The Historia Brittonum, Commonly Attributed to Nennius
The Historia Brittonum, Commonly Attributed to Nennius

Author: Nennius

Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 62

ISBN-13: 9781230105383

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1819 edition. Excerpt: ...Lamus, a king of the Lestrygones, (Her. I. '3.0. 17.) the Mamilli from Ulisses, (Vaillant. Nam. Fain. and it was the boast of Caesar, " aVener"e J ulii cujus gentls familii est nostra. Est ergo in genere et sanctitas regum, qui pliiriinuth inter homines pollent: et ceremonia Deonnn, quorum ipsi in potostate sunt reges." (V. Jul. Ca. 16. 6.) This tradition was iievef lost to posterity. " So universal was this humour, and carried to' such an absurd excess of eztmvagance, that, under the reign oi Justinian, even the Greeks were ambitions of being thought t3 be descended from the Trojans, their ancient and notorious eoel aiies."-Wamm's Hist. of English Poetry, vol. i. Dias. 1.) Vain, perhaps, of. claiming a descent iirfiilai to that of tlii masters of the world, the vanquislied nations 'of western.Europs adopted a similar 'persuasion. In tlr'e fourth century, Aniraiernul reports a tradition, which prevailed among the Ga'rils, that they were descendants of fugitive Trojans. " Aiunt quidam paucos, ''1 The Ganlish Bretons were proud of this origin so late as the iixteerflli century. Parvi, iii his funeral oration, pronounced 'over Ann of Bremgne, (1514) Queen of Louis the Twelfth, traces her genealogy up to Brutus and Ynoge, daughter of Pandrasus, a noble Emperor of Greece. (lnbineiv, con. i. p. 187.) post excidinm Trojae, fugitantis Graecos undique dispersos, _lpca hzec occupasse tunc vacua." (l. 15.) And in the sixth, Hnnibaldus Francus deduced the Franks, from Francio son of Priarn, and exhibits a regular line of sovereigns down to Pharamond, " and.the Trojan extraction of the French was a favourite opinion in France in the seventh and eighth...

History of the Britons
History of the Britons

Author: Nennius

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2022-09-15

Total Pages: 54

ISBN-13:

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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.

History of the Britons - Historia Brittonum
History of the Britons - Historia Brittonum

Author: Nennius

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2017-11-23

Total Pages: 58

ISBN-13: 9781979851718

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The History of the Britons (Latin: Historia Brittonum) is a purported history of the indigenous British (Brittonic) people that was written around 828 and survives in numerous recensions that date from after the 11th century. The Historia Brittonum is commonly attributed to Nennius, as some recensions have a preface written in his name. Some experts have dismissed the Nennian preface as a late forgery, arguing that the work was actually an anonymous compilation. 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.