id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-6780 Layamon - Wikipedia .html text/html 1082 134 66 Layamon or Laghamon (UK: /ˈlaɪ.əmən, -mɒn/, US: /ˈleɪ.əmən, ˈlaɪ-/; Middle English: [ˈlaɣamon]) – spelled Laȝamon or Laȝamonn in his time, occasionally written Lawman – was an English poet of the late 12th/early 13th century and author of the Brut, a notable work that was the first to present the legends of Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table in English poetry. His poem had a significant impact on medieval history writing in England and the development of Arthurian literature[2] and subsequently provided inspiration for numerous later writers, including Sir Thomas Malory and Jorge Luis Borges. Main article: Layamon's Brut Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with NKC identifiers Wikipedia articles with NTA identifiers Wikipedia articles with PLWABN identifiers Wikipedia articles with SELIBR identifiers Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-6780.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-6780.txt