A Companion to Geoffrey of Monmouth / Joshua Byron Smith and Georgia Henley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Joshua Byron, author.

Henley, Georgia, author.

Series:

Brill's companions to European history ; Volume 22.

Brill's Companions to European History Series ; Volume 22

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geoffrey, of Monmouth, Bishop of St. Asaph, 1100?-1154. Historia regum Britanniae.

Geoffrey.

Historiography.

England--Historiography.

England.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Brill 2020

Leiden, The Netherlands : Koninklijke Brill NV, [2020]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"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. Contributors are Jean Blacker, Elizabeth Bryan, Thomas H. Crofts, Siân Echard, Fabrizio De Falco, Michael Faletra, Ben Guy, Santiago Gutiérrez Garcia, Nahir I. Otaño Gracia, Paloma Gracia, Giorgia Henley, David F. Johnson, Owain Wyn Jones, Maud Burnett McInerney, Françoise Le Saux, Barry Lewis, Coral Lumbley, Simon Meecham-Jones, Paul Russell, Victoria Shirley, Joshua Byron Smith, Jaakko Tahkokallio, Hélène Tétrel, Rebecca Thomas, Fiona Tolhurst".

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgements

A Note on Translations

Figures

Abbreviations

Notes on Contributors

Introduction and Biography

Part 1 Sources

Chapter 1 Geoffrey of Monmouth's Welsh Sources

Chapter 2 Geoffrey of Monmouth's Classical and Biblical Inheritance

Chapter 3 Geoffrey of Monmouth and the English Past

Chapter 4 Riddling Words: the Prophetiae Merlini

Part 2 Contemporary Contexts

Chapter 5 Early Manuscript Dissemination

Chapter 6 Early Reactions to Geoffrey's Work

Chapter 7 The Latin Reception of the De gestis Britonum

Chapter 8 Geoffrey of Monmouth's De gestis Britonum and Twelfth-Century Romance

Chapter 9 The Most Excellent Princes: Geoffrey of Monmouth and Medieval Welsh Historical Writing

Chapter 10 Geoffrey of Monmouth and the Conventions of History Writing in Early 12th-Century England

Part 3 Approaches

Chapter 11 Colonial Preoccupations in Geoffrey of Monmouth's De gestis Britonum

Chapter 12 Geoffrey and Gender: the Works of Geoffrey of Monmouth as Medieval "Feminism"

Chapter 13 Geoffrey of Monmouth and Race

Chapter 14 Religion and the Church in Geoffrey of Monmouth

Part 4 Reception

Introduction to Part 4 The Medieval Reception of Geoffrey of Monmouth

Chapter 15 Geoffrey of Monmouth's Byzantine Reception

Chapter 16 The De gestis Britonum in Castile

Chapter 17 The Reception of Geoffrey of Monmouth in the Crown of Aragon

Chapter 18 The Middle Dutch Reception of Geoffrey of Monmouth

Chapter 19 The English Reception of Geoffrey of Monmouth

Chapter 20 The Anglo-Norman and Continental French Reception of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Corpus from the 12th to the 15th Centuries

Chapter 21 The German Reception of Geoffrey of Monmouth

Chapter 22 The Old Icelandic "Brut"

Chapter 23 The Reception of Geoffrey of Monmouth in Ireland.

Chapter 24 The Reception of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Work in Italy

Chapter 25 Geoffrey of Monmouth in Portugal and Galicia

Chapter 26 The Scottish Reception of Geoffrey of Monmouth

Chapter 27 The Reception of Geoffrey of Monmouth in Wales

Bibliography

Manuscripts

General Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

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ISBN:

9789004410398

9004410392

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004410398 DOI