Historia Regum Britanniae

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Historia_Regum_Britanniae
GPTKB entity
Statements (34)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf history
gptkbp:alternativeName gptkb:The_History_of_the_Kings_of_Britain
gptkbp:author gptkb:Geoffrey_of_Monmouth
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:England
gptkbp:criticizedFor gptkb:Giraldus_Cambrensis
gptkb:William_of_Newburgh
gptkbp:dateWritten circa 1136
gptkbp:dedicatedTo gptkb:Robert,_Earl_of_Gloucester
gptkb:Stephen_of_Blois
gptkbp:firstPublished 1508
gptkbp:genre pseudo-history
gptkbp:hasCharacter gptkb:King_Lear
gptkb:King_Arthur
gptkb:Merlin
gptkb:Uther_Pendragon
gptkb:Brutus_of_Troy
gptkb:Vortigern
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Historia Regum Britanniae
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Layamon's_Brut
gptkb:Wace's_Roman_de_Brut
Arthurian legend
later medieval chronicles
gptkbp:language gptkb:Latin
gptkbp:preservedIn numerous medieval manuscripts
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Britain
pre-Saxon England
gptkbp:significance major source for medieval British history
popularized the legend of King Arthur
gptkbp:structure twelve books
gptkbp:subject British history
legendary kings of Britain
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Excalibur
gptkb:King_Arthur
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5