Author: John Allen GilesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
Old English Chronicles
Author: John Allen GilesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
Gesta Regum Britannie
Author: Neil WrightPublisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN: 0859912140
Category : Arthurian romances
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
Geoffrey of Monmouth
Author: Karen JankulakPublisher: University of Wales Press
ISBN: 0708323146
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
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.
Arthur and the Kings of Britain
Author: Miles RussellPublisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445662752
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 455
Book Description
A fresh look at the text which introduced for the first time some of the key figures in British myth and legend.
De Gestis Britonum
Author: Geoffrey (of Monmouth, Bishop of St. Asaph)Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1843832062
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 389
Book Description
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.
The British History of of Geoffrey of Monmouth in Twelve Books
Author: Geoffrey (of Monmouth, Bishop of St. Asaph)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arthurian romances
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
The History of the Kings of Britain
Author: Geoffrey of MonmouthPublisher: Gottfried & Fritz
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
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.
The British History
Author: GeoffreyPublisher:
ISBN: 9781375558891
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
Early Fiction in England
Author: Laura AshePublisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141392886
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
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).
The History of the Kings of Britain
Author: David W. BurchmorePublisher:
ISBN: 9780674241367
Category : Britons
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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.