Gesta Regum Britanniae
The Gesta Regum Britanniae (
Latin: Deeds of the Kings of Britain) is a Latin epic written at some time between 1235 and 1254, and attributed to a Breton monk, William of Rennes
.
The Gesta is fundamentally a versification of
Arthurian legend
into his adaptation of the Historia.
The form of the Gesta was inspired by Walter of Châtillon's Alexandreis. It is divided into ten books, each of which is prefaced by a terse summary of its contents, also in verse. The entire poem is 4,923 lines long, each book being about 500 lines in length.
External links
- Gesta regum Britanniae, edition by Francisque Michel
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