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Geoffrey refers to himself in his Historia as Galfridus Monemutensis (Geoffrey of Monmouth), which indicates a significant connection to Monmouth, Wales, and may refer to his birthplace. [7] His works attest to some acquaintance with the place-names of the region. [7] Geoffrey was known to his contemporaries as Galfridus Arturus or variants ...
Historia regum Britanniae (The History of the Kings of Britain), originally called De gestis Britonum (On the Deeds of the Britons), is a fictitious historical account of British history, written around 1136 by Geoffrey of Monmouth.
Pages in category "Translations of Geoffrey of Monmouth" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Ebraucus (Welsh: Efrawg/Efrog) was a legendary king of the Britons, as recounted in Geoffrey of Monmouth's pseudohistory Historia Regum Britanniae (c. 1136). Later estimations from the dates given in the text place the events of this story around 1040 BC. [1] He was the son of King Mempricius and father of Brutus Greenshield.
Vita Merlini, or The Life of Merlin, is a Latin poem in 1,529 hexameter lines [1] written around the year 1150. Though doubts have in the past been raised about its authorship it is now widely believed to be by Geoffrey of Monmouth.
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This story was later adapted by Geoffrey of Monmouth, and thence appears in the Brut y Brenhinedd. Thus, Lludd supplies an origin for the dragons in the Vortigern story. Lludd, called Llaw Eraint or "Silver Hand", earlier called Nudd, was originally a figure of Welsh mythology and derives ultimately from the pre-Roman British god Nodens. [8]
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