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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.
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.
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 (sometimes spelled Beavis or Bevys) is a given name of Old French origin, meaning someone coming from Beauvais, in the Oise region, or after the Norman French “belfils” or “beufitz”, meaning fair or lovely son.
Both protagonists fake madness. Still, Haveloc has special abilities that we do not find in Amleth, such as a fire coming from his mouth during sleep, an oversized stature, a birth-mark indicating his royal descent and the ability to blow a miraculous horn. Comparable motifs emerge in the romance of Bevis of Hampton.
Gammer Gurton's Famous Histories of Sir Guy of Warwick, Sir Bevis of Hampton, Tom Hickathrift, Friar Bacon, Robin Hood, and the King and the Cobbler (Westminster, 16mo) Gammer Gurton's Pleasant Stories of Patient Grissel, the Princess Rosetta, and Robin Goodfellow, and ballads of the Beggar's Daughter, the Babes in the Wood, and Fair Rosamond ...
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.
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