# Geoffrey of Monmouth 2007: The History of the Kings of Britain: An Edition and Translation of the De gestis Britonum

> Geoffrey of Monmouth, Michael D. Reeve, Neil Wright, 2007. 2 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The first written account of the Merlin story.

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# The History of the Kings of Britain: An Edition and Translation of the De gestis Britonum

Geoffrey of Monmouth, Michael D. Reeve, Neil Wright, 2007. _Boydell Press_.

The standard edition and translation of Geoffrey's Latin history, completed about 1136. Book VIII tells how Merlin brought the Giants' Dance, stones that giants had carried from Africa to Ireland, to Salisbury Plain as a memorial for Aurelius Ambrosius.

**Stonehenge** Bookdoi: **[10.1515/9781846155567](https://doi.org/10.1515/9781846155567)** Checked against the original0

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The first written account of the Merlin story.

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[Merlin moved the Giants' Dance from Ireland to Salisbury Plain as a memorial for Aurelius Ambrosius.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stonehenge/answers/ANS0CRWQ1DC65F1/merlin-moved-the-giants-dance-from-ireland-to-salisbury)

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## Cite it

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Geoffrey of Monmouth, Reeve, M. D., & Wright, N. (2007). The History of the Kings of Britain: An Edition and Translation of the De gestis Britonum. Boydell Press. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781846155567
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