Voyage of St. Brendan
work by Benedeit
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place in Anglo-Norman literature
- In Anglo-Norman literature: Religious and didactic writings.
…saints, of which Benedeit’s “Voyage of St. Brendan” was perhaps the oldest purely narrative French poem in the octosyllabic couplet. Wace led the way in writing a saint’s life in standard form but was followed by Anglo-Norman writers in the 12th century who wrote numerous biographies, many connecting religious…
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