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Apr 9, 2019 · Geoffrey ends by requesting historians, his contemporaries, such as William of Malmesbury, “to be silent concerning the “History of the Britons,” since they have not that book written in the British tongue, which Walter, Archdeacon of Oxford, brought out of Brittany”.
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Geoffrey of Monmouth's History of the Kings of Britain, so vastly influential not only on subsequent literature, but also on historiography and even politics, was written between 1130 and 1138.
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Geoffrey of Monmouth was born around 1100 and died likely in 1155, though neither date is certain. His birthplace was in or near Monmouth in Wales, hence his demonym. Considered anywhere from a genuine but flawed historian to a rhetorical historian to a “pseudohistorian,” the veracity of Geoffrey’s historical writing was, to him, unquestionable (“G...
The History of the Kings of Britain (Historia regum Britanniae) was likely completed around 1138 during a tumultuous period of civil war in England. After the death of King Henry I’s only legitimate heir in 1135, and an attempt to install his daughter Matilda on the throne, Henry’s nephew, a man named Stephen de Blois, snatched the throne. The ques...
Contemporary experts have established that much of the historical writing from the twelfth century was embellished and even theatrical at times because “history was seen as a branch of literature” rather than a discipline requiring precision and evidence (Robertson). Geoffrey of Monmouth saw his work as distinct from his peers. He dismissed histori...
The History of the Kings of Britainopens with a lush description of the island of Britain’s beauty and abundance of resources. Geoffrey asserts that of the island’s five past inhabitants – Britons, Romans, Saxons, Picts, and Scots – only the Britons “formerly possess[ed] the whole island from sea to sea.” Geoffrey tells of Brutus, founder of Britai...
Geoffrey Of Monmouth was a medieval English chronicler and bishop of St. Asaph (1152), whose major work, the Historia regum Britanniae (History of the Kings of Britain), brought the figure of Arthur into European literature. In three passages of the Historia Geoffrey describes himself as “Galfridus.
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Mar 10, 2024 · Geoffrey of Monmouth’s work on history treads a murky line between fact and fiction, especially considering his creative liberties with King Arthur. Here’s why: Doubt cast on other writings: His fictionalized account of Arthur raises questions about the accuracy of his other historical writings.
“But I advise them [Other Historians] to be silent concerning the kings of the Britons, since they have not that book written in the British tongue, which Walter, archdeacon of Oxford, brought out of Brittany. Geoffrey of Monmouth, Closing to “The History of the Kings of Britain”
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Feb 15, 2024 · His Historia imitates the basic structure of both William's and Henry's histories, in his use of sparse details at the beginning and end of his narrative, coupled with an expansive account of important rulers in the early parts of the latter half of his history.
