Six Old English Chronicles/Geoffrey's British History (Annotated)

by Geoffrey of Monmouth, translated by J. A. Giles

Merlin dictating his poems, from a 13th-century French manuscript

Annotated

Wikified and annotated with reference to other translations, sources and analogues

• Book 1: the wanderings of Brutus
• Book 2: Guendoloena, Bladud, King Leir and his daughters, Dunwallo Molmutius
• Book 3: Belinus and Brennius, Elidure, Heli, Lud
• Book 4: Cassibellaun and the invasions of Caesar; Kymbelinus; Arviragus and the invasion of Claudius; King Lucius becomes a Christian
• Book 5: Roman Britain from Severus to Maximian
• Book 6: the Romans leave; Vortigern; the Saxons arrive, led by Hengist and Horsa; and introducing Merlin
• Book 7: the Prophesies of Merlin
• Book 8: Aurelius Ambrosius, Merlin builds Stonehenge, Uther Pendragon, the birth of Arthur
• Book 9: the victories and ceremony of Arthur's reign; the Romans demand tribute
• Book 10: Arthur's war against the emperor Lucius Tiberius in Gaul
• Book 11: Arthur's last battle, against Modred; the Saxons return; civil war; Augustine comes to convert the Saxons
• Book 12: decline of the Britons under Cadwan, Cadwalla and Cadwallader