A critical edition and translation of a 13th-century Latin poem
from Brittany; a retelling of Geoffrey's History emphasising the
tragic side of Britain's decline. The Gesta Regum Britannie, a
Latin poem comprising nearly 5,000 hexameters, is a vital but
little known witness to the reception of Geoffrey of Monmouth's
Historia Regum Britannie. Written shortly before the middle of the
thirteenth century, the poem is dedicated to Cadioc, bishop of
Vannes in Brittany, and so testifies to the Breton reaction to and
enthusiasm for Geoffrey's popular pseudo-history. The poem also
provides important evidence for the literary culture of
thirteenth-century Brittany. Much in the poem is original and this
new edition will bring it to a wider audience so that it may be
read in conjunction with the more familiar vernacular verse
versions of Geoffrey's Historia. NEIL WRIGHTis a SeniorMember of
Wolfson College, Cambridge.
General
| Imprint: |
D.S. Brewer
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Historia Regum Britannie |
| Release date: |
December 1991 |
| First published: |
1991 |
| Editors: |
Neil Wright
|
| Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 31mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
|
| Pages: |
456 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-85991-214-3 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
0-85991-214-0 |
| Barcode: |
9780859912143 |
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