Geoffrey of Monmouth
Americannoun
noun
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Back in the 30s — the 1130s — the Welsh cleric Geoffrey of Monmouth created the impression that Stonehenge was built as a memorial to a bunch of British nobles slain by the Saxons.
From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2020
Ever since the 12th-century chronicler Geoffrey of Monmouth spun his seductive Arthurian tales, Tintagel has been inundated with visitors seeking a taste of the magic.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 7, 2019
Toward the end of “H Is for Hawk,” Macdonald recounts a story first recorded by Geoffrey of Monmouth in the mid-twelfth century.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 2, 2015
According to Geoffrey of Monmouth, the king's dutiful daughter Cordelia is meant to have buried the king beneath Leicester's Temple of Janus - a piece of Roman architecture today known as the Jewry Wall.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2014
We, as a nation, are as hungry for history as was England when Geoffrey of Monmouth concocted his History of British Kings, many of whom he manufactured to meet a growing demand.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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