| LC control no. | n 83160992 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Geoffrey, of Monmouth, Bishop of St. Asaph, 1100?-1154. Historia regum Britanniae |
| Variant(s) | Geoffrey, of Monmouth, Bishop of St. Asaph, 1100?-1154. Historia Britonum Geoffrey of Monmouth, Bp. of St. Asaph, 1100?-1154. Historia Britonum |
| Form of work | History Folklore |
| Beginning date | 1135? |
| Ending date | 1139? |
| Found in | Commentary on Prophetia Merlini (Ms. Pennsylvania State University Libraries. PS. V-3) The Prophetia Merlini of Geoffrey of Monmouth, 1982: p. 1, etc. (Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia regum Britanniae; Geoffrey's Historia) LC data base, 11/4/83 (hdg.: Geoffrey of Monmouth, Bp. of St. Asaph, 1100?-1154. Historia Britonum; usage: Geoffrey de Monmouth: Historia regum Britanniae) Encyc. Brit. (Historia regum Britanniae; publ. sometime between 1135 and 1139) The New century handbook of English literature, c1967 (Historia regum Britanniae; it is thought that Geoffrey compiled it from the Latin Historia Brittonum of Nennius and a book of Breton legends; first critical printed ed. is Galfredi Monemutensis Historia Britonum, 1844) The Cambridge guide to English literature, 1983 (Geoffrey's Historia Regum Britanniae) Shakespeare, William. Le roi Lear, 2012: page 157 (Extrait de l'Histoire des rois de Bretagne) Wikipedia, viewed Nov. 12, 2013 (The Historia Regum Britanniae (English: The History of the Kings of Britain) is a pseudohistorical account of British history, written c. 1136 by Geoffrey of Monmouth; it remains a valuable piece of medieval literature, which contains the earliest known version of the story of King Lear and his three daughters, and introduced non-Welsh-speakers to the legend of King Arthur) |
| Associated language | lat |
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