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Essay Archive - Robert Mannyng of Brunne
Robert Mannyng of Brunne
Robert Mannyng of Brunne lived during the late thirteenth, early fourteenth
centuries. He was an Englishman who took holy orders with the minor
Gilbertines, a Puritan religious order.
He wrote two major works: Handlyng Synne (first printed about 1303) and The
Chronicle of England, produced in his old age in 1338. Brunne translated
both Handlyng Synne and Chronicle from French or Latin works, altering them
considerably in the process. Like many translators of this era, Brunne
took many liberties with the works he translated. He adopted for his
audience (the ....
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