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Geoffrey of Monmouth
Traces the story of the realm from its supposed foundation by Brutus to the coming of the Saxons some two thousand years later. This title portrays legendary and semi-legendary figures…
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Sebastian Evans
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high…
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
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Karen Jankulak
Geoffrey of Monmouth, a twelfth-century cleric, was the first person to compose a detailed and continuous history of Britain from its origins to the domination of the Anglo-Saxons. This book…
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A Companion to Geoffrey of Monmouth brings together scholars from across disciplines to offer new perspectives on Geoffrey of Monmouth, one of the most important and influential authors from medieval…
Geoffrey Of Monmouth
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Geoffrey (of Monmouth )
A classic epic poem in Latin, this work tells the story of Merlin Caliodonius, one of the most famous and enigmatic figures in Celtic mythology.
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the public…
Geoffrey of Monmouth,Geoffrey of Monmouth
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…
F. Tolhurst
Geoffrey of Monmouth and the Translation of Female Kingship provides the first feminist analysis of the part of The History of the Kings of Britain that most readers overlook: the…
Geoffrey Monmouth
This is both a western and a murder mystery. In 1870 Deputy US Marshal Davy Reece postpones plans to return to his former life as a scout in order to…
Geoffrey of Monmouth and the Feminist Origins of the Arthurian Legend provides the first feminist analysis of both the Arthurian section of The History of the Kings of Britain and…
Geoffrey Monmouth,Mark Walker
Geoffrey of Monmouth’s epic poem about Merlin, translated into English verse for the first time.
Wilfrid Perrett
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to…
Gathering extracts from the texts of the period by Wace, Marie de France, Chaucer and others, this volume offers an absorbing and surprising introduction to the earliest fiction in England.
Text and translation of key Arthurian text - a major source for scholars.
New translation of Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Latin history - the first work to recount the woes of Lear and the glittering career of Arthur.
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A critical edition and translation of a 13th-century Latin poem from Brittany; a retelling of Geoffrey’s History emphasising the tragic side of Britain’s decline.
Julia Crick
Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia Regum Britannie has often been described as one of the bestsellers of the Middle Ages. More copies survive than of almost any other medieval history, including…
Victoria Flood (Royalty Account)
A study of the prophetic tradition in medieval England brings out its influence on contemporary politics and the contemporary elite.
An admirable piece of work that will be welcomed by the many scholars who have long recognised the need for an easily accessible copy of the Historia. English Historical Review
Helen Cooper (Chair of Medieval and Renaissance Literature at Cambridge University)
The great story motifs of romance - quests and magic, rudderless boats and passionate heroines, missing heirs and fairy mistresses - were transmitted directly through from the Middle Ages to…
An exploration of English romance across the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Helen cooper traces romance motifs - quests and fairy mistresses, passionate heroines and rudderless boats and missing heirs…
Julia C Crick
Catalogue and scholarly consideration of these manuscripts.
This retelling of the stories of King Arthur and other legendary heroes of early Britain is based on the writings of Geoffrey of Monmouth, a 12th-century Welsh historian. These epic…
Zahra Botorabi
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2005 im Fachbereich Germanistik - Altere Deutsche Literatur, Mediavistik, Note: 2,0, Freie Universitat Berlin, Veranstaltung: Konig Artus Vorbild und Witzfigur, 4 Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Deutsch…
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