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Geoffrey of Monmouth (Latin: Galfridus Monemutensis, Galfridus Arturus; Welsh: Gruffudd ap Arthur, Sieffre o Fynwy; c. 1095 – c. 1155) was a Catholic cleric from Monmouth, Wales, and one of the major figures in the development of British historiography and the popularity of tales of King Arthur.
Mar 10, 2024 · Geoffrey of Monmouth is credited with producing some of the best-known versions of King Arthur and his knights. Who was he? Mar 10, 2024 • By Elizabeth Morgan, BA History w/ Tudor concentration. Geoffrey of Monmouth remains an elusive and mysterious figure from the Medieval era.
Geoffrey Of Monmouth (died 1155) was a medieval English chronicler and bishop of St. Asaph (1152), whose major work, the Historia regum Britanniae ( History of the Kings of Britain ), brought the figure of Arthur into European literature.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
May 22, 2017 · The Arthurian legend begins with the Welsh cleric Geoffrey of Monmouth (c. 1100 - c. 1155 CE). Earlier history writers such as Gildas, Bede, and Nennius had already established the existence of a British...
- Joshua J. Mark
Geoffrey tells of Brutus, founder of Britain and descendant of exiles driven from Troy after the Trojan War. Geoffrey describes the struggle and heartache of King Lier, whose tale would be retold by Shakespeare in his famous work of the same name, King Lear. Following Lier, Roman rule in Britain is fleshed out.
Feb 2, 2017 · Geoffrey of Monmouth brought back the leadership and determination of an Arthur who becomes not only a king (on whom 12th century Anglo-Norman kings could model themselves), but also a...
Aug 3, 2009 · While it was not said to have possessed magical properties, Geoffrey of Monmouth mentions a weapon, Caliburn, wielded by Arthur, which would "carve their souls from out them with their...
