Laud Troy Book
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Laud Troy Book
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The Laud Troy Book is an anonymous Middle English poem dealing with the background and events of the Trojan War. Dating from around 1400 and consisting of 18,664 lines of rhyming tetrameter couplets, the untitled poem has been given a name reflecting the former ownership, by Archbishop William Laud, of the unique manuscript in which it is found. Based on the prose Historia destructionis Troiae of Guido delle Colonne, the Laud Troy Book recasts the tale of the fall of Troy as a chivalric romance,
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Anonymous Middle English poem dealing with the background and events of the Trojan War
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laud_Troy_Book
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2023-11-17T09:19:09Z
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