The ''Roman van Ferguut'' () is a 13th-century
Arthurian
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In Welsh sources, Arthur is portrayed as a leader of the post-Ro ...
romance
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written in what is now called
Middle Dutch
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(historically classified as
owGerman). The first part of the ''Roman'' was translated fairly accurately from the
Scottish
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work known as the ''
Roman de Fergus
The ''Roman de Fergus'' is an Arthurian romance written in Old French probably at the very beginning of the 13th century, by a very well educated author who named himself Guillaume le Clerc (William the Clerk). The main character is Fergus, ...
'', but the second part, possibly the work of another author, was much more loosely derived. The ''Roman van Ferguut'' today has wide fame as a
Dutch
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classic, certainly more fame than the ''Roman de Fergus'' possesses in either Scotland or
France
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. The only manuscript of ''Ferguut'' is kept at
Leiden University Libraries
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. A digital version is also available.
In 2000, it was translated into English by the American scholar David F Johnson.
See also
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Fergus of Galloway
Fergus of Galloway (died 12 May 1161) was a twelfth-century Lord of Galloway. Although his familial origins are unknown, it is possible that he was of Norse-Gaelic ancestry. Fergus first appears on record in 1136, when he witnessed a charter o ...
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Roman de Fergus
The ''Roman de Fergus'' is an Arthurian romance written in Old French probably at the very beginning of the 13th century, by a very well educated author who named himself Guillaume le Clerc (William the Clerk). The main character is Fergus, ...
References
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External links
Digital version of the Roman van Ferguut, LTK 191Leiden University Libraries
Leiden University Libraries is the set of libraries of Leiden University, founded in 1575 in Leiden, Netherlands.
A later edition entitled ''The bastion of liberty : a history of Leiden University'', was published in 2018. Full-text at archive ...
Roman de Fergus and the Roman van Ferguut (in Dutch)
13th-century books
Arthurian literature in Dutch
Middle Dutch literature
Medieval literature
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