If you did not enjoy Merlin how about Geoffrey?

                  So I read about Geoffrey of Monmouth as well as his excerpts from vita Merlin. 

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         I just have to say, Merlin should have avoided war. It seems before he entered the war, he was a like able guy and enjoyed company. Though after the war, he did not even like crowds (4). Maybe it is just me but I think someone had PTSD. 

         I do not understand why his sister granted his wish and built him houses and anything else he asked for. Merlin ignored her request and still headed towards the woods. It was cute that Merlin invited her to visit his place once it was built (4). The fact that she fulfilled his wishes astonished me at first because I thought Merlin was not going to go back. Not only did Merlin stay in the house, his sister took him up on his offer and visited the place. Now does that not sound cute or what! He even "express[ed] his approval of [her]" (4). I enjoyed reading page 4 the most, mainly because of the sibling bonding that took place. 

         Now Geoffrey of Monmouth was a guy to read about. If you look him up, you will find blogs and articles all saying that there is little known about him. But everything I found about him portrayed Geoffrey as a remarkable man.

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         On http://d.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/text/geoffrey, Emily Huber will tell you Geoffrey was a clerk and teacher at Oxford University. He probably used his father's name, Arthur, until he got his own reputation. Kellea Croft's article, http://www.humanities360.com/index.php/geoffrey-of-monmouth-legend-maker-51616/, mentions that he was one of the bishops to sign the Treaty of Westminster. Geoffrey was appointed archdeacon of Llandsaff, he was consecrated as bishop of St. Asaph, and he was a secular Austin canon at St. George church. So pretty much, Geoffrey did not goof off. And if you think Geoffrey was not amazing already, Shakespeare's king of Lear was shaped from Geoffrey's writing, "History of the Kings of Britain" (Croft). This guy did some pretty incredible stuff throughout his life and I thought I would let you all know just a little about Geoffrey.

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