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Geoffrey of Monmouth

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Geof·frey of Mon·mouth  (jfr; mnmth) 1100?-1154.
English prelate and chronicler whose Historia Regum Britanniae (c. 1139) is a source of Arthurian legend.
Geoffrey of Monmouth [ˈdʒɛfrɪ]
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(Biographies / Geoffrey of Monmouth (?1100-1154) M, Welsh, RELIGION: clergyman, HISTORY: chronicler) ?1100-54, Welsh bishop and chronicler; author of Historia Regum Britanniae, the chief source of Arthurian legends
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Noun1.Geoffrey of Monmouth - Welsh chronicler who wrote an account of the kings of Britain which is now believed to contain little historical fact but it is a source of the Arthurian legend (circa 1100-1154)


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(the third Norman king who ruled our land) there lived a monk called Geoffrey of Monmouth.
English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context
Geoffrey of Monmouth, 'Historia Regum Britanniae' (Latin), about 1136.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
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