.”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Occupation
- priest
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Field of work
- medieval literature
Show 5 more facts
- date of death
- 1300-01-01
- date of birth
- 1200-01-01
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- end of work period
- 1300-00-00
- start of work period
- 1200-00-00
Sources (2)
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Article · Italiano
Layamon o Laȝamon usando la lettera arcaica yogh (... – ...; fl. XIII secolo) è stato un poeta inglese dell'inizio del XIII secolo il cui (ca. 1215) è una storia dell'Inghilterra in versi, scritta nel primo inglese medio.
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