Back جيفري مونماوث Arabic جيفرى مونماوث ARZ Godofredo de Monmouth AST Гальфрыд Монмуцкі Byelorussian Гальфрыд Монмуцкі BE-X-OLD Галфрид Монмутски Bulgarian Jafrez Menoe Breton Jofre de Monmouth Catalan Geoffrey z Monmouthu Czech Sieffre o Fynwy Welsh
Geoffrey of Monmouth | |
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.jpg) Statue of Geoffrey at the Old Station Tintern in Monmouthshire | |
| Born | Galfridus Arturus c. 1095 Possibly Monmouth, Wales |
| Died | c. 1155 (aged 59–60) |
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| Occupation | Catholic cleric |
| Known for | Historia Regum BritanniaeProphetiae MerliniVita Merlini |
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. He is best known for his chronicle The History of the Kings of Britain (Latin: De gestis Britonum or Historia Regum Britanniae)[1] which was widely popular in its day, being translated into other languages from its original Latin. It was given historical credence well into the 16th century,[2] but is now considered historically unreliable.
- ^ Geoffrey of Monmouth. The history of the kings of Britain: an edition and translation of De gestis Britonum (Historia regum Britanniae). Arthurian studies. Vol. 69. Michael D. Reeve (ed.), Neil Wright (trans.). Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press. 2007. p. lix. ISBN 978-1-84383-206-5.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Polydore Vergil's sceptical reading of Geoffrey of Monmouth provoked a reaction of denial in England, "yet the seeds of doubt once sown" eventually replaced Geoffrey's romances with a new Renaissance historical approach, according to Hans Baron, "Fifteenth-century civilisation and the Renaissance", in The New Cambridge Modern history, vol. 1 1957:56.
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