De Gestis Britonum
Title | De Gestis Britonum PDF eBook |
Author | Geoffrey (of Monmouth, Bishop of St. Asaph) |
Publisher | Boydell & Brewer |
Pages | 389 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1843832062 |
Written in the 1130s, Geoffrey's imaginative history of the Britons from Brutus to Cadwallader, and the first to recount the woes of Lear and the glittering career of Arthur, rapidly became a bestseller. An ideal text for scholars, this is a reprint of the Latin text with a facing English translation.
Gesta Regum Britannie
Title | Gesta Regum Britannie PDF eBook |
Author | Neil Wright |
Publisher | Boydell & Brewer Ltd |
Pages | 462 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Arthurian romances |
ISBN | 0859912140 |
Geoffrey of Monmouth
Title | Geoffrey of Monmouth PDF eBook |
Author | Geoffrey (of Monmouth, Bishop of St. Asaph) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Arthurian romances |
ISBN | 9781846155567 |
Written in the 1130s, Geoffrey's imaginative history of the Britons from Brutus to Cadwallader, and the first to recount the woes of Lear and the glittering career of Arthur, rapidly became a bestseller. An ideal text for scholars, this is a reprint of the Latin text with a facing English translation.
Histories of the Kings of Britain
Title | Histories of the Kings of Britain PDF eBook |
Author | Geoffery of Monmouth |
Publisher | |
Pages | 290 |
Release | 2018-06-02 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781720708193 |
Historia regum Britanniae (The History of the Kings of Britain), originally called De gestis Britonum (On the Deeds of the Britons), is a pseudohistorical (fictitious) account of British history, written around 1136 by Geoffrey of Monmouth. It chronicles the lives of the kings of the Britons over the course 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. It is one of the central pieces of the Matter of Britain.Although taken as historical well into the 16th century, it is now considered to have no value as history. When events described, such as Julius Caesar's invasions of Britain, can be corroborated from contemporary histories, Geoffrey's account can be seen to be wildly inaccurate. It remains, however, a valuable piece of medieval literature, which contains the earliest known version of the story of King Lear and his three daughters, and helped popularise the legend of King Arthur.
Historia Regum Britanniae
Title | Historia Regum Britanniae PDF eBook |
Author | Geoffrey Of Monmouth |
Publisher | |
Pages | 308 |
Release | 2019-07-05 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781078331180 |
The full, ancient text: Historia Regum Britanniae.Historia regum Britanniae (or The History of the Kings of Britain) is a supposedly historical account written by Geoffrey of Monmouth in 1136. Though much of the text is largely considered fiction, it does pull from several ancient texts and true historical events/personas.It is notable for being the first, major blockbuster-like success of the Arthurian legends, bringing the character to widespread popularity for the first time. Many of our modern myths (and ancient ones) have drawn from this text.
Then Arthur Fought (colour)
Title | Then Arthur Fought (colour) PDF eBook |
Author | Howard Wiseman |
Publisher | Lulu.com |
Pages | 440 |
Release | 2019 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 1326411926 |
The Apse Mosaic in Early Medieval Rome
Title | The Apse Mosaic in Early Medieval Rome PDF eBook |
Author | Erik Thunø |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 361 |
Release | 2015-04-20 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 1107069904 |
This book focuses on apse mosaics in Rome and engages topics including time, intercession, materiality, repetition, and vision.