Abstract
This chapter focuses on the history of Merlin, the great magician and “prophet of Vortigern,” whose reality was established in the 1130s. Among the political class and in the Church, excited discussion of the magician and his prophecies spread rapidly. The chapter endeavors to establish the extent of further work on Merlin himself. In this regard, several questions come to the fore: Did other historians and chroniclers find more on Merlin, and if so, what did they find? Did news of Merlin reach those who could not read Latin chronicles, or commission French translations? Was the new version of British history, in which Merlin played such a central role, accepted—and if it was, how much did British history change?
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