Scholars well-versed in the Brut tradition — the process of compiling British history — convened on campus this weekend to discuss their work on the Brut Chronicle, a 15th century manuscript detailing British history, in a three-day conference entitled “From Medieval Britain to Dartmouth: Situating the English Brut Tradition.”
The event explored topics ranging from the development of book-making to the significance of the manuscript’s marginal annotations — all centered around the narrative of Dartmouth’s Brut Chronicle, a 121-leaf manuscript written in Middle English prose.
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