A Companion to Geoffrey of Monmouth
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A Companion to Geoffrey of Monmouth

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A Companion to Geoffrey of Monmouth

About this book

A Companion to Geoffrey of Monmouth brings together scholars from a range of disciplines to provide an updated scholarly introduction to all aspects of his work. Arguably the most influential secular writer of medieval Britain, Geoffrey (d. 1154) popularized Arthurian literature and left an indelible mark on European romance, history, and genealogy. Despite this outsized influence, Geoffrey's own life, background, and motivations are little understood. The volume situates his life and works within their immediate historical context, and frames them within current critical discussion across the humanities. By necessity, this volume concentrates primarily on Geoffrey's own life and times, with the reception of his works covered by a series of short encyclopaedic overviews, organized by language, that serve as guides to further reading.

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Information

Publisher
Brill
Year
2020
Topic
History
eBook ISBN
9789004410398
Subtopic
World History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Acknowledgements
  3. A Note on Translations
  4. Figures
  5. Abbreviations
  6. Notes on Contributors
  7. Introduction and Biography
  8. Part 1 Sources
  9. Chapter 1 Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Welsh Sources
  10. Chapter 2 Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Classical and Biblical Inheritance
  11. Chapter 3 Geoffrey of Monmouth and the English Past
  12. Chapter 4 Riddling Words: the Prophetiae Merlini
  13. Part 2 Contemporary Contexts
  14. Chapter 5 Early Manuscript Dissemination
  15. Chapter 6 Early Reactions to Geoffrey’s Work
  16. Chapter 7 The Latin Reception of the De gestis Britonum
  17. Chapter 8 Geoffrey of Monmouth’s De gestis Britonum and Twelfth-Century Romance
  18. Chapter 9 The Most Excellent Princes: Geoffrey of Monmouth and Medieval Welsh Historical Writing
  19. Chapter 10 Geoffrey of Monmouth and the Conventions of History Writing in Early 12th-Century England
  20. Part 3 Approaches
  21. Chapter 11 Colonial Preoccupations in Geoffrey of Monmouth’s De gestis Britonum
  22. Chapter 12 Geoffrey and Gender: the Works of Geoffrey of Monmouth as Medieval “Feminism”
  23. Chapter 13 Geoffrey of Monmouth and Race
  24. Chapter 14 Religion and the Church in Geoffrey of Monmouth
  25. Part 4 Reception
  26. Introduction to Part 4 The Medieval Reception of Geoffrey of Monmouth
  27. Chapter 15 Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Byzantine Reception
  28. Chapter 16 The De gestis Britonum in Castile
  29. Chapter 17 The Reception of Geoffrey of Monmouth in the Crown of Aragon
  30. Chapter 18 The Middle Dutch Reception of Geoffrey of Monmouth
  31. Chapter 19 The English Reception of Geoffrey of Monmouth
  32. Chapter 20 The Anglo-Norman and Continental French Reception of Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Corpus from the 12th to the 15th Centuries
  33. Chapter 21 The German Reception of Geoffrey of Monmouth
  34. Chapter 22 The Old Icelandic “Brut”
  35. Chapter 23 The Reception of Geoffrey of Monmouth in Ireland
  36. Chapter 24 The Reception of Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Work in Italy
  37. Chapter 25 Geoffrey of Monmouth in Portugal and Galicia
  38. Chapter 26 The Scottish Reception of Geoffrey of Monmouth
  39. Chapter 27 The Reception of Geoffrey of Monmouth in Wales
  40. Bibliography
  41. Manuscripts
  42. General Index

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