The History of the Kings of Britain

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	history
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Historia_Regum_Britanniae
gptkbp:author	gptkb:Geoffrey_of_Monmouth
gptkbp:category	Arthurian legend medieval literature chronicles 12th-century books British pseudo-history
gptkbp:contains	gptkb:Roman_invasions_of_Britain Saxon invasions legend of Brutus founding Britain prophecies of Merlin rise and fall of King Arthur story of King Leir
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin	gptkb:Kingdom_of_England
gptkbp:criticizedFor	historical inaccuracies
gptkbp:dateWritten	circa 1136
gptkbp:dedicatedTo	gptkb:Robert,_Earl_of_Gloucester gptkb:Waleran_de_Beaumont
gptkbp:firstPublished	1480
gptkbp:genre	history pseudo-history
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	The History of the Kings of Britain
gptkbp:influenced	Arthurian legend later medieval literature
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:Bede gptkb:Gildas gptkb:Nennius
gptkbp:notableCharacter	gptkb:King_Lear gptkb:King_Arthur gptkb:Merlin
gptkbp:originalLanguage	gptkb:Latin
gptkbp:setting	gptkb:Britain legendary ancient times
gptkbp:significance	major source for British legendary history popularized King Arthur legend
gptkbp:structure	twelve books
gptkbp:subject	gptkb:King_Arthur gptkb:Brutus_of_Troy legendary British kings
gptkbp:survivingWorks	yes
gptkbp:translatedInto	gptkb:French gptkb:Welsh English
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Geoffrey_of_Monmouth's_Historia_Regum_Britanniae gptkb:Historia_Regum_Britanniae
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6