Individual Texts
Geoffrey of Monmouth [Return to Top]
- Map
of the Angevin Empire, c. 1174.
- Gildas
on the ruin of Britain, c. 540. For Gildas' full text, click
here.
- Nennius,
History of the Britons, 8th century, on King Arthur.
For Nennius' full text, click
here.
- Gerald
of Wales on the discovery of King Arthur's tomb (from De
instructione principis), c. 1223.
- The
Account of the Battle of Hastings in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.
- William
of Malmesbury on the Battle of Hastings, 12th century.
- William of Malmesbury on the death
of Henry I and the crowning of Stephen, from his Historia
Novella.
- Short essay: John J. Parry and
Robert A. Caldwell, 'Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum
Britanniae'.
- Short essay extracted from J.S.P. Tatlock,
The Legendary History of Britain.
Layamon's Brut
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King Horn [Return to Top]
Havelok the Dane [Return to Top]
Sir Launfal [Return to Top]
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
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Pearl [Return to Top]
Sir Thopas [Return to Top]
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