BEVIS OF See also:

• HAMPTON
• HAMPTON, WADE (1818-1902)

HAMPTON  , the name of an See also:

• ENGLISH

English metrical See also:

• ROMANCE

romance . Bevis is the son of See also:

• GUY, THOMAS (1644–1724)

Guy, See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

count of See also:

• HAMPTON
• HAMPTON, WADE (1818-1902)

Hampton (See also:

• SOUTHAMPTON
• SOUTHAMPTON, EARL OF
• SOUTHAMPTON, HENRY WRIOTHESLEY, 3RD EARL OF (1J73—1624)

Southampton) and his See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young wife, a daughter of the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland . The countess asks a former suitor, Boon or Devoun, See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor of Almaine (See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany), to send an See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army to See also:

• MURDER

murder Guy in the See also:

• FOREST

forest . The See also:

• PLOT
• PLOT, ROBERT (164o-1696)

plot is successful, and she marries Doon . When threatened with future vengeance by her ten-See also:

• YEAR

year-old son, she determines to make away with him also, but he is saved from See also:

• DEATH

death by a faithful See also:

• TUTOR (Lat. tutor, guardian, tueri, to watch over, protect)

tutor, is sold to See also:

• HEATHEN

heathen pirates, and reaches the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of King Hermin, whose See also:

• REALM

realm is variously placed in See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt and See also:

• ARMENIA (old Persian Armina, Armenian Hayasdan, or Hayq)

Armenia (See also:

• ARMORICA (AREMORICA)

Armorica) . The exploits of Bevis, his love for the king s daughter Josiane, his See also:

• MISSION

mission to King Bradmond of See also:

• DAMASCUS

Damascus with a sealed See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter demanding his own death, his imprisonment, his final vengeance on his stepfather are related in detail . After succeeding to his See also:

• INHERITANCE

inheritance he is, however, driven into See also:

• EXILE (Lat. exsilium or exilium, from exsul or exul, which is derived from ex, out of, and the root sal, to go, seen in salire, to leap, consul, &c.; the connexion with solum, soil, country is now generally considered wrong)

exile and separated from Josiane, to whom he is reunited only after each of them has contracted, in See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form only, a second See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

union . The See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story also relates the See also:

• HERO (Gr. open)
• HERO, THE YOUNGER

hero's death and the fortunes of his two sons . The See also:

• OLDEST

oldest extant version appears to be Boeve de Haumtone, an Anglo-See also:

• NORMAN
• NORMAN, SIR HENRY WYLIE (1826-1904)

Norman See also:

• TEXT (Lat. textum, woven fabric, from texere, to weave)

text which See also:

• DATES

dates from the first See also:

• HALF

half of the 13th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . The English metrical romance, See also:

• SIR

Sir Bcues of Hamtoun, is founded on some See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• ORIGINAL

original varying slightly from those which have been preserved . The oldest MS. dates from the beginning of the 14th century . The French chanson de geste, Beuve d'Hanstone, was followed by numerous See also:

• PROSE

prose versions .

The printed See also:

• EDITIONS

editions of the story were most numerous in See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, where Bovo d'Antona was the subject of more than one poem, and the See also:

• TALE (O.Eng. talu, number, account, story; the word is common to many Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Zahl, number, Erzahlung, narrative, Du. taal, speech, language)

tale was interpolated in the Reali di See also:

• FRANCIA (c. 1450-1517)
• FRANCIA, JOSE GASPAR RODRIGUEZ (c. 1757-1840)

Francia, the See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian compilation of Carolingian See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend . Although the English version that we possess is based on a French original, it seems probable that the legend took shape on English See also:

• SOIL

soil in the loth century, and that it originated with the Danish invaders . Doon may be identified with the emperor See also:

• OTTO

Otto the See also:

• GREAT

Great, who was the contemporary of the English king See also:

• EDGAR (EADGAR)
• EDGAR, or EADGAR (c. 1050-c. 1130)

Edgar of the story . R . Zenker (Boeve-Amlethus, See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin and See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, 1904) establishes a See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close parallel between Bevis and the See also:

• HAMLET

Hamlet legend as related by Saxo Grammaticus in the Historia Danica . Among the more obvious coincidences which point to a See also:

• COMMON

common source are the vengeance taken on a stepfather for a See also:

• FATHER

father's death, the letter bearing his own death-See also:

• WARRANT (Med. Lat. warantum; O. Fr. garant, warant, derived from O.H.G. root represented in modern German bygewdhren)

warrant which is entrusted to the hero, and his See also:

• DOUBLE
• DOUBLE (from the Mid. Eng. duble, the form which gives the present pronunciation, through the Old Er. duble, from Lat. duplus, twice as much)

double See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage.' The See also:

• MOTIVE (from Lat. movere, to move)

motive of the feigned madness is, however, lacking in Bevis . The princess who is Josiane's See also:

• RIVAL

rival is less ferocious than the Hermuthruda of the Hamlet legend, but she threatens Bevis with death if he refuses her . Both seem to be modelled on the type of Thyrdo of the See also:

• BEOWULF

Beowulf legend . A fanciful See also:

• ETYMOLOGY (Gr. grvµos, true, and X6yos, "account)

etymology connecting Bevis (Boeve) with Beowa (Beowulf), on the ground that both were See also:

• DRAGON (Fr. dragon, through Lat. draco, from the Greek; connected with SEpeoµay " see," and interpreted as " sharp-sighted "; O.H. Ger. tracho, dracho, M.H.G. trache, Mod. Ger. Drachen; A.S. draca, hence the equivalent English form " drake," " fire-drake,

dragon slayers, is inadmissible .