Geoffrey of Monmouth and the English Past
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A Companion to Geoffrey of Monmouth. gol. / Joshua Byron Smith; Gerogia Henley. Brill: Leiden, 2020. t. 105-128 (Brill's Companions to European History; Cyfrol 22).
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T1 - Geoffrey of Monmouth and the English Past
AU - Thomas, Rebecca
PY - 2020/8
Y1 - 2020/8
N2 - This chapter examines the presentation of the Anglo-Saxon past in De gestis Britonum, considering both Geoffrey’s use of Anglo-Saxon sources and his attitude towards the Anglo-Saxons themselves. Focusing in particular on Geoffrey’s use of Bede’s Ecclesiastical History for his account of the 5th, 6th, and 7th centuries, it illustrates how he carefully drew upon and adapted this text to construct a different version of the Anglo-Saxon past in which the Britons occupied center stage and were treated sympathetically. In so doing he also radically departed from the histories of his Anglo-Norman contemporaries. This chapter examines the construction of this peculiarly British vision of Anglo-Saxon history.
AB - This chapter examines the presentation of the Anglo-Saxon past in De gestis Britonum, considering both Geoffrey’s use of Anglo-Saxon sources and his attitude towards the Anglo-Saxons themselves. Focusing in particular on Geoffrey’s use of Bede’s Ecclesiastical History for his account of the 5th, 6th, and 7th centuries, it illustrates how he carefully drew upon and adapted this text to construct a different version of the Anglo-Saxon past in which the Britons occupied center stage and were treated sympathetically. In so doing he also radically departed from the histories of his Anglo-Norman contemporaries. This chapter examines the construction of this peculiarly British vision of Anglo-Saxon history.
U2 - 10.1163/9789004410398
DO - 10.1163/9789004410398
M3 - Chapter
SN - 978-90-04-40528-8
T3 - Brill's Companions to European History
SP - 105
EP - 128
BT - A Companion to Geoffrey of Monmouth
A2 - Byron Smith, Joshua
A2 - Henley, Gerogia
PB - Brill: Leiden
ER -