The Text Of The Bruts From The Red Book Of Hergest (1890)

The Text of the Bruts from the Red Book of Hergest (1890) is a book edited by John Rhys a Welsh scholar and linguist. The Bruts or Brut y Tywysogion is a medieval Welsh chronicle that covers the history of Wales from the 5th to the 13th century. The Red Book of Hergest is one of the most important manuscripts containing the Bruts and this book presents a critical edition of the text from that manuscript. Rhys provides an introduction to the Bruts and the Red Book of Hergest as well as notes on the text and its sources. This book is an important resource for scholars of Welsh history and literature as well as anyone interested in medieval chronicles and manuscripts.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting preserving and promoting the world's literature in affordable high quality modern editions that are true to their original work.