Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Geoffrey_of_Monmouth's_Historia_Regum_Britanniae

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	history
gptkbp:alternativeName	gptkb:The_History_of_the_Kings_of_Britain
gptkbp:author	gptkb:Geoffrey_of_Monmouth
gptkbp:controversy	historical accuracy questioned
gptkbp:dateWritten	c. 1136
gptkbp:dedicatedTo	gptkb:Robert,_Earl_of_Gloucester gptkb:Waleran_de_Beaumont
gptkbp:firstPublished	1508
gptkbp:genre	pseudo-history
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae
gptkbp:impact	inspired later chroniclers shaped medieval British identity
gptkbp:influenced	Arthurian legend British historiography
gptkbp:language	gptkb:Latin
gptkbp:legacy	basis for many later medieval romances influenced Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur influenced Shakespeare's King Lear influenced Spenser's The Faerie Queene
gptkbp:notableAdaptation	gptkb:Brut_y_Brenhinedd gptkb:Layamon's_Brut gptkb:Wace's_Roman_de_Brut
gptkbp:notableCharacter	gptkb:Merlin gptkb:Constantine gptkb:Uther_Pendragon gptkb:Vortigern
gptkbp:notableEvent	first full account of King Arthur's reign foundation myth of Britain by Brutus of Troy introduction of Merlin as Arthur's advisor
gptkbp:setting	gptkb:Britain gptkb:Roman_Britain post-Roman Britain pre-Roman Britain
gptkbp:significance	major source for Arthurian legend
gptkbp:source	gptkb:Bede gptkb:Gildas gptkb:Nennius Arthurian legend
gptkbp:structure	twelve books
gptkbp:subject	gptkb:King_Arthur gptkb:Brutus_of_Troy legendary kings of Britain
gptkbp:survivingWorks	over 200 manuscripts
gptkbp:translatedInto	gptkb:Welsh gptkb:Old_English English
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Rowena gptkb:Merlin gptkb:Tintagel_Castle
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5