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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 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's History of the Kings of Britain, I do not know what it is; influential, I mean, not only on litera- ture throughout western Europe, but also on historiography and even on politics. It was quoted as affording early historical precedent for domination by England over Scotland
Sep 12, 2012 · After pages of what most commentators today regard as sheer invention, Geoffrey of Monmouth suddenly pauses his account of King Arthur to refer his audience to the ancient British book that he says is the source of his Historia regum Britannie:
Jul 13, 2012 · Later kings and historians took the legend and adapted it to their own needs but it undoubtedly began with Geoffrey of Monmouth. Unfortunately, Geoffrey did not confine himself to the true ...
Mar 30, 2017 · As Geoffrey’s book (or translation) was largely about mythology and folklore, the use of the title, The History of the Kings of Britain, caused the text to be filed away as a faulty history book rather than a compelling collection of British myths and folk stories.
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“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”
