title: The History of the Kings of Britain: An edition and translation of the De gestis Britonum (Historia Regum Brittannie) (Arthurian Studies)
author: Geoffrey of Monmouth
description: This is surely going to be the all-purpose and long-awaited standard critical edition (...) which all medievalists will need to read and cite when dealing with what is one of the foundational texts of the Latin Middle Ages. MEDIUM AEVUM This fine edition will serve to make Geoffrey's Latin much more accessible and no doubt spur further research. Neil Wright's translation is graceful and precise. (...) It is wonderful to have a reliable Latin edition and translation of this important work priced for the library of the individual scholar and student. JOURNAL OF MEDIEVAL LATINA fabulous British history - giants and all - deserves its former bestseller status. Fresh and engaging, and can be enjoyed purely as mythical history. FORTEAN TIMES This new critical edition (...) is a major advance in scholarship and will undoubtedly become the standard text for the foreseeable future. SPECULUM This is a handsome volume and a major contribution to twelfth-century British studies. It will provide a firm textual basis for the next generation of scholarly research on Geoffrey of Monmouth and on twelfth-century historiography. JOURNAL OF BRITISH STUDIESThe Historia Regum Britanniae is a text of major importance for any folklorist interested in medieval folklore, national epics, and the invention of tradition. (...) For students and scholars wanting to read Geoffrey in the original Latin, or even just looking for a good translation of the book, Michael Reeve's and Neil Wright's edition and translation (.) is the best available edition of this influential text. FABULABR&gt; Praise for the original hardback: Reeve's new text, a collation of 11 of the most important manuscripts, is probably the best we've had since Geoffrey put his pen down, and it makes much previous scholarship redundant. (...) A definitive work for scholars. TOM SHIPPEY, LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKSThe text itself is beautifully edited, and the translation is extremely close to the Latin original without being stilted: all the energy of Geoffrey's prose shines through. CHOICE
zlib_text: ARTHURIAN STUDIES LXIX
  GEOFFREY OF MONMOUTH
  THE HISTORY OF THE KINGS OF BRITAIN
  An Edition and Translation of the
  De gestis Britonum
  [Historia Regum Britanniae]
  
  ARTHURIAN STUDIES
  ISSN 0261–9814
  General Editor: Norris J. Lacy
  Previously published volumes in the series 
  are listed at the back of this book
  
  GEOFFREY OF MONMOUTH
  THE HISTORY OF THE KINGS OF BRITAIN
  An Edition and Translation of
  De gestis Britonum
  [Historia Regum Britanniae]
  Edition by 
  Michael D. Reeve
  Translation by 
  Neil Wright
  THE BOYDELL PRESS
  
  Editorial matter © Michael D. Reeve 2007 
  Translation © Neil Wright 2007
  All Rights Reserved. Except as permitted under current legislation 
  no part of this work may be photocopied, stored in a retrieval system, 
  published, performed in public, adapted, broadcast, 
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  without the prior permission of the copyright owner
  First published 2007 
  The Boydell Press, Woodbridge
  ISBN 978–1–84383–206–5
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