geoffrey of monmouth in English
noun
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( circa 1100– circa 54 ) , Welsh chronicler. His Historia Regum Britanniae ( circa 1139; first printed in 1508), an account of the kings of Britain, was a major source for English literature, especially for the tales of King Arthur.
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1. Later accounts in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle , the Historia Britonum , Geoffrey of Monmouth 's Historia Regum Britanniae , and Wace 's Roman de Brut add further details from tradition and legend about Hengest's career.
2. The Arthurian legend has existed for over a thousand years and is just as compelling today as it was in the faraway days of its early creators – Geoffrey of Monmouth, Robert de Boron, Chrétien de Troyes, and most majestically: Sir Thomas Malory in his epic work, Le Morte d’Arthur.