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Geoffrey, of Monmouth, Bishop of St. Asaph, 1100?-1154
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Arthur, King -- Early works to 1800.
Merlin (Legendary character) -- Early works to 1800.
Celts -- Great Britain -- Legends -- Early works to 1800.
Great Britain -- History -- To 449.
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Geoffrey, of Monmouth, Bishop of St. Asaph, 1100?-1154
Arthur, King -- Early works to 1800.
Merlin (Legendary character) -- Early works to 1800.
Celts -- Great Britain -- Legends -- Early works to 1800.
Great Britain -- History -- To 449.
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The history of the Kings of Britain / Geoffrey of Monmouth ; translated with an introduction by Lewis Thorpe.
by
Geoffrey, of Monmouth,
Bishop
of
St
.
Asaph
, 1100?-1154
Penguin Books, c1966.
Call #:
942.01 G343h
Subjects
Arthur, King -- Early works to 1800.
Merlin (Legendary character) -- Early works to 1800.
Celts -- Great Britain -- Legends -- Early works to 1800.
Great Britain -- History -- To 449.
Series
Penguin classics.
ISBN:
9780140441703 (lib. bdg.)
0140441700 (lib. bdg.)
Description:
373 p. : map ; 20 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [46]-47) and index.
Contents:
Introduction. Geoffrey's purpose ; Who was Geoffrey of Monmouth? ; Geoffrey's sources ; The work itself ; Geoffrey the artist ; Geoffrey of Monmouth down the centuries ; Editions of the Historia ; Earlier translations ; This translation ; Acknowledgments -- Notes to the introduction -- Short bibliography of works used in the introduction and in the notes -- Map of Britain -- Dedication -- Brutus occupies the island of Albion -- Before the Romans came -- The coming of the Romans -- The house of Constantine -- The prophecies of Merlin -- The house of Constantine (continued) -- Arthur of Britain -- The Saxon domination -- Time chart.
Summary:
The twelfth-century chronicle sets forth the deeds of Britain's rulers from the mythical Brutus, great-grandson of Aeneas, to Cadwallader in the seventh century.
Other authors:
Thorpe, Lewis G. M., 1913-
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