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9780140441703

The History of the Kings of Britain

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  • ISBN13:

    9780140441703

  • ISBN10:

    0140441700

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1977-01-01
  • Publisher: Penguin Classics

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Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Introduction 9(29)
1. Geoffrey's Purpose 9(1)
2. Who was Geoffrey of Monmouth? 10(4)
3. Geoffrey's Sources 14(5)
4. The Work Itself 19(5)
5. Geoffrey the Artist 24(4)
6. Geoffrey of Monmouth down the Centuries 28(3)
7. Editions of the Historia 31(2)
8. Earlier Translations 33(1)
9. This Translation 34(2)
10. Acknowledgements 36(2)
Notes to the Introduction 38(8)
Short Bibliography of Works Used in the Introduction and in the Notes 46(4)
Map of Britain
50(1)
Dedication 51(2)
Part One BRUTUS OCCUPIES THE ISLAND OF ALBION
53(22)
Part Two BEFORE THE ROMANS CAME
75(32)
Part Three THE COMING OF THE ROMANS
107(42)
Part Four THE HOUSE OF CONSTANTINE
149(21)
Part Five THE PROPHECIES OF MERLIN
170(16)
Part Six THE HOUSE OF CONSTANTINE (CONTINUED)
186(26)
Part Seven ARTHUR OF BRITAIN
212(50)
Part Eight THE SAXON DOMINATION
262(23)
Time Chart 285(6)
Index 291

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