1

Translations here and elsewhere from the French are mine.

2

A discussion of these instances, which occur mostly outside of the Arthurian section, is beyond the scope of this thesis.

3

All line numbers for Wace's Brut are from Arnold and Pelan (1962), unless otherwise specified.

4

All references to La Chanson de Roland are from Short (1990).

5

Lines quoted from Barron and Weinberg (1989). All further references to this text are from this edition. Translations are also from Barron and Weinberg.

6

In fact, as Arnold and Pelan (1962, 33) point out, the Brut often is found in medieval manuscripts along with courtly romances, a notable example of which is the Brut of ms B.N. fr. 794 which contains the romances of Chrétien de Troyes by the celebrated scribe Guiot.

7

Lines quoted here and elsewhere are from Banks (1900). Translation of AMA text is from Stone (1988) unless otherwise specified.

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