If this etymology is combined with the tradition reported by Geoffrey of Monmouth stating that Ambrosius Aurelianus ordered the building of Stonehenge – which is located within the parish of Amesbury ( and where Ambrosius was supposedly buried ) – and with the presence of an Iron Age hill fort also in that parish, then it may be tempting to connect Ambrosius with Amesbury.

In 2007, Geoffrey Robertson QC alleged that Phillip's remains are no longer in St Nicholas Church, Bathampton and have been lost: "... Captain Arthur Phillip is not where the ledger stone says he is: it may be that he is buried somewhere outside, it may simply be that he is simply lost.

According to Geoffrey Keating, the main Beltane fire in medieval Ireland was on the hill of Uisneach, in what is now County Westmeath.

In the words of Geoffrey Crowther, then editor of The Economist, " If the economic relationships between nations are not, by one means or another, brought fairly close to balance, then there is no set of financial arrangements that can rescue the world from the impoverishing results of chaos.

That same year, Geoffrey Crawley sold his Cottingley Fairy material to the National Museum of Film, Photography and Television in Bradford ( now the National Media Museum ), where it is on display.

1984 — The country's first coalition government, between Sir Thomas and Geoffrey Henry, is signed in the lead up to hosting regional Mini Games in 1985.

Geoffrey's description of Caerleon is probably based on his personal familiarity with the town and its impressive Roman ruins ; it is less clear that Caerleon was associated with Arthur before Geoffrey.

The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century.

Geoffrey of Monmouth's History of the Kings of Britain is the first non-Welsh source to speak of the sword.

From there ' the younger Henry, devising evil against his father from every side by the advice of the French King, went secretly into Aquitaine where his two youthful brothers, Richard and Geoffrey, were living with their mother, and with her connivance, so it is said, he incited them to join him '.

* Geoffrey Salter ( Santo Cilauro ) is the network's weatherman and Mike's closest friend at work.

A. Luce or Geoffrey Warnock are long out dated, the book Berkeley's thought written by Dr Pappas is often included in lists of recommended literature on Berkeley ’ s philosophy.

Sir Geoffrey Charles Hurst MBE ( born 8 December 1941 in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire ) is a retired England footballer best remembered for making his mark in history as the only player to score a hat-trick in a World Cup final.

Another famous fictional giraffe is the Toys " R " Us mascot Geoffrey the Giraffe.

The funerary enamel of Geoffrey ( died 1151 ), dressed in blue and gold and bearing his blue shield emblazoned with gold lions, is the first recorded depiction of a coat of arms.

File: Geoffrey of Anjou Monument. jpg | The tomb of Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou ( died 1151 ) is the first recorded example of hereditary armory in Europe.

Upon the rocky place Hengist begins to build a castle, and after it is finished he names it Kaercorrei, or in Saxon Thancastre, which Geoffrey explains means " thong castle.

How much of Geoffrey's Historia ( completed in 1138 ) was adapted from such earlier sources, rather than invented by Geoffrey himself, is unknown.

They include " Kadeir Teyrnon " (" The Chair of the Prince "), which refers to " Arthur the Blessed ", " Preiddeu Annwn " (" The Spoils of Annwn "), which recounts an expedition of Arthur to the Otherworld, and " Marwnat vthyr pen " (" The Elegy of Uther Pen "), which refers to Arthur's valour and is suggestive of a father-son relationship for Arthur and Uther that pre-dates Geoffrey of Monmouth.

Two other important biographies were written by the king's confessor, Geoffrey of Beaulieu, and his chaplain, William of Chartres.

W. Geoffrey Arnott says that “ we see that a set of formulae in the plays concerned with characterization, motif, and situation has been applied to two dramatic situations which possess in themselves just as many difference as they do similarities .” It is important to compare the two authors and the remarkable similarities between them because it is essential in understanding Plautus.

" The code of chivalry so important in later romance figures in as well, as Geoffrey says Arthur established " such a code of courtliness in his household that he inspired peoples living far away to imitate him.

Stephen threatened to execute Geoffrey unless the baron handed over his various castles, including the Tower of London, Saffron Walden and Pleshey, all important fortifications because they were in, or close to, London.

Matilda's husband, Geoffrey of Anjou, played an important role in seizing Normandy during the war but did not cross into England.

Stephen threatened to execute Geoffrey unless the baron handed over his various castles, including the Tower of London, Saffron Walden and Pleshey, all important fortifications because they were in, or close to, London.

The question of the dates of the tales in the Mabinogion is important, because if they can be shown to have been written before Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae and the romances of Chrétien de Troyes then some of the tales, especially those dealing with Arthur, would provide important evidence for the development of Arthurian legend.

This work was also the " single most important source used by Geoffrey of Monmouth in creating his Historia Regum Britanniae ", and via the enormous popularity of that work, this brand of the earlier history of Britain, including the Trojan origin tradition, became incorporated into subsequent chronicles for the long-running history of the land, e. g., the Middle English Brut of England aka The Chronicles of England.

Charles Bean ( The Story of Anzac: From the Outbreak of War to the End of the First Phase of the Gallipoli Campaign 4 May 1915, 1921 ) Geoffrey Blainey ( The Tyranny of Distance, 1966 ), Robert Hughes ( The Fatal Shore, 1987 ), Manning Clark ( A History of Australia, 1962 – 87 ), and Marcia Langton ( First Australians, 2008 ) are authors of important Australian histories.

The town also has strong literary associations, as Geoffrey of Monmouth makes Caerleon one of the most important cities in Britain in his Historia Regum Britanniæ, and Alfred Lord Tennyson wrote Idylls of the King while staying there.

Geoffrey of Monmouth, the first author to write at length of King Arthur, makes Caerleon one of the most important cities in Britain in his Historia Regum Britanniæ.

Geoffrey does not say, and later accounts disagree, as to whether Gorlois died before or after Arthur was begotten ( something that might be important in determining whether or not a child could be made legitimate by a later marriage to its true father ).

Geoffrey of Monmouth or Wace might have supplied some of the names, but neither author mentioned Erec, Lancelot, Gornemant and many others who play an important role in Chrétien's narratives.

Geoffrey Howard Perkins ( 22 February 1953 – 29 August 2008 ) was a comedy producer, writer and performer, and an important figure in British comedy broadcasting.

Furnivall edited texts for the Early English Text Society, for the Roxburghe Club and the Rolls Series ; but his most important work was on Geoffrey Chaucer.

Geoffrey de Mandeville is the name of several important medieval English barons:

It has formed an important strand of the authoritarian streak that many, including recent scholars David Cesarani and Geoffrey Alderman, have detected in his speeches and behaviour.

It was positively reviewed by Geoffrey Blainey, who called it ‘ one of the most important and devastating ( books ) written on Australian history in recent decades ’, although Blainey notes that not every side-argument in the book convinced him and that his ' view is that the original Tasmanians were not as backward, mentally and culturally, as Windschuttle sometimes depicts them '.

It also keeps many rare and important manuscripts including the Black Book of Carmarthen ( the earliest surviving manuscript entirely in Welsh ), the Book of Taliesin, and a manuscript of the works of Geoffrey Chaucer.

Charles Bean, Geoffrey Blainey, Robert Hughes, Manning Clark and Marcia Langton are authors of important Australian histories.

The collection includes artifacts recovered during excavations directed by Dr. Charles A. Hoffman, Jr. on the islands of Antigua and St. Kitts, a study collection derived from the excavations directed by Dr. Kathleen A. Deagan from the sites of En Bas Saline and Puerto Réal, Haiti, a collection of important artifacts donated by Mr. Leon Wilder that were surface collected from sites in Grenada and a number of artifacts recovered from sites in Jamaica and Grenada that were recently donated by Mr. Geoffrey Senior.

* Geoffrey La Tor or Geoffrey le Tort, and James of Ibelin, John's son, independently wrote very small treatises, much less important than the larger works of Philip and John.