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The history of the Kings of Britain  Cover Image Book Book

The history of the Kings of Britain / Geoffrey of Monmouth ; translated with an introduction by Lewis Thorpe.

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  • ISBN: 0140441700
  • ISBN: 9780140441703
  • Physical Description: 373 pages : map ; 18 cm.
  • Publisher: Harmondsworth : Penguin, 1966.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 46-47).
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction. Geoffrey's purpose ; Who was Geoffrey of Monmouth? ; Geoffrey's sources ; The work itself ; Geoffrey the artist ; Geoffrey of Monmouth down the centuries ; Editions of the Historia ; Earlier translations ; This translation ; Acknowledgments -- Notes to the introduction -- Short bibliography of works used in the introduction and in the notes -- Map of Britain -- Dedication -- Brutus occupies the island of Albion -- Before the Romans came -- The coming of the Romans -- The house of Constantine -- The prophecies of Merlin -- The house of Constantine (continued) -- Arthur of Britain -- The Saxon domination -- Time chart.
Subject: Great Britain > History > To 449.
Celts > Great Britain > Legends > Early works to 1800.
Arthur, King > Early works to 1800.
Merlin (Legendary character) > Early works to 1800.
Arthur, King.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.

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Kirtland Community College Library DA 140 .G46 1966 30775305482110 General Collection Available -


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