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Gildas the Wise - Monk - Writer - Early British Historian
As the author of a treatise on The Ruin of Britain, Gildas may be considered the first British historian.
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On The Ruin of Britain by Gildas the Wise
The JA Giles translation of On The Ruin of Britain by Gildas, a public domain document that you may copy, download, print and distribute as you see fit.
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Post-Roman Britain - An Introduction, Page Two
Gildas, who was born at the end of this period, reports that a series of battles ... It is Gildas who named Ambrosius Aurelianus, a military commander of ...
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The Description of Wales: Book II, Chapter II
But the strongest argument made use of by those who accuse this nation of cowardice, is, that Gildas, a holy man, and a Briton by birth, has handed down to ...
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Historia Calamitatum - Appendix - Page Six
According to the anonymous author of the Life and Deeds of St. Gildas, it was founded during the reign of Childeric, the second of the Merovingian kings, ...
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Who's Who in Medieval History - Alphabetical Index - G
As the author of a treatise on The Ruin of Britain, Gildas may be considered the first British historian. Pope Gregory I Gregory's influence was paramount ...
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On The Ruin of Britain - The Preface
Notwithstanding this remark of Gildas, the Britons must have shown great bravery ... When Gildas was writing, a hundred years had elapsed, and The Britons ...
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Ambrosius Aurelianus - Leader of the Britons
AMBROSIUS AURELIANUS, leader of the Britons against the Saxons in the 5th century, was, according to the legends preserved in Gildas and the Historia ...
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Peter Abelard - Scholastic Philosopher - Page Three
Living on for some time apart (we do not know exactly where), after his flight from St Gildas, Abelard wrote, among other things, his famous Historia ...
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The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle - Introduction
The most ancient historian of our own island, whose work has been preserved, is Gildas, who flourished in the latter part of the sixth century. ...
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