Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Beves of Hamtoun, also known as Beves of Hampton, Bevis of Hampton or Sir Beues of Hamtoun, is an anonymous Middle English romance of 4620 lines, [a] dating from around the year 1300, [2] which relates the adventures of the English hero Beves in his own country and in the Near East. It is often classified as a Matter of England romance.
Bevis of Hampton fighting a lion, Taymouth Hours Bevis of Hampton (Old French: Beuve(s) or Bueve or Beavis de Hanton(n)e; Anglo-Norman: Boeve de Haumtone; Italian: Buovo d'Antona) or Sir Bevois [1] was a legendary English hero and the subject of Anglo-Norman, [2] Dutch, French, [2] English, [2] Venetian, [2] and other medieval metrical chivalric romances that bear his name.
No verified details of this merchant ship, its age or fate is known other than "Beuis(t) of Hampton of CL. Tonnes". This translates to “Bevis of Hampton, 150 tons.” The (t) was actually a footnote reference symbol in the form of a Latin cross ( ️). The “burthen” or weight bearing capacity of cargo of the Bevis was 150 tons. This does ...
Bevis of Hampton. Bevis of Hampton (Beuve de Hanstone) was a legendary English hero and the subject of Anglo-Norman and other medieval metrical romances. [323] Bown of Hamptoun (1892). In Selections from the Hengwrt manuscripts preserved in the Peniarth library (1876, 1892), [324] Volume II, pp. 518–565.
Kathryn Smith points to the inclusion of these popular Matter of England characters in the manuscript as suiting the idea of Eleanor of Woodstock as the book's original intended recipient, because Guy of Warwick and Bevis of Hampton were "quintessentially English" in their characterisation and could have served as a "comforting reminder of home ...
The story, derived from the Anglo-Norman romance of Bevis of Hampton, tells the tale of Bovo and Druzane. Despite having no basis in Jewish reality, it differentiates itself from other chivalric romances by using subdued Christian symbols and incorporating Jewish customs.
Captain James Cook’s voyages in the South Pacific in the late 1700s exemplify the law of unintended consequences. In recent decades, Cook has been vilified by some scholars and cultural ...
When Ashley was a boy he delighted in reading Bevis of Hampton, Guy of Warwick, Valentine and Orson, Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, and later the Decameron of Boccace and the Heptameron of the Queen of Navarre. [1] His principal works are: [1] Urania, in Latin verse, London, 1589, quarto, translated from the French of Du Bartas