History of the Britons
History of the Britons

Author: Nennius

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2022-09-15

Total Pages: 54

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"History of the Britons" (Latin: Historia Brittonum) is a historic manuscript of the indigenous British people that was originally written in Latin around 828 A.D. It is commonly attributed to the Welsh monk Nennius, as some early manuscripts have a preface written in his name. It describes the supposed settlement of Britain by Trojan expatriates and states that Britain took its name from Brutus, a descendant of Aeneas, a Trojan hero in Greco-Roman mythology.

On the Ruin of Britain
On the Ruin of Britain

Author: Gildas

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2022-05-29

Total Pages: 33

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This book is one of Gildas' most important works. It is a sermon condemning the secular and religious behavior of his contemporaries. The author Saint Gildas is an outstanding member of the British Celtic Christian Church. His famous knowledge and literary style earned him the title of Gildas the Wise.

De Excidio Britanniae
De Excidio Britanniae

Author: Joseph Stevenson

Publisher: Sagwan Press

Published: 2018-02-08

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 9781377142036

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

De Gestis Britonum
De Gestis Britonum

Author: Geoffrey (of Monmouth, Bishop of St. Asaph)

Publisher: Boydell & Brewer

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 389

ISBN-13: 1843832062

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Written in the 1130s, Geoffrey's imaginative history of the Britons from Brutus to Cadwallader, and the first to recount the woes of Lear and the glittering career of Arthur, rapidly became a bestseller. An ideal text for scholars, this is a reprint of the Latin text with a facing English translation.

Arthur and the Kings of Britain
Arthur and the Kings of Britain

Author: Miles Russell

Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited

Published: 2017-03-15

Total Pages: 455

ISBN-13: 1445662752

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A fresh look at the text which introduced for the first time some of the key figures in British myth and legend.

History of the Britons
History of the Britons

Author: Nennius

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2018-08-07

Total Pages: 30

ISBN-13: 9781724840066

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History of the Britons (Historia Brittonum) by Nennius. The Historia Brittonum describes the supposed settlement of Britain by Trojan expatriates and states that Britain took its name after Brutus, a descendant of Aeneas. The work was the "single most important source used by Geoffrey of Monmouth in creating his Historia Regum Britanniae" and via the enormous popularity of the latter work, this version of the earlier history of Britain, including the Trojan origin tradition, would be incorporated into subsequent chronicles for the long-running history of the land, for example the Middle English Brut of England, also known as The Chronicles of England. The work was the first source to portray King Arthur, who is described as a dux bellorum ('military leader') or miles ('warrior, soldier') and not as a king. It names the twelve battles that Arthur fought, but unlike the Annales Cambriae, none are assigned actual dates. Nennius - or Nemnius or Nemnivus - was a Welsh monk of the 9th century. He has traditionally been attributed with the authorship of the Historia Brittonum, based on the prologue affixed to that work, This attribution is widely considered a secondary (10th century) tradition.