The Brus

The Brus, also known as The Bruce, is a long narrative poem, in Early Scots, of just under 14,000 octosyllabic lines composed by John Barbour which gives a historic and chivalric account of the actions of Robert the Bruce and the Black Douglas in the Scottish Wars of Independence during a period from the circumstances leading up the English invasion of 1296 through to Scotland's restored position in the years between the Truce of 1328 and the death of Thomas Randolph, Earl of Moray in 1332.

Background

The poem's centre-piece (literally) is an extensive account of the Battle of Bannockburn of 1314. Barbour's poetic account of these events is a keystone in Scotland's national story. The description of the battle is Barbour’s masterpiece.

The poem was written about 1375, "...to throw behind the new king, Robert II (who gave Barbour a pension) the weight of his grandfather's (Bruce's) achievements and reputation." Barbour's work is a romance based upon a lost life of Douglas and a chronicle or chronicles which told of King Robert and his times. At the beginning of the poem, he conflates three Bruces into the single person of the hero, probably by design. Archie Duncan notes Barbour's fondness for exaggerated numbers for the size of any army. Here and there the order of events is transposed. Despite this, it has been regarded from his own time as, in all details, a trustworthy source for the history of the period.

Brus

Brus (Serbian Cyrillic: Брус, pronounced [brûːs]) is a town and municipality located in the Rasina District of Serbia. According to the 2011 census, the population of the town is 4,572, while the population of the municipality is 16,293. It is located at 430 metres (1,410 ft) above sea level, just below mountain ski center Kopaonik. The city is surrounded by hills on three levels, where the lowest one is a place where the Grasevka river firths into the Rasina river. On the upper level of the town a fountain of medicinal mineral water is located.

History

From 1929 to 1941, Brus was part of the Morava Banovina of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

Twin cities

Berovo, Republic of Macedonia

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Coordinates: 43°22′53″N 21°02′16″E / 43.38139°N 21.03778°E / 43.38139; 21.03778

Brus, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship

Brus [brus] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jędrzejów, within Jędrzejów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) north-east of Jędrzejów and 28 km (17 mi) south-west of the regional capital Kielce.

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Coordinates: 50°40′32″N 20°24′5″E / 50.67556°N 20.40139°E / 50.67556; 20.40139

Brus (disambiguation)

Brus is a town and municipality in Serbia.

Brus may also refer to:

People

de Brus

Various members of the Scottish House of Bruce: