Papers by Charles Parkinson
Geoffrey of Monmouth claimed that he obtained a source book, in the British tongue, from his frie... more Geoffrey of Monmouth claimed that he obtained a source book, in the British tongue, from his friend Walter, the Archdeacon of Oxford, on which he based his 'Historia Regum Britannia'. This paper suggest a possible route of transmission of this text, and explores the implications for the content of the Anglo-Norman romances.
Geoffrey of Monmouth's claim that he had a source book, brought out of Brittany by his friend Wal... more Geoffrey of Monmouth's claim that he had a source book, brought out of Brittany by his friend Walter, the Archdeacon of Oxford, has been doubted by many. In this paper, I suggest a possible route of transmission, which may lend credibility to the claim.
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The Fortunate Isles, 2020
The Channel Islands may have been the Cassiterides, known to the ancient Greeks as a place where ... more The Channel Islands may have been the Cassiterides, known to the ancient Greeks as a place where 'tin can be bought'. But did they have a religious significance to the Gauls of north-west Europe? This paper explores the possibility.
The Cassiterides, 2020
The location of the mysterious Cassiterides - the islands "from which tin is bought", has been th... more The location of the mysterious Cassiterides - the islands "from which tin is bought", has been the subject of many papers over centuries. But none of those publications has suggested the solution proposed in this paper
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