This is the first edition of the Estoire de Brutus (13th century), the earliest French prose Brut. The Estoire’s author was aware of Wace’s verse Brut (12th century), but his work was interpolated in a copy of the Histoire ancienne jusqu’à César and shares its historical ambitions and style.
Keyword: Littérature médiévale, Brut, histoire universelle, Histoire ancienne jusqu’à César, traduction médiévale du latin au français, Geoffroy de Monmouth, Historia regum Britannie, prose, Wace, Roman de Brut
