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His birthplace is unknown but he may have been born in [[Monmouth]] in [[Wales]], possibly of [[Brittany|Breton]] ancestry. Certainly he had significant connections to [[Monmouth]] as his name suggests and the descriptions of [[Caerleon]] in ''[[Historia Regum Britanniae]]'' indicate familarity with the area. He studied at [[Oxford University]], where he met [[Walter of Oxford|Walter]], who was [[Archdeacon of Oxford]]. On 21 February [[1152]] [[Archbishop of Canterbury|Archbishop]] [[Theobald of Bec|Theobald]] consecrated Geoffrey as bishop of [[St Asaph]], having ordained him a priest 10 days before. "There is no evidence that he ever visited his see" writes [[Lewis Thorpe]], "and indeed the wars of [[Owain Gwynedd]] make this most unlikely."<ref>From the introduction to his translation of ''The History of the Kings of Britain'' (London: Penguin Books, 1966), p. 12.</ref> Geoffrey attested about six different charters between the years 1129 and 1151; the date of his death is recorded in the Welsh Chronicles.---> |
His birthplace is unknown but he may have been born in [[Monmouth]] in [[Wales]], possibly of [[Brittany|Breton]] ancestry. Certainly he had significant connections to [[Monmouth]] as his name suggests and the descriptions of [[Caerleon]] in ''[[Historia Regum Britanniae]]'' indicate familarity with the area. He studied at [[Oxford University]], where he met [[Walter of Oxford|Walter]], who was [[Archdeacon of Oxford]]. On 21 February [[1152]] [[Archbishop of Canterbury|Archbishop]] [[Theobald of Bec|Theobald]] consecrated Geoffrey as bishop of [[St Asaph]], having ordained him a priest 10 days before. "There is no evidence that he ever visited his see" writes [[Lewis Thorpe]], "and indeed the wars of [[Owain Gwynedd]] make this most unlikely."<ref>From the introduction to his translation of ''The History of the Kings of Britain'' (London: Penguin Books, 1966), p. 12.</ref> Geoffrey attested about six different charters between the years 1129 and 1151; the date of his death is recorded in the Welsh Chronicles.---> |
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Locus nativus eius nobis ignotus est, fortasse [[Monemuta]]e, cum qua urbe manifeste aliquid habuit nisi ibi natus sit. |
Locus nativus eius nobis ignotus est, fortasse [[Monemuta]]e, cum qua urbe manifeste aliquid habuit nisi ibi natus sit. |
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Adulescens doctrinae se dedit apud universitatem Oxoniensem. Anno 1152 consecratus est |
Adulescens doctrinae se dedit apud universitatem Oxoniensem. Anno 1152 consecratus est [[episcopus]] sedis Sancti Asaphi [[Cambria]]e. |
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Emendatio ex 17:45, 11 Ianuarii 2009
Galfridus Monemutensis,[1] ca. 1100 natus, mortuus ca. 1155, fuit clericus, historicus maioris monenti historiographiae Britannicae priscae, et fons insignis fabularum de Arthuri Regis.
Vita
Locus nativus eius nobis ignotus est, fortasse Monemutae, cum qua urbe manifeste aliquid habuit nisi ibi natus sit. Adulescens doctrinae se dedit apud universitatem Oxoniensem. Anno 1152 consecratus est episcopus sedis Sancti Asaphi Cambriae.
Opera
Opus primum Galfridi fuit Prophetiae Merlini, ante annum 1135 scriptum, partim a poematibus bardorum sumptum, ubi Merlinus regis Arthuri vates praedicit res futuras insulae Britanniae regnorumque Cambriae et Angliae.
Has prophetias Galfridus postea renovavit atque inseruit in opere suo secundo, Historia regum Britanniae appellato. Ibi narravit res gestas Britanniae, partim a dictis bardorum, partim ab inventionibus suis congessas. Hoc opus famosissimum fons est historiae vel potius mythologiae de rege Arthuro linguis Anglica Francogallica aliisque multis postea conscriptae.
Opus tertium Galfridi poema est epicum, Vita Merlini appellatum, sub anno 1150 scriptum.
Notae
- ↑ Nomine varie scripto: etiam Galfredus, Gaufridus, Monemuthensis, Monmutensis, etc.
Nexus externi
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Vide Historia Regum Britanniae apud Vicifontem. |
- Vita Merlini [Latine]
Bibliographia
- Geoffrey of Monmouth, The History of the Kings of Britain tr. Lewis Thorpe. Penguin Books: London, 1966. ISBN 0-14-044170-0
- John Jay Parry, Robert Caldwell, "Geoffrey of Monmouth" in Arthurian Literature in the Middle Ages ed. Roger S. Loomis. Clarendon Press: Oxford, 1959. ISBN 0-19-811588-1
- John Morris, The Age of Arthur: A History of the British Isles from 350 to 650. Barnes & Noble: New York, 1996 (prima editio 1973). ISBN 1-84212-477-3