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Geoffrey of Monmouth | Further Reading

FURTHER READING

CRITICISM

Baker, Imogene. “The Arthurian Household in the Historia Regum Britanniae and Subsequent Chronicles.” In The King's Household in the Arthurian Court from Geoffrey of Monmouth to Malory, pp. 22-53. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America, 1937.

Examines the court's retinue in Geoffrey's work as well as its treatment in writings by Wace, Layamon, and later chroniclers.

East, W. G. “Manuscripts of Geoffrey of Monmouth.” Notes and Queries 22, No. 10 (November 1975): 483-84.

Corrects the list by A. Griscom of manuscripts of The History of the Kings of Britain held in Oxford libraries.

Howlett, D. R. “The Literary Context of Geoffrey of Monmouth: An Essay on the Fabrication of Sources.” Arthuriana 5, No. 3 (Fall 1995): 25-69.

Discusses how writers who followed Geoffrey felt compelled to create secret, unimpeachable sources for...

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