Worcestershire priest Layamon retells Wace's account of…

Worcestershire priest Layamon retells Wace's account of the Arthurian legend in English in his sixteen-thousand-line poem “The Brut,” written in about 1205 as the first truly English version of the tale of Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. (“Brut,” a shortened name for Brutus, is the mythical founder of Britain.)

His poem will provide inspiration for numerous later writers, including Sir Thomas Malory and Jorge Luis Borges, and have an impact on medieval history writing in England.