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The History of the Kings of Britain: The First Variant Version

Autor David W. Burchmore

Editorial HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS

The History of the Kings of Britain: The First Variant Version
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Geoffrey of Monmouth’s History of the Kings of Britain—the earliest work to detail the legendary foundation of Britain by Brutus the Trojan and the life of King Arthur—was among the most widely read books throughout the Mid...

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  • Editorial HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • ISBN13 9780674241367
  • ISBN10 0674241363
  • Tipo LIBRO
  • Páginas 544
  • Colección Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library #
  • Año de Edición 2019
  • Idioma Inglés
  • Encuadernación Tapa dura

The History of the Kings of Britain: The First Variant Version

Autor David W. Burchmore

Editorial HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS

Geoffrey of Monmouth’s History of the Kings of Britain—the earliest work to detail the legendary foundation of Britain by Brutus the Trojan and the life of King Arthur—was among the most widely read books throughout the Mid...

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Geoffrey of Monmouth’s History of the Kings of Britain—the earliest work to detail the legendary foundation of Britain by Brutus the Trojan and the life of King Arthur—was among the most widely read books throughout the Middle Ages. Its sweeping account of the Britons began long before the Romans and challenged the leading histories of the twelfth century. Merlin, Guinevere, Mordred, Yvain, Gawain, and other popular Arthurian figures first come to life in Geoffrey’s chronicle. It was the ultimate source of tales retold in Malory’s Morte d’Arthur, Shakespeare’s Cymbeline and King Lear, and Tennyson’s Idylls of the King.

The History survives in hundreds of manuscripts in Geoffrey’s standard text. This volume presents the first English translation of what may have been his source, the anonymous First Variant Version. This shorter and less polished Latin version of the History is attested in just a handful of manuscripts. It belonged to and was probably written by Archdeacon Walter of Oxford, who died in 1151.

David W. Burchmore taught English and Medieval Studies at Caltech and at Binghamton University, The State University of New York.



  • Introduction


    • Two Versions of the History

    • Order of the Versions

    • Authorship

    • Need for Discretion

    • Influence

    • Notes



  • The History of the Kings of Britain (First Variant Version)


    • Prologue

    • Book 1

    • Book 2

    • Book 3

    • Book 4

    • Book 5

    • Book 6

    • Book 7

    • Book 8

    • Book 9

    • Book 10

    • Book 11



  • Abbreviations

  • Note on the Text

  • Notes to the Text

  • Notes to the Translation

  • Bibliography

  • Index