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Geoffrey of Monmouth (?1100-1154) was a monk at Oxford from about 1130, during which time he composed his ‘History of the Kings of Britain’, along with two books about Merlin, ‘Prophecies of Merlin’ and a ‘Life of Merlin’ in verse. His ‘History’ continues to defy classification, being a mix of history, fantasy, mythology and apocalyptic, based on older chronicles and on ‘a very ancient book in the British tongue’ which scholars (then and now) very much doubt ever existed. But he can justly claim the credit for creating the legend of Merlin and of King Arthur out of scraps of earlier tradition. He was consecrated Bishop of St Asaph in 1152, and died two years later.
