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It is hardly surprising that no comprehensive edition of the 'Historia Regum Britannie' as yet exists, because over two hundred manuscripts survive, many of which have never been thoroughly examined. In practical terms, this new edition, based on Bern, Burgerbibliothek, MSD. 568, will make this important text readily available again; all emendations to correct scribal errors are clearly indicated. M. D. Reeve is Kennedy Professor of Latin at the University of Cambridge.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52129712439569,"sku":"NLS9780859912112","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780859912112.jpg?v=1757497456"},{"product_id":"historia-regum-britannie-of-geoffrey-of-monmouth-v-book-neil-wright-9780859912143","title":"Historia Regum Britannie of Geoffrey of Monmouth V","description":"The Gesta Regum Britannie, a Latin poem comprising nearly 5,000 hexameters, is a vital but little known witness to the reception of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britannie. Written shortly before the middle of the thirteenth century, the poem is dedicated to Cadioc, bishop of Vannes in Brittany, and so testifies to the Breton reaction to and enthusiasm for Geoffrey's popular pseudo-history. The poem also provides important evidence for the literary culture of thirteenth-century Brittany. Much in the poem is original and this new edition will bring it to a wider audience so that it may be read in conjunction with the more familiar vernacular verse versions of Geoffrey's Historia. NEIL WRIGHTis a SeniorMember of Wolfson College, Cambridge.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52343591272721,"sku":"NLS9780859912143","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780859912143.jpg?v=1758173874"},{"product_id":"historia-regum-britannie-of-geoffrey-of-monmouth-iii-book-julia-crick-9780859912136","title":"Historia Regum Britannie of Geoffrey of Monmouth III","description":"A fine research tool which has so many applications.  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Geoffrey's  history' of theBritish from thier first colonisation of the island under Brutus to the late 7th century AD was one of the most influential works of the 12th century, and introduced to a wider audience central figures in English literature, including King Arthur and King Lear.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52345734791441,"sku":"NLS9780859912129","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53445904433425,"sku":"NIN9780859912129","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780859912129.jpg?v=1758175903"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/historia-regum-britannie-book-series.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}