The history of the kings of Britain : the first variant version /
edited and translated by David W. Burchmore.
Bok Engelsk 2019 Geoffrey
Flere språk: Latin
| Originaltittel | [ Historia regum Britanniae .] Engelsk & latin
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| Omfang | pages cm
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| Opplysninger | Geoffrey of Monmouth's History of the Kings of Britain was among the most widely read and lastingly influential books written in England during the middle ages. The standard or "Vulgate" text of Geoffrey's work survives in nearly two hundred manuscripts from the twelfth through fifteenth centuries, even more copies than survive of Bede. It invented a sweeping account of the legendary history of the Britons that covers nearly two thousand years, from their arrival in Britain with the Trojan refugee Brutus through their final loss of sovereignty to the Saxons after the death of their last king Cadwallader. The text translated here for the first time is commonly known as the "First Variant Version" of Geoffrey's work. All of the surviving manuscripts refer to it simply as the Historia Britonum ("History of the Britons"). On the basis of fundamental differences in vocabulary, syntax, and style, all scholars agree that Geoffrey himself did not write the Variant. Opinions as to the relationship between this text and Geoffrey's version have differed, with some regarding the Variant as an earlier version, and others as a later redaction of the Vulgate.--
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| ISBN | 9780674241367
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