Well, depends on what mean by greatest & by English, but Geoffrey of Monmouth's 12thC HRB surely most influential!https://twitter.com/holland_tom/status/675971168290152448 …
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Not only did he write in England, but 200+ copies survive (many more than of Bede's!) & was vastly influential on English historiography ;)
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@caitlinrgreen And less tedious than#Bede, but that is not difficult to achieve.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
@BonyardB For periods a couple of centuries prior, he's just as dubious as 'Nennius'/the Historia Brittonum etc!
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