Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;EWC3, post: 4362149, member: 93416&quot;]Many thanks [USER=96898]@Orielensis[/USER]. A great start. In Britain we have the well known parallel set of myths rooted in Troy, spread by Geoffrey of Monmouth in ‘Historia regum Britanniae’ of c. 1136. And in turn he relies upon &#039;Nennius’ in a much earlier document ‘Historia Brittonum’ of about 830 for that idea.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://era.ed.ac.uk/handle/1842/8972" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://era.ed.ac.uk/handle/1842/8972" rel="nofollow">https://era.ed.ac.uk/handle/1842/8972</a></p><p><br /></p><p>However, to my knowledge this idea about Constantine and Troy is not in these British stories at all – it seems to be part of a divergent story line from Medieval Germany - or perhaps somewhere else in continental Europe.</p><p><br /></p><p>I notice very early indeed we have the “Frankish Table of Nations” (reputedly from 520!) Analeus in that looks rather like Aeneas to me……...</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankish_Table_of_Nations" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankish_Table_of_Nations" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankish_Table_of_Nations</a></p><p><br /></p><p>But mostly I am just wondering if this 12th century German version - with the idea about Constantine and Troy - only appeared then, or whether it too had earlier continental roots.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rob T[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in