Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Maps
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Fifth Century
- Sixth Century
- I.2 Gildas, The Destruction of Britain
- Seventh Century
- Eighth Century
- Ninth Century
- Tenth Century
- Eleventh Century
- Select Bibliography for Volume I
- General Index
- Index of Passages Cited
I.2 - Gildas, The Destruction of Britain
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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 January 2024
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Maps
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Fifth Century
- Sixth Century
- I.2 Gildas, The Destruction of Britain
- Seventh Century
- Eighth Century
- Ninth Century
- Tenth Century
- Eleventh Century
- Select Bibliography for Volume I
- General Index
- Index of Passages Cited
Summary
Gildas in the mid-sixth century writes a stinging attack on his fellow Britons for their pathetic behaviour after the withdrawal of the Romans and the coming of the Saxons, and for their sinfulness which he sees as responsible for their dramatic decline. His Latin is robust and complex, with references to the Bible and to earlier Latin literature, with neologisms and the occasional word drawn from English.
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- The Cambridge Anthology of British Medieval Latin , pp. 45 - 54Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024