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The venerable Bede (AD 672-735) was not the first historian of the
British Isles, but he was the first to to list and master his
documentary and oral sources. For a man who travelled little, he
showed a great depth of understanding about the outside world,
informing himself by commissioning others to copy documents in the
Papal Regista and various episcopal and monastic archives. This new
edition has been carefully revised by Gerrish Gray and is
beautifully typeset in Bembo type.
The "Historia Regum Britanniae" (English: The History of the Kings
of Britain) is a pseudo-historical account of British history,
written circa 1136 by Geoffrey of Monmouth. It chronicles the lives
of the kings of the Britons in a chronological narrative spanning a
time of two thousand years, beginning with the Trojans founding the
British nation and continuing until the Anglo-Saxons assumed
control of much of Britain around the 7th century. Geoffrey's
account can be seen to be wildly inaccurate - but it remains a
valuable piece of medieval literature, which contains the earliest
known version of the story of King Lear and his three daughters,
and introduced non-Welsh-speakers to the legend of King Arthur.
Geoffrey of Monmouth (circa 1100 - 1155) was a cleric and one of
the major figures in the development of British historiography and
the popularity of tales of King Arthur. He is best known for his
chronicle Historia Regum Britanniae ("History of the Kings of
Britain"), which was widely popular in its day and was credited,
well into the 16th century, being translated into various other
languages from its original Latin.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
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This Is A New Release Of The Original 1894 Edition.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1847 Edition.
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