![]() ![]() It belonged to and was probably written by Archdeacon Walter of Oxford, who died in 1151. This shorter and less polished Latin version of the History is attested in just a handful of manuscripts. Historia regum Britanniae, (Latin: History of the Kings of Britain) fictional history of Britain written by Geoffrey of Monmouth sometime between 1135 and. This volume presents the first English translation of what may have been his source, the anonymous First Variant Version. The History survives in hundreds of manuscripts in Geoffrey’s standard text. The History of the Kings of Britain by Geoffrey of Monmouth: 9780140441703 : Books Completed in 1136, this classic chronicle traces the story of the realm from its supposed foundation by Brutus to the coming of the Saxons some two thousand. His pseudo-history, the Historia Regum Britanniae (History of the Kings of Britain) shaped medieval Britains understanding of its own past like no other. It was the ultimate source of tales retold in Malory’s Morte d’Arthur, Shakespeare’s Cymbeline and King Lear, and Tennyson’s Idylls of the King. Merlin, Guinevere, Mordred, Yvain, Gawain, and other popular Arthurian figures first come to life in Geoffrey’s chronicle. ![]() ![]() Its sweeping account of the Britons began long before the Romans and challenged the leading histories of the twelfth century. Geoffrey of Monmouth’s History of the Kings of Britain-the earliest work to detail the legendary foundation of Britain by Brutus the Trojan and the life of King Arthur-was among the most widely read books throughout the Middle Ages. ![]()
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