Bevis of Hampton (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: n/a
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Type of Plot: Romance
- Time of Work: c. tenth century
- Setting: England, the Holy Land, and Western Europe
- Principal Characters: Bevis, Josyan, Sir Murdour, Ascapard, Saber, Ermyn, Inor, Bradmond
- Genres: Poetry, Romance, medieval, Narrative poetry
- Subjects: Folkloric or magical people, Europe or Europeans, England or English people, Christianity, Heroes or heroism, Middle Ages, Giants, Monsters, Dragons, Knights or knighthood, Chivalry, Crusades, Tenth century
- Locales: Europe, England, Holy Land
The Story:
The bold spirit of Bevis was first displayed when he was only seven years old. His father had been treacherously murdered, and now his mother and the assassin were engaged in shameless revelry. Bursting into the castle hall, Bevis cudgeled his mother’s paramour, Sir Murdour, into senselessness. The mother, fearing future outbursts, sold him into slavery.
Honor, not slavery, awaited the courageous youth. Taken by slave merchants from England to a Saracen court, Bevis so impressed the king, Ermyn, that the monarch made the youth a chamberlain. After holding...
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