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Riddling Words: the Prophetiae Merlini 谜语:先知梅里尼

A Companion to Geoffrey of Monmouth Pub Date : 2020-07-24 DOI: 10.1163/9789004410398_006

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The English Reception of Geoffrey of Monmouth 英国人对蒙茅斯的杰弗里的接待

A Companion to Geoffrey of Monmouth Pub Date : 2020-07-24 DOI: 10.1163/9789004410398_022

Elizabeth J. Bryan

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Religion and the Church in Geoffrey of Monmouth 蒙茅斯的杰弗里的宗教与教会

A Companion to Geoffrey of Monmouth Pub Date : 2020-07-24 DOI: 10.1163/9789004410398_016

B. Lewis

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The Reception of Geoffrey of Monmouth in Ireland 爱尔兰对蒙茅斯的杰弗里的接待

A Companion to Geoffrey of Monmouth Pub Date : 2020-07-24 DOI: 10.1163/9789004410398_026

Joshua B. Smith

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Early Reactions to Geoffrey’s Work 对杰弗里作品的早期反应

A Companion to Geoffrey of Monmouth Pub Date : 2020-07-24 DOI: 10.1163/9789004410398_008

S. Meecham-Jones

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Introduction and Biography 简介及简介

A Companion to Geoffrey of Monmouth Pub Date : 2020-07-24 DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-9592-4.bio

Laura Aymerich-Franch

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The Middle Dutch Receptaion of Geoffrey of Monmouth 中世纪荷兰人对蒙茅斯的杰弗里的接待

A Companion to Geoffrey of Monmouth Pub Date : 2020-07-24 DOI: 10.1163/9789004410398_021

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The Medieval Reception of Geoffrey of Monmouth 蒙茅斯的杰弗里的中世纪接待

A Companion to Geoffrey of Monmouth Pub Date : 2020-07-24 DOI: 10.1163/9789004410398_017

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The German Reception of Geoffrey of Monmouth 德国人对蒙茅斯的杰弗里的接待

A Companion to Geoffrey of Monmouth Pub Date : 2020-07-24 DOI: 10.1163/9789004410398_024

Joshua B. Smith

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Geoffrey and Gender: the Works of Geoffrey of Monmouth as Medieval “Feminism” 杰弗里与性别:作为中世纪“女权主义”的蒙茅斯杰弗里的作品

A Companion to Geoffrey of Monmouth Pub Date : 2020-07-24 DOI: 10.1163/9789004410398_014

Fiona Tolhurst

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