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Contents Brut Chronicle (also known as Prose Brut) is the name given to a group of chronicles of the history of England which are heavily based on the Historia regum Britanniae written by Geoffrey of Monmouth. The chronicle begins with the legend of Brutus, a prince of Trojan descent (the great-grandson of Aeneas) who arrived in England after being banished from his country. Once arrived in the new...