Author : Erich Poppe
Publisher : University of Wales Press
ISBN 13 : 070832245X
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)
Book Synopsis Selections from Ystorya Bown o Hamtwn by : Erich Poppe
Download or read book Selections from Ystorya Bown o Hamtwn written by Erich Poppe and published by University of Wales Press. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Selections from Ystorya Bown o Hamtwn" provides edited selections, together with an introduction, notes, and glossary, from a long and entertaining thirteenth century Welsh text which belongs to the genre of medieval translations. The source of "Ystorya Bown" is the "Anglo-Norman Geste de Boeve de Haumtone". This was a very popular tale in the Middle Ages and was translated not only into Welsh, but also into Middle English and Old Norse, and, via an English intermediary, into Early Modern Irish. This story allows fascinating insights into the heroic Christian mentality and world view of its audiences.