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Author : John Allen Giles
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 574 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Old English Chronicles written by John Allen Giles and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Karen Jankulak
Publisher : University of Wales Press
ISBN 13 : 0708323146
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)
Download or read book Geoffrey of Monmouth written by Karen Jankulak and published by University of Wales Press. This book was released on 2010-07-30 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. His writings were enormously popular throughout the western European world, and he is justly credited with bringing 'The Matter of Britain' (including, most notably, the figure of Arthur) to a much wider audience. The vast popularity of this material has persisted to the present day, mainly but not solely in the interest shown in 'King Arthur'. This book illustrates the close ties between Geoffrey's notion of British and Arthurian society and other materials from medieval Wales and Ireland.
Author : Neil Wright
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN 13 : 0859912140
Total Pages : 462 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (599 download)
Download or read book Gesta Regum Britannie written by Neil Wright and published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. This book was released on 1991 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Geoffrey (of Monmouth, Bishop of St. Asaph)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The British History of Geoffrey of Monmouth written by Geoffrey (of Monmouth, Bishop of St. Asaph) and published by . This book was released on 1842 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Miles Russell
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445662752
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (456 download)
Download or read book Arthur and the Kings of Britain written by Miles Russell and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2017-03-15 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fresh look at the text which introduced for the first time some of the key figures in British myth and legend.
Author : Geoffrey of Monmouth
Publisher : Gottfried & Fritz
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book The History of the Kings of Britain written by Geoffrey of Monmouth and published by Gottfried & Fritz. This book was released on with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The History of the Kings of Britain was originally published under the Latin title, Historia Regum Britanniae, by Anglo-Saxon monk, Geoffrey of Monmouth. The chronicle is famous as the original source of the legend of Sir Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, as well as the Prophecies of Merlin. The chronicle is also the original source of “King Leir,” from which Shakespeare adapted his famous play by the same name. The chronicle recounts the origins of Britain from the time of Brutus and the Roman conquest of the British Isles. It is a semi-fantastical account of the origin of the British Kings and contains a storehouse of British history, fantasy and legend. An indispensible piece to any student, or admirer, of the history of the British Isles.
Author : Geoffrey
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ISBN 13 : 9781375558891
Total Pages : 590 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (588 download)
Download or read book The British History written by Geoffrey and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-19 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Geoffrey (of Monmouth, Bishop of St. Asaph)
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 1843832062
Total Pages : 389 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (438 download)
Download or read book De Gestis Britonum written by Geoffrey (of Monmouth, Bishop of St. Asaph) and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2007 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written in the 1130s, Geoffrey's imaginative history of the Britons from Brutus to Cadwallader, and the first to recount the woes of Lear and the glittering career of Arthur, rapidly became a bestseller. An ideal text for scholars, this is a reprint of the Latin text with a facing English translation.
Author : Geoffrey (of Monmouth, Bishop of St. Asaph)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (139 download)
Download or read book The British History of Geoffrey of Monmouth written by Geoffrey (of Monmouth, Bishop of St. Asaph) and published by . This book was released on 1813 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Geoffrey of Monmouth
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)
Download or read book The british history of Geoffrey of Monmouth written by Geoffrey of Monmouth and published by . This book was released on 1842 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Geoffrey of Monmouth
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ISBN 13 : 9781941667026
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (67 download)
Download or read book The History of Merlin and King Arthur written by Geoffrey of Monmouth and published by . This book was released on 2014-07-15 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geoffrey of Monmouth wrote his "Historia Regum Britanniae" (History of the Kings of Britain) in about 1136 AD. His book includes the first account of the Arthurian legend that survives, apart from very brief mentions of Arthur in earlier chronicles. This edition makes Geoffrey's history of Arthur accessible to a general audience for the first time. It includes only the parts of Geoffrey's "Historia" that are about Merlin or Arthur, omitting its lengthy histories of other kings, which do not interest today's readers. It breaks up Geoffrey's text into shorter chapters, and it adds subheadings that make the narrative easier to follow. Geoffrey lets us see King Arthur's place in history much more clearly than later versions of the legends, telling us that Arthur fought the Saxons after the Romans left Britain. He also includes stories of Merlin's early life that are left out of later accounts. This edition uses Aaron Thompson's 1718 translation of the "Historia," as revised and corrected by J. A. Giles in 1842. This edition also includes drawings by the famous illustrator, Howard Pyle, making it a beautiful book as well as a book that will fascinate anyone who is interested in the stories of King Arthur and wants to learn more about them.
Author : Geoffrey of Monmouth
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0241241987
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (412 download)
Download or read book The History of the Kings of Britain written by Geoffrey of Monmouth and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2015-08-06 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Completed in 1136, The History of the Kings of Britain traces the story of the realm from its supposed foundation by Brutus to the coming of the Saxons some two thousand years later. Vividly portraying legendary and semi-legendary figures such as Lear, Cymbeline, Merlin the magician and the most famous of all British heroes, King Arthur, it is as much myth as it is history and its veracity was questioned by other medieval writers. But Geoffrey of Monmouth's powerful evocation of illustrious men and deeds captured the imagination of subsequent generations, and his influence can be traced through the works of Malory, Shakespeare, Dryden and Tennyson.
Author : David W. Burchmore
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ISBN 13 : 9780674241367
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (413 download)
Download or read book The History of the Kings of Britain written by David W. Burchmore and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geoffrey of Monmouth's History of the Kings of Britain--the earliest book to detail the legendary foundation of Britain and life of King Arthur--was widely read during the Middle Ages. This volume presents the first English translation of what may have been his source, the anonymous First Variant Version, attested in just a handful of manuscripts.
Author : Laura Ashe
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141392886
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (413 download)
Download or read book Early Fiction in England written by Laura Ashe and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2015-09-24 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brilliant new anthology that shows how fiction was reinvented in the twelfth century after an absence of hundreds of years. Essential for all students of medieval literature, Early Fiction in England includes extracts by Geoffrey of Monmouth, Wace, Marie de France, Chaucer and many others, in new translations and with illuminating introductions. Before the twelfth century, fiction had completely disappeared in Europe. In this important and provocative book, Laura Ashe shows how English writers brought it back, composing new tales about King Arthur, his knights and other heroes and heroines in Latin, French and English. Why did fiction disappear, and why did it come to life again to establish itself the dominant form of literature ever since? And what do we even mean by the term 'fiction'? Gathering extracts from the most important 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. The anthology includes a general introduction by Laura Ashe, introductions to each extract, explanatory notes and other useful editorial materials. All French and Latin texts have been newly translated, while Middle English texts include helpful glosses. Laura Ashe is a University Lecturer in English and Fellow of Worcester College, Oxford. Her first book Fiction and History in England, 1066-1200 (Cambridge University Press, 2007) has been followed by numerous articles and edited collections; she is now writing the newOxford English Literary History vol. 1: 1000-1350 (Oxford University Press).
Author : Geoffrey Ashe
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
ISBN 13 : 1613733720
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (137 download)
Download or read book Kings and Queens of Early Britain written by Geoffrey Ashe and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geoffrey Ashe skillfully weaves all the different accounts, legends, literature, historical documents into one continuous narrative that recreates in intriguing detail all the rulers and events, real or mythical, that are part of the rich tapestry of early history in Britain.
Author : Geoffrey of Monmouth
Publisher : Broadview Press
ISBN 13 : 1551116391
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (511 download)
Download or read book The History of the Kings of Britain written by Geoffrey of Monmouth and published by Broadview Press. This book was released on 2007-12-11 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The History of the Kings of Britain is arguably the most influential text written in England in the Middle Ages. The work narrates a linear history of pre-Saxon Britain, from its founding by Trojan exiles to the loss of native British (Celtic) sovereignty in the face of Germanic invaders. Along the way, Geoffrey introduces readers to such familiar figures as King Lear, Cymbeline, Vortigern, the prophet Merlin, and a host of others. Most importantly, he provides the first birth-to-death account of the life of King Arthur. His focus on that king’s reign sparked the vogue for Arthurian romance throughout medieval Europe that has continued into the twenty-first century. This new translation is the first in over forty years and the first to be based on the Bern manuscript, now considered the authoritative Latin text. It is accompanied by an introduction that highlights the significance of Geoffrey’s work in his own day and focuses in particular on the ambiguous status of the text between history and fiction. Appendices include historical sources, early responses to the History, and other medieval writings on King Arthur and Merlin.
Author : Geoffrey Ashe
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780805001150
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (11 download)
Download or read book The Discovery of King Arthur written by Geoffrey Ashe and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1987-01-15 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author offers convincing proof that King Arthur existed by tracing the legend of King Arthur to its roots in the 12th century chronicles of Geoffrey of Monmouth.
