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Of the many rulers mentioned in the history, the most notable are:
The history of Geoffrey is rough and unreliable but forms the basis for much English lore and literature. It also provides a rich source of material for Welsh Bard s. The source of the history comes from Nennius and Gildas as well as Welsh chronicles and documents to which Geoffrey refers but now seem lost. The ''Historia'' became tremendously popular during the High Middle Ages, despite the criticism of such writers as Giraldus Cambrensis . For many centuries, the ''Historia'' was accepted at face value, and much of its material was incorporated into Holinshed 's 16th Century ''Chronicles''. Modern historians have regarded the ''Historia'' as a work of fiction with some truth mixed in. John Morris in ''The Age of Arthur'' calls it a deliberate spoof. Geoffrey of Monmouth's narrative is one of the central pieces in the Matter Of Britain . BIBLIOGRAPHY
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