Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Maps
- Foreword
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Eleventh Century
- Twelfth Century
- II.8 Eadmer, The Life of Archbishop Anselm
- II.9 Sæwulf, An Account of a Pilgrimage to Jerusalem
- II.10 Twelfth-Century Law Codes
- II.11 The Wreck of the White Ship in 1120, as Recorded by Historians of the Twelfth Century
- II.12 Geoffrey of Monmouth, A History of the Kings of Britain
- II.13 Two Twelfth-Century Lives of St Frideswide
- II.14 Ælred of Rievaulx, Letter Regarding the Nun of Watton Priory
- II.15 William Fitzstephen, A Description of London
- II.16 Thomas Becket
- II.17 Glanvill, The Laws and Customs of the Kingdom of England
- II.18 Richard of Devizes, Chronicle of the Reign of King Richard I
- II.19 Walter Map, Courtiers’ Trifles
- II.20 Hugh Nonant, Bishop of Coventry, Letter Recounting the Spectacular Downfall of Chancellor William de Longchamp
- Thirteenth Century
- Fourteenth Century
- Fifteenth Century
- Select Bibliography for Volume II
- General Index
- Index of Passages Cited
II.12 - Geoffrey of Monmouth, A History of the Kings of Britain
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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 January 2024
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Maps
- Foreword
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Eleventh Century
- Twelfth Century
- II.8 Eadmer, The Life of Archbishop Anselm
- II.9 Sæwulf, An Account of a Pilgrimage to Jerusalem
- II.10 Twelfth-Century Law Codes
- II.11 The Wreck of the White Ship in 1120, as Recorded by Historians of the Twelfth Century
- II.12 Geoffrey of Monmouth, A History of the Kings of Britain
- II.13 Two Twelfth-Century Lives of St Frideswide
- II.14 Ælred of Rievaulx, Letter Regarding the Nun of Watton Priory
- II.15 William Fitzstephen, A Description of London
- II.16 Thomas Becket
- II.17 Glanvill, The Laws and Customs of the Kingdom of England
- II.18 Richard of Devizes, Chronicle of the Reign of King Richard I
- II.19 Walter Map, Courtiers’ Trifles
- II.20 Hugh Nonant, Bishop of Coventry, Letter Recounting the Spectacular Downfall of Chancellor William de Longchamp
- Thirteenth Century
- Fourteenth Century
- Fifteenth Century
- Select Bibliography for Volume II
- General Index
- Index of Passages Cited
Summary
From Geoffrey of Monmouth’s hugely popular History of the kings of Britain, which influenced a great deal of medieval literature in various languages, are taken two excerpts. The first records a meeting, supposedly in the fifth century, between the Celtic leader Vortigern and the Saxon leader Hengist with his daughter Renwein (Rowen) who offers Vortigern a drink using the English greeting Wassail. The second is an account of king Arthur’s battle against the Saxons at Badon Hill.
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- The Cambridge Anthology of British Medieval Latin , pp. 134 - 141Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024