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The Date and Politics of ‘The Song of the Welsh’

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2008

Andrew Breeze
Andrew Breeze
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Facultad de Filosofia y Letras, Universidad de Navarra, 31080 Pamplona, Spain. E-mail: .
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Abstract

The Latin war-poem ‘The Song of the Welsh’ poses problems of dating and origin, as also does the identity of a mysterious ‘Broinsius’ mentioned in it. Yet the last seems to be the fifth-century British hero Ambrosius Aurelianus; while the influence of bardic verse on the poem suggests it is not from thirteenth-century England, but from a Welsh school (perhaps located at St Davids) of similar date.

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Research Article
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The Antiquaries Journal , Volume 88 , September 2008 , pp. 190 - 197
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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 2008

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