Geoffrey of Monmouth : the history of the kings of Britain : an edition and translation of De gestis Britonum (Historia regum Britanniae) / edition by Michael D. Reeve ; translation by Neil Wright
Introduction. Geoffrey, Merline, and De gestis Britonum ; The transmission of De gestis Britonum ; The apparatus of this edition ; Spelling ; Geoffrey's Latin ; The quality of the transmitted text ; Geoffrey's sources ; Title ; Articulation ; Punctuation ; Editions ; Critical notes ; Translator's note -- Symbols and abbreviations -- Text and translation -- Index of names
Summary
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
Notes
First paperback ed.: 2009
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Parallel English and Latin text with English introduction
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Geoffrey of Monmouth. Historia regum Britanniae. swd
