Brut y Saeson explained

Brut y Saeson (also Brut y Saesson) is a Welsh-language chronicle running from the death of Cadwaladr ap Cadwallon in 682 to the reign of Richard II (1377–99) of England. The name means the brut or chronicle of the English.

It is found in three related manuscripts from the late fourteenth or early fifteenth century, two of which are held by the National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth (Peniarth 19 and Peniarth 32) and one of which is at Oxford (Jesus College 111, 'The Red Book of Hergest').^[1] The version in Peniarth 19 breaks off in AD 979.

It has been described by Professor Huw Pryce as 'a striking witness to how long-established notions in Wales of the Britons' loss of sovereignty over Britain could sustain an interest in English as well as Welsh history'.^[2]

See also

• Brut y Brenhinedd ('the Chronicle of the Kings')
• Brut y Tywysogion ('the Chronicle of the Princes')
• Brenhinoedd y Saeson ('the Kings of the English')
• Annales Cambriae ('the Annals of Wales')

External links

• Jesus 111 MS. (The Red Book of Hergest)
• Peniarth 19 MS.
• Peniarth 32 MS.

Notes and References

1. Book: The Texts of the Bruts from the Red Book of Hergest . 1890 . Evans . Rhŷs . John . Oxford . 385–403 . Evans . J. Gwenogvryn.
2. Book: Pryce, Huw . The chronicles of Medieval Wales and the March: new contexts, studies, and texts . 2020 . Brepols . 978-2-503-58350-1 . Guy . Ben . Medieval texts and cultures of northern Europe . Turnhout, Belgium . 23 . Chronicling and its Contexts in Medieval Wales . 10.1484/M.TCNE-EB.5.116607 . Henley . Georgia . Jones . Owain Wyn . Thomas . Rebecca.