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'''{{Lang|la|Historia regum Britanniae}}''' (''The History of the Kings of Britain''), originally called '''{{Lang|la|De gestis Britonum}}''' (''On the Deeds of the Britons''), is a fictitious account of British history, written around 1136 by [[Geoffrey of Monmouth]]. It chronicles the lives of the [[List of legendary kings of Britain|kings of the Britons]] over the course of two thousand years, beginning with the [[Troy|Trojans]] founding the [[Britons (historical)|British]] nation and continuing until the [[Anglo-Saxons]] assumed control of much of Britain around the 7th century. It is one of the central pieces of the [[Matter of Britain]].

Although taken as historical truth until the 16th century,<ref>[[Polydore Vergil]]'s sceptical reading of Geoffrey of Monmouth provoked at first a reaction of denial in England, "yet the seeds of doubt once sown" eventually replaced Geoffrey's romances with a new Renaissance historical approach, according to Hans Baron, "Fifteenth-century civilization and the Renaissance", in ''The New Cambridge Modern history'', vol. 1 1957:56.</ref> it is now considered to have no value as history. When events described, such as [[Julius Caesar]]'s [[Caesar's invasions of Britain|invasions of Britain]], can be corroborated from contemporary histories, Geoffrey's account can be seen to be wildly inaccurate. It remains, however, a valuable piece of medieval literature, which contains the earliest known version of the story of [[Leir of Britain|King Lear]] and his three daughters, and helped popularise the legend of [[King Arthur]].

==Contents==
Geoffrey starts the book with a short dedication. He claims that he was given a source for the time period by Archdeacon [[Walter of Oxford]], who presented him with a "certain very ancient book written in the British language" from which he has translated his history.

===Books 1–3===
The ''Historia'' begins with the [[Troy|Trojan]] hero [[Aeneas]], who, according to the ''[[Aeneid]]'', settled in Italy after the [[Trojan War]]. His great-grandson [[Brutus of Troy|Brutus]] is banished, and, after a period of wandering, is directed by the goddess [[Diana (mythology)|Diana]] to settle on an island in the western ocean. Brutus lands at [[Totnes]] and names the island "Britain" after himself, defeating the previous giant inhabitants. He establishes a city eventually renamed London. After his death, Brutus divides the island into three kingdoms named [[Lloegyr|Loegria]], [[Cambria|Kambria]] and [[Alba]]ny, each given to one of his sons.

[[Leir of Britain|Leir]] reigns for sixty years; upon reaching old age, he decides to divide his kingdom among his three daughters, Goneril, Regan and Cordelia. However, because of a slight, he gives Cordelia no land, whereupon she departs for Gaul. After Leir has had all his attendants taken from him, he begins to regret his actions towards Cordelia and travels to Gaul. Cordelia helps raise a Gaulish army for Leir, who returns to Britain, defeats his sons-in-law and regains the kingdom. Cordelia inherits the throne and rules for five years her sisters' sons rebel against her. They imprison Cordelia; grief-stricken, she kills herself. Ending a civil war, Cunedagius eventually kills Marganus in Wales.

[[Dunvallo Molmutius]], the son of Cloten, the King of Cornwall, establishes his rule over the whole island. He is said to have established the [[Molmutine Laws]]. Dunvallo's sons, [[Belinus]] and [[Brennius]], fight a civil war before being reconciled by their mother, and proceed to sack [[Ancient Rome|Rome]]. Victorious, Brennius remains in Italy, while Belinus returns to rule Britain. Numerous brief accounts of successive kings follow.

===Books 4–6===
After his conquest of Gaul, [[Julius Caesar]] looks over the sea and resolves to order Britain to swear obedience and pay tribute to Rome. Cassivellaunus pays tribute and makes peace with Caesar, who then returns to Gaul. He dies and is succeeded by his nephew Tenvantius. Tenvantius' grandson Guiderius refuses to pay tribute to emperor [[Claudius]], who then invades Britain. After [[Guiderius]] is killed in battle with the Romans, his brother [[Arvirargus]] eventually agrees to submit to Rome, and is given the hand of Claudius's daughter Genvissa in marriage.

The line of British kings continues under Roman rule. When Octavius passes the crown to his son-in-law [[Magnus Maximus|Maximianus]], his nephew [[Conan Meriadoc]] is given rule of Brittany to compensate him for not succeeding. After a long period of Roman rule, the Romans decide they no longer wish to defend the island and depart. The Britons are immediately besieged by attacks from [[Picts]], Scots and Danes. In desperation the Britons send letters to the general of the Roman forces, asking for help, but receive no reply.

The Britons ask the King of Brittany, [[Aldroen]]us, descended from Conan, to rule them. However, Aldroenus instead sends his brother [[Constantine III (Western Roman emperor)|Constantine]] to rule the Britons. After Constantine's death, [[Vortigern]] assists his eldest son [[Constans II (son of Constantine III)|Constans]] in succeeding, before enabling their murder and coming to power. Constantine's remaining sons [[Ambrosius Aurelianus|Aurelius Ambrosius]] and [[Uther Pendragon|Uther]] are too young to rule and are taken to safety in Brittany. Vortigern invites the [[Anglo-Saxons|Saxons]] under [[Hengest|Hengist]] and [[Horsa]] to fight for him as mercenaries, but they rise against him. He loses control of much of his land and encounters [[Merlin (wizard)|Merlin]].

===Book Seven: The Prophecies of Merlin===
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At this point Geoffrey abruptly pauses his narrative by inserting a series of prophecies attributed to [[Merlin]]. Some of the prophecies act as an [[epitome]] of upcoming chapters of the ''Historia'', while others are veiled allusions to historical people and events of the [[Norman people|Norman]] world in the 11th–12th centuries. The remainder are obscure.

===Books 8–12===
After [[Aurelius Ambrosius]] defeats and kills [[Vortigern]], becoming king, Britain remains in a state of war under him and his brother Uther. At one point during the continuous string of battles, Ambrosius takes ill and Uther must lead the army for him. A comet taking the form of a dragon's head ([[pendragon]]) appears in the night sky, which Merlin interprets as a sign that Ambrosius is dead and that Uther will be victorious and succeed him.

But another enemy strikes, forcing Uther to make war again. This time he is temporarily defeated, gaining final victory only with the help of [[Gorlois|Duke Gorlois of Cornwall]]. But while celebrating this victory with Gorlois, he falls in love with the duke's wife, [[Igraine|Igerna]]. This leads to war between Uther Pendragon and Gorlois of Cornwall, during which Uther clandestinely lies with Igerna through the magic of Merlin. [[King Arthur|Arthur]] is conceived that night. Then Gorlois is killed and Uther marries Igerna.

Uther's son [[King Arthur|Arthur]] assumes the throne and inflicts a severe enough defeat against the Saxons that they cease to be a threat until after his death. He conquers most of northern Europe and ushers in a period of peace and prosperity that lasts until the Romans, led by [[Lucius Hiberius]], demands that Britain once again pay tribute to Rome. Arthur defeats Lucius in Gaul, intending to become Emperor, but in his absence, his nephew [[Mordred]] seduces and marries [[Guinevere]] and seizes the throne.

Arthur returns and kills Mordred at the [[Battle of Camlann]], but, mortally wounded, he is carried off to the isle of [[Avalon]], and hands the kingdom to his cousin [[Constantine (Briton)|Constantine]], son of [[Cador]] and Duke of Cornwall. The Saxons return after Arthur's death, but would not end the line of British kings until the death of [[Cadwaladr|Cadwallader]]. Cadwallader is forced to flee Britain and is told by an angel that Britons will no longer rule. He dies in Rome, leaving his son and nephew to rule the remaining Britons, driven into Wales. The Saxon Athelstan becomes King of Loegria.

==Sources==
{{see also|Brut y Brenhinedd#Brut Tysilio and Geoffrey's putative British source|l1=Brut Tysilio and Geoffrey's putative British source}}

Geoffrey claimed to have translated the ''Historia'' into Latin from "a very ancient book in the British tongue", given to him by [[Walter of Oxford|Walter, Archdeacon of Oxford]].<ref name="Thorpeintro">Thorpe (1966: 14–19)</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Wright|first=Neil|title=The Historia Regum Britannie of Geoffrey of Monmouth|year=1984|publisher=Boydell and Brewer|location=Woodbridge, England|isbn=978-0-85991-641-7|page=xvii}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Lang|first=Andrew|author-link=Andrew Lang|title=History Of English Literature: From Beowulf to Swinburne|publisher=Vincent Press|page=45|quote=He says that he has had the advantage of using a book in the Breton tongue which Walter, Archdeacon of Oxford, brought out of Brittany; this book he translates into Latin.|oclc=220536211}}</ref> However, no modern scholars take this claim seriously.<ref name="Thorpeintro"/><ref name=Wright>{{cite book|last=Wright|first=Neil|title=The Historia Regum Britannie of Geoffrey of Monmouth|year=1984|publisher=Boydell and Brewer|location=Woodbridge, England|isbn=978-0-85991-641-7|pages=xvii–xviii|quote=This fusion of heterogeneous sources, which is apparent almost everywhere in the ''Historia'', completely dispels the fiction that the work is no more than a translation of a single Breton (or Welsh) book}}</ref><ref>"...the ''Historia'' does not bear scrutiny as an authentic history and no scholar today would regard it as such.": Wright (1984: xxviii)</ref> Much of the work appears to be derived from [[Gildas]]'s 6th-century ''[[De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae]]'', [[Bede]]'s 8th-century ''[[Historia Ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum|Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum]]'', the 9th-century ''[[Historia Brittonum]]'' ascribed to [[Nennius]], the 10th-century ''[[Annales Cambriae]]'', medieval Welsh genealogies (such as the [[Harleian Genealogies]]) and king-lists, the poems of [[Taliesin]], the Welsh tale ''[[Culhwch and Olwen]]'', and some of the medieval Welsh saints' lives,<ref name="Thorpeintro" /> expanded and turned into a continuous narrative by Geoffrey's own imagination.

==Medieval influence==
The medieval works are deemed to be drawn from traditional Celtic materials and are supposed to have deep roots to the point that the publications are considered reliable and not the imagination of one man,  aka Geoffrey. However, since Geoffrey's publication of the Historia Regum Britanniae (De gestis Britonum), his work has been downgraded due to factual errors that were once recorded for the publication of his work i.e. observations to do with [[Stonehenge]]. Then, it was merely a century later that Geoffrey's {{em|'The History of Kings'}} was rewritten and translated in [[Cistercian]] monasteries at locations such as [[Whitland]], [[St Davids Cathedral]] and later the [[Strata Florida Abbey]] in Wales, and then translated by Hywel Fychan ap Hywel Goch of Buellt into Latin-[[Welsh language|Welsh]] during 1250 in the manuscript ''Chronicle of Kings'' ({{langx|cy|[[Brut y Brenhinedd]]}}). Both of which are part of the medieval [[manuscripts of Wales]] ([[National Library of Wales General Manuscript Collection|Wales Library collection]]), a lot of which are kept at the [[National Library of Wales]] in [[Aberystwyth]] today. Geoffrey's work was to do with the history of the British kings who hailed from the Greek Empire and specifically from after the [[Trojan War]] (fall of Troy). Then, the books detail the Welsh [[middle ages|medieval]] era during the [[Kingdom of Gwynedd]], from around 682, culminating in the life of [[Llywelyn ap Gruffudd]] until 1282, it was Prince Llywelyn II who referenced Geoffrey's work. Also, another king to cite the books was Prince [[Owain Glyndwr]], he spoke of the [[Galfridian]] works Geoffrey to [[Robert III of Scotland]]. Glyndwr referenced himself as the [[Prince of Wales]] and a direct descendant and heir of the son of Brutus of Troy, King Camber, and also of later the medieval King [[Cadwaladr]].<ref>{{cite journal| url= https://www.jstor.org/stable/457800| doi=10.2307/457800 | journal=PMLA |title=Geoffrey of Monmouth and Stonehenge|volume=45| edition=2|date=June 1930 |page=400/1, 405, 415| jstor=457800 | last1=Loomis | first1=Laura Hibbard | issue=2 | url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal| doi=10.1163/9789004410398| journal=A Companion to Geoffrey of Monmouth|publisher=Brill|editor=Ben Guy|author-first1=Georgia| author-last1= Henley| author-first2=Joshua Byron |author-last2=Smith |title=The Reception of Geoffrey of Monmouth in Wales|volume=45| edition=2|date=2020 | pages=494–498| jstor=10.1163/j.ctv2gjwzx0.36|isbn=978-90-04-41039-8}}</ref><ref name=Owain>{{cite journal| journal=A Companion to Geoffrey of Monmouth | title= The Most Excellent Princes: Geoffrey of Monmouth and Medieval Welsh Historical Writing|author=Owain Wyn Jones| date=2020 | issue=9 |page=257/8, 266, 273, 281/2, 286| doi=10.1163/9789004410398_011| jstor=10.1163/j.ctv2gjwzx0 | isbn=978-90-04-41039-8 | doi-access=free }}</ref> The work of Geoffrey of Monmouth was considered to take inspiration from the Latin publication of the life of 11th and 12th century King [[Gruffudd ap Cynan]] (written from 1137), finished by [[Gerald of Wales]]. Gruffudd's biography has a detailed list of the Kings of Wales with his ancestry going back to Brutus of Troy. However, Gruffudd's descent was from Locrinus of Scotland and not his brother King Camber of Wales. Otherwise, it is said that in the 8th century, the Welsh monk Nennius wrote the now questioned ancestry list, and that it was Geoffrey who published the king list accepted to date.<ref>{{cite book |first=Arthur |last=Jones |title=The history of Gruffydd ap Cynan |publisher=[[Manchester University Press]] |year=1910 |url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924028052482/page/n11/mode/2up|pages=21, 34–40}}</ref><ref name=Owain/>

In an exchange of manuscript material for their own histories, [[Robert of Torigny]] gave [[Henry of Huntington]] a copy of ''Historia Regum Britanniae'', which both Robert and Henry used uncritically as authentic history and subsequently used in their own works,<ref>[[C. Warren Hollister]], ''Henry I'' (Yale English Monarchs), 2001:11 note44.</ref> by which means some of Geoffrey's fictions became embedded in popular history. The history of Geoffrey forms the basis for much British lore and literature as well as being a rich source of material for [[Welsh language|Welsh]] [[bard]]s. It became tremendously popular during the [[High Middle Ages]], revolutionising views of British history before and during the Anglo-Saxon period despite the criticism of such writers as [[Giraldus Cambrensis|Gerald of Wales]] and [[William of Newburgh]], who stated "no one but a person ignorant of ancient history [can doubt] how impertinently and impudently he falsifies in every respect."<ref>{{citation |last=William of Newburgh |title=Historia rerum Anglicarum |year=1198 |url=https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/basis/williamofnewburgh-one.asp#preface | at = Book I, Preface |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref>
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The prophecies of Merlin in particular were often drawn on in later periods, for instance by both sides in the issue of [[History of England|English]] influence over [[History of Scotland|Scotland]] under [[Edward I of England|Edward I]] and his successors.{{citation needed|date=November 2017}}

The ''Historia'' was quickly translated into [[Norman language|Norman]] verse by [[Wace]] (the ''[[Roman de Brut]]'') in 1155. Wace's version was in turn translated into [[Middle English]] verse by [[Layamon]] (the ''[[Brut (Layamon)|Brut]]'') in the early 13th century. In the second quarter of the 13th century, a version in Latin verse, the ''[[Gesta Regum Britanniae]]'', was produced by [[William of Rennes]]. Material from Geoffrey was incorporated into a large variety of [[Anglo-Norman language|Anglo-Norman]] and [[Middle English]] prose compilations of historical material from the 13th century onward.

Geoffrey was translated into a number of different Welsh prose versions by the end of the 13th century,<ref>A. O. H. Jarman, ''Geoffrey of Monmouth'', University of Wales Press, 1965, p. 17.</ref> collectively known as ''[[Brut y Brenhinedd]]''. One variant of the ''Brut y Brenhinedd'', the so-called ''Brut Tysilio'', was proposed in 1917 by the [[archaeology|archaeologist]] [[William Matthew Flinders Petrie|William Flinders Petrie]] to be the ancient British book that Geoffrey translated,<ref>[[William Matthew Flinders Petrie|Sir William Flinders Petrie]], ''[[s:Neglected British History|Neglected British History]]'', 1917</ref> although the ''Brut'' itself claims to have been translated from Latin by Walter of Oxford, based on his own earlier translation from Welsh to Latin.<ref>William R. Cooper, ''[http://www.annomundi.com/history/chronicle_of_the_early_britons.pdf Chronicle of the Early Britons]'' (pdf), 2002, p. 68</ref> Geoffrey's work is greatly important because it brought the Welsh culture into British society and made it acceptable. It is also the first record we have of the great figure King Lear, and the beginning of the mythical King Arthur figure.

For centuries, the ''Historia'' was accepted at face value, and much of its material was incorporated into [[Raphael Holinshed|Holinshed]]'s 16th-century ''Chronicles''. Modern historians have regarded the ''Historia'' as a work of fiction with some factual information contained within. [[John Morris (historian)|John Morris]] in ''The Age of Arthur'' calls it a "deliberate spoof", although this is based on misidentifying Walter, archdeacon of Oxford, as [[Walter Map]], a satirical writer who lived a century later.<ref>John Morris. ''The Age of Arthur: A History of the British Isles from 350 to 650''. Barnes & Noble Books: New York. 1996 (originally 1973). {{ISBN|0-7607-0243-8}}</ref>

It continues to have an influence on popular culture. For example, [[Mary Stewart's Merlin Trilogy|Mary Stewart's ''Merlin Trilogy'']] and the TV miniseries ''[[Merlin (miniseries)|Merlin]]'' both contain large elements taken from the ''Historia''.

==Manuscript tradition and textual history==
Two hundred and fifteen medieval manuscripts of the ''Historia'' survive, dozens of them copied before the end of the 12th century. Even among the earliest manuscripts a large number of [[Textual criticism|textual]] variants, such as the so-called "First Variant", can be discerned. These are reflected in the three possible prefaces to the work and in the presence or absence of certain episodes and phrases. Certain variants may be due to "authorial" additions to different early copies, but most probably reflect early attempts to alter, add to or edit the text. The task of disentangling these variants and establishing Geoffrey's original text is long and complex, and the extent of the difficulties surrounding the text has been established only recently.{{citation needed|date=November 2017}}

The variant title {{Lang|la|Historia regum Britanniae}} was introduced in the Middle Ages, and this became the most common form in the modern period. A critical edition of the work published in 2007, however, demonstrated that the most accurate manuscripts refer to the work as {{Lang|la|De gestis Britonum}}, and that this was the title Geoffrey himself used to refer to the work.{{sfn|Reeve|2007|p=lix}}

==See also==
* [[List of legendary kings of Britain]]

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==Bibliography==
* John Jay Parry and Robert Caldwell. "Geoffrey of Monmouth" in ''Arthurian Literature in the Middle Ages'', Roger S. Loomis (ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1959. 72–93. {{ISBN|0-19-811588-1}}
* Brynley F. Roberts. "Geoffrey of Monmouth and Welsh Historical Tradition," ''Nottingham Medieval Studies'', 20 (1976), 29–40.
* [[John Strong Perry Tatlock|J. S. P. Tatlock]]. ''The Legendary History of Britain: Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae and Its Early Vernacular Versions''. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1950.
* Michael A. Faletra, trans. and ed. ''The History of the Kings of Britain. Geoffrey of Monmouth''. Peterborough, Ont.; Plymouth: Broadview Editions, 2008.
* N. Wright, ed. ''The Historia Regum Britannie of Geoffrey of Monmouth. 1, A Single-Manuscript Edition from Bern, Burgerbibliothek, MS. 568''. Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 1984.
* N. Wright, ed. ''The Historia Regum Britannie of Geoffrey of Monmouth. 2, The First Variant Version: A Critical Edition''. Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 1988.
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* M. D. Reeve, "The Transmission of the ''Historia Regum Britanniae''," ''Journal of Medieval Latin'' 1 (1991), 73–117.
* [[Edmond Faral]]. ''La Légende arthurienne. Études et documents'', 3 vols. Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études. Paris, 1929.
* R. W. Leckie. ''The Passage of Dominion. Geoffrey of Monmouth and the Periodization of Insular History in the Twelfth Century''. Toronto: Toronto University Press, 1981.

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* {{wikisource-inline|History of the Kings of Britain|''History of the Kings of Britain''|single=true}}
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* [https://books.google.com/books?id=FUoMAAAAIAAJ Online text] at Google Books
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=LBw2AAAAMAAJ Online Latin text] at Google Books
* [http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-FF-00001-00025-00005 {{Lang|la|Historia regum Britanniae}}] Second Variant version at [[Cambridge Digital Library]]
* {{librivox book|title=History of the Kings of Britain|author=Geoffrey of Monmouth}}

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