Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Plates viii
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Abbreviations xiii
6. A Note on Proper Names, Transcriptions, and Translations xv
7. Introduction: Recognizing the Prose Brut Tradition 1
8. PART I CONSTRUCTION
9. 1 A New New Troy: Brut, Rome, and the Foundations of British History 19
10. 2 The Community of the Realm: King, Baron, Brother, Stranger 57
11. 3 Women with Voices 73
12. 4 Social Arthur 93
13. 5 The Continuity of the Realm 113
14. PART II RECONSTRUCTION AND RESPONSE
15. 6 Evidence of Production 131
16. 7 The Company That Prose Bruts Keep 163
17. 8 Ordinatio, Apparatus, and Annotation 177
18. 9 History Illustrated 205
19. Conclusion: Merlin’s Power 231
20. Bibliography 261
21. General Index 277
22. Index of Manuscripts Cited 295