Walter

Role: archdeacon of Oxford · First appears: Book I 1–3

Life events

• Geoffrey undertook translating Walter's ancient British history into Latin.(Book I 1–3)
  • With: Geoffrey of Monmouth
  • “At his request, therefore, though I had not made fine language my study, by collecting florid expressions from other authors, yet contented with my own homely style, I undertook the translation of that book into Latin.”

Book I 1–3

• with Geoffrey of Monmouth (Walter offered Geoffrey the source book for his translation.) “Walter, archdeacon of Oxford, a man of great eloquence, and learned in foreign histories, offered me a very ancient book in the British tongue”

Book XI 1–3

• with Geoffrey of Monmouth (Walter is presented as Geoffrey's historical source.) “Geoffrey of Monmouth shall be silent; but will, nevertheless, though in a mean style, briefly relate what he found in the British book above-mentioned, and heard from that most learned historian, Walter, archdeacon of Oxford, concerning the wars”

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Extracted from the original text of The History of the Kings of Britain. Made with Rho MD.