We have had The Mabinogi: Branwen ferch Llŷr. Geoffrey of Monmouth. Raphael Holinshed. Shakespeare. All these are the story of an old King and his three children. But whose story is it? If I’ve learned anything about this Hidden History stuff, it’s that genders are as fluid as timelines. (Oh. There’s a deeper modern day […]

Holinshed’s Chronicles (1577) – often referred to as just ‘Holinshed’ – is a large collaborative work describing England, Scotland, Ireland and their histories from their first inhabitation to the mid-16th century. The work was a principal source for many literary writers of the Renaissance, including Marlowe, Spenser, Daniel and Shakespeare. In 1548, the prominent London printer and bookseller Reyner (or […]

Geoffrey of Monmouth Histories of the Kings of Britain   CHAPTER XI When Bladud was thus given over to the destinies, his son Lear was next raised to the kingdom, and ruled the country after manly fashion for three-score years. He it was that builded the city on the river Soar, that in the British […]