Bevis of Hampton

"Buovo d'Antona" redirects here. For the 1758 opera based on this legend, see Buovo d'Antona (Traetta).
For the Middle English romance, see Beves of Hamtoun (poem). For the 1638 sailing ship, see Bevis (ship).

Bevis of Hampton fighting a lion, Taymouth Hours

Bevis of Hampton (Old French: Beuve(s) or Bueve or Beavis de Hanton(n)e; Anglo-Norman: Boeve de Haumtone; Italian: Buovo d'Antona) or Sir Bevois[1] was a legendary English hero and the subject of Anglo-Norman,[2] Dutch, French,[2] English,[2] Venetian,[2] and other medieval metrical chivalric romances that bear his name. The tale also exists in medieval prose, with translations to Romanian, Russian, Dutch, Irish, Welsh, Old Norse and Yiddish.[2]

  1. ^ BBC Cannes showing of medieval Southampton's Sir Bevois, 27 January 2010
  2. ^ a b c d e Hasenohr, 173–4.