The Round Table first appears in Wace's Roman de Brut, a Norman language adaptation of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae finished in 1155.

Geoffrey's story spread widely, appearing in more and less elaborate form in adaptations of his work such as Wace's Norman French Roman de Brut, Layamon's Middle English Brut, and the Welsh Brut y Brenhinedd.

Early translations and adaptations of Geoffrey's Historia, such as Wace's Norman French Roman de Brut, Layamon's Middle English Brut, were named after Brutus, and the word " Brut " came to mean a chronicle of British history.

The Historia was quickly translated into Norman verse by Wace ( the Roman de Brut ) in 1155.

The popularity of Geoffrey's Historia and its other derivative works ( such as Wace's Roman de Brut ) is generally agreed to be an important factor in explaining the appearance of significant numbers of new Arthurian works in continental Europe during the 12th and 13th centuries, particularly in France.

In September a co-headline tour across the USA with Art Brut and a new split single with Art Brut covering W. A. S single " The Great Escape " and in-turn We Are Scientists covering Art Brut's " Bang Bang Rock & Roll ".

** Brut by Layamon ( Early Middle English )

Layamon added to the story when he adapted Wace's work into the Middle English Brut in the early 13th century, saying that the quarrel between Arthur's vassals led to violence at a Yuletide feast.

The strong influence of the Aeneid has been identified in the development of European vernacular literatures — some English works that show its influence being Beowulf, Layamon's Brut ( through the source text Historia Regum Britanniae ), The Faerie Queene, and Milton's Paradise Lost.

The prose Brut chronicle was an Anglo-Norman work, covering British and English monarchs from Brut ( Brutus of Troy ) to the death of Henry III in 1272.

The prose Brut chronicle was an Anglo-Norman work, covering British and English monarchs from Brut ( Brutus of Troy ) to the death of Henry III in 1272.

But in Layamon's Brut ( MS Cotton Otho, 482 ), in early Middle English, the name is rendered as Tintaieol.

A Welsh tradition in the Brut y Tywysogion claimed that in 890: " he men of Strathclyde, those that refused to unite with the English, had to depart from their country and go into Gwynedd.

Layamon or Laghamon ( ˈlaɣamon ; in American English often modernised as ; ), occasionally written Lawman, was a poet of the early 13th century and author of the Brut, a notable English poem of the 12th century that was the first English language work to discuss the legends of Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.

The Roman de Brut became the basis, in turn, for Layamon's Brut, an alliterative Middle English poem, and Piers Langtoft's Chronicle.

This work was also the " single most important source used by Geoffrey of Monmouth in creating his Historia Regum Britanniae ", and via the enormous popularity of that work, this brand of the earlier history of Britain, including the Trojan origin tradition, became incorporated into subsequent chronicles for the long-running history of the land, e. g., the Middle English Brut of England aka The Chronicles of England.

Around the turn of the 13th century, Layamon wrote his Brut, based on Wace's 12th century Anglo-Norman epic of the same name ; Layamon's language is recognisably Middle English, though his prosody shows a strong Anglo-Saxon influence remaining.

At the end of the 12th century, Layamon's Brut adapted Wace to make the first English language work to discuss the legends of Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.

Lud's name was claimed by Geoffrey of Monmouth to be the origin of Ludgate ( named Porth Llydd in the Brut y Brenhinedd ), a major gateway into the City of London ( the true origin is, however, generally accepted as being from the Old English term " hlid-geat " a common Old English compound meaning " postern " or " swing gate ").

Robert was inspired by Wace's Roman de Brut, an Anglo-Norman adaptation of Geoffrey's Historia.

* Marvin, Julia, The Oldest Anglo-Norman Prose Brut Chronicle: An Edition and Translation ( 2006 ).

* Marvin, Julia, The Oldest Anglo-Norman Prose Brut Chronicle: An Edition and Translation ( 2006 ).

It is largely based on the Anglo-Norman Roman de Brut by Wace, which is in turn inspired by Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae, though is longer than both and includes an enlarged section on the life and exploits of King Arthur.

( 2007 ) Layamon's Brut and the Anglo-Norman Vision of History University of Chicago Press ISBN 978-0-7083-1902-4

Mannyng's Chronicle, supposedly completed in 1338, translates Wace's Roman de Brut for British history from the Anglo-Norman, before translating Piers Langtoft's ( Peter of Langtoft ) Chronicle for English and post-Conquest history .< sup id =" fn_2_back "> 2 </ sup >

These include Wace's Anglo-Norman Roman de Brut and the Welsh Brut y Brenhinedd.

* Roman de Brut, a verse chronicle in Anglo-Norman by Wace

Around the turn of the thirteenth century, Layamon wrote his Brut, based on Wace's twelfth century Anglo-Norman epic of the same name ; Layamon's language is recognisably Middle English, though his prosody shows a strong Anglo-Saxon influence remaining.

According to the annals in Brut y Tywysogion, Llywelyn's reign was a period of prosperity, " there was no one needy in his realm, and there was no town empty or deserted ".

From a manuscript of the Roman de Brut by Wace ( British Library, Egerton 3208 ).

From a manuscript of the Roman de Brut by Wace in the British Library ( Egerton 3028 ).

According to the chronicle Brut y Tywysogion, Godfrey Haroldson carried off two thousand captives from Anglesey in 987, and the king of Gwynedd, Maredudd ab Owain is reported to have redeemed many of his subjects from slavery by paying the Danes a large ransom.

The Brut y Tywysogion chronicler commented: " that year William de Breos the Younger, lord of Brycheiniog, was hanged by the lord Llywelyn in Gwynedd, after he had been caught in Llywelyn's chamber with the king of England's daughter, Llywelyn's wife ".

He did remain connected to the film, however, as it was produced by Fabergé's Brut Productions, and Grant was on the board of directors for Fabergé.

* Brut by Layamon ( British Library, MS Cotton Caligula A. ix manuscript version )

* Le Brut de Layamon by Marie-Françoise Alamichel

In the Brut Tysilio, Duke Cador of Cornwall is the son of Gorlois, one would guess by Igraine.

" Opposing views appear in Layamon's Brut where Cador appears first as a leader who takes charge of Uther's host when they are attacked by Gorlois while Uther is secretly lying beside Igraine in Tintagel.

Outsider Art is virtually synonymous with Art Brut in both spirit and meaning, to that rarity of art produced by those who do not know its name.

Gruffudd died in his bed, old and blind, in 1137 and was mourned by the annalist of Brut y Tywysogion as the head and king and defender and pacifier of all Wales.

Wace ( Roman de Brut ), Layamon ( Layamon's Brut ) ( who calls the giant Goemagog ), and other chroniclers retell the story, which was picked up by later poets and romanciers.

According to a graphic description in the chronicle the Brut, Hereford was killed as he crossed the bridge by a pikeman hiding underneath, who thrust his spear up through the earl's anus.

Influenced by Hans Prinzhorn's book Artistry of the Mentally Ill, Dubuffet coined the term Art Brut ( meaning " raw art ," oftentimes referred to as ‘ outsider art ’) for art produced by non-professionals working outside aesthetic norms, such as art by psychiatric patients, prisoners, and children.

This record was later re-released as The Musique Brut Collection on CD by the Grey Area record label, a sub-label of UK-based Mute Records, under the parent label EMI UK.

* Trocadero Brut, a sparkling white wine manufactured by the Jean-Paul Trocadero winery of Savoie, France