barrel
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barrel barrel of salt the emblem of St Rupert, 8th-century bishop of Worms and Salzburg, who encouraged the development of salt-mines near Salzburg.
over a barrel in a helpless position, at someone's mercy. Perhaps referring to the condition of a person who has been rescued from drowning and is placed over a barrel to clear the lungs of water.
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Geoffrey of Monmouth: The History of the Kings of Britain.(SHORTER NOTICES)(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Medium Aevum; 9/22/2008; 566 words
; Geoffrey of Monmouth: The History of the Kings of Britain, ed. and trans. Michael...elegant. Michael A. Faletra offers the first new translation of Geoffrey of Monmouth' Historia regum Britannie for forty years. Like Neil Wright...
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The English Romance in Time: Transforming Motifs from Geoffrey of Monmouth to the Death of Shakespeare.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Yearbook of English Studies; 1/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; The English Romance in Time: Transforming Motifs from Geoffrey of Monmouth to the Death of Shakespeare. By Helen Cooper. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004. xiii + 542 pp. 83 [pounds sterling...
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Helen Cooper: The English Romance in Time: Transforming Motifs from Geoffrey of Monmouth to the Death Shakespeare.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Medium Aevum; 3/22/2005; ; 700+ words
; Helen Cooper: The English Romance in Time: Transforming Motifs from Geoffrey of Monmouth to the Death Shakespeare (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004). xv + 542 pp. ISBN 0-19-924886-9. 68.00 [pounds...
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King Arthur at Oxbridge: Nicholas Cantelupe, Geoffrey of Monmouth, and Cambridge's Arthurian foundation myth.(Critical Essay)
Magazine article from: Medium Aevum; 3/22/2003; ; 700+ words
; The marvelous logic of the mad seems to mock that of the logicians because it resembles it so exactly, or rather because it is exactly the same, and because at the secret heart of madness, at the core of so many of its errors, so many words and gestures without consequence, we discover, finally,
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Magic in Medieval Romance from Chretien de Troyes to Geoffrey Chaucer.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review; 10/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...under discussion' include Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae...identified as influential on Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae...late medieval Welsh version of Geoffrey's Historia known (misleadingly...
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REVIEW: The Discovery of King Arthur.(Geoffrey Ashe)(Book Review)
Newspaper article from: M2 Best Books; 4/19/2004; ; 677 words
; ...of the questions that author, Geoffrey Ashe, attempts to shed some light...History of the Kings of Britain' by Geoffrey of Monmouth. Written in the twelfth century...Discovery of King ArthurAuthor: Geoffrey AshePublished by: Sutton PublishingISBN...
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Books: Light shed on a treasury of mysteries; Mythology of the British Isles by Geoffrey Ashe (Methuen, pounds 9.99).(SPORT)
Newspaper article from: Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England); 5/12/2002; 512 words
; ...before his public ministry began? Geoffrey Ashe takes us into the world of...imagination of the mediaeval author Geoffrey of Monmouth and, much later, the Warwickshire...are and this updated edition of Geoffrey Ashe's book is most welcome...
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College Football: I-AA College Football Boxscore - Sacred Heart at Monmouth.
News Wire article from: Sports Network; 9/14/2002; 687 words
; ...Joe Kroells to Doug Geoffrey. (Joe Kroells pass...9:40 Remaining. - Monmouth Field Goal - 26-yarder...yards and 1 touchdown. Monmouth - Rankin 15-41-3...Sacred Heart - Geoffrey 2-53, Gonzalez 1...10, Ward 1-7. Monmouth - Lynn 5-74, Worfolk...
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Monmouth man indicted on sex offenses
Newspaper article from: Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME; 6/15/2004; 431 words
; ROCKLAND - A Monmouth man faces a 32-count grand jury indictment for sex offenses that...the age of the victim at the time of the crimes, District Attorney Geoffrey Rushlau said Monday. Before 1988, Class A crimes were punishable...
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Finding time for romance: medieval Arthurian literary history.
Magazine article from: Medium Aevum; 3/22/1994; ; 700+ words
; Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia regum Britanniae may...right to emphasize the strength of Geoffrey of Monmouth's control on what could and could...saying more. For writers after Geoffrey of Monmouth, Arthurian history was no longer...
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Geoffrey of Monmouth
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Geoffrey of Monmouth The English pseudohistorian Geoffrey of Monmouth (ca. 1100-1155) is known for his "History...Vision of History in Early Britain from Gildas to Geoffrey of Monmouth (1966). □
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Arthur
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
...were definitively formed in the 1130s by Geoffrey of Monmouth in his fictional History of the Kings of...and Ranulf Higden were openly critical of Geoffrey of Monmouth's history, but Geoffrey carried the day until the late 16th cent...
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Stonehenge
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of the Unusual and Unexplained
...twelfth century, most notably by Geoffrey of Monmouth (c. 1100–1154...History of the Kings of Britain. Geoffrey's history freely mixes documented...remained popular for centuries. Geoffrey credited Stonehenge to Merlin...
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Layamon
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...Wace. Wace's book, which is a translation of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia regum Britanniae, fired Layamon with...English version. In such manner were the Latin of Geoffrey of Monmouth and the French Geste of Wace siphoned into the...
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Avalon
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of the Unusual and Unexplained
...Britain (1138), written by Geoffrey of Monmouth (c. 1100–1154...partly based on Celtic folktales, Geoffrey's work was the first popular...about the history of that period. Geoffrey's work helped bring attention...
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