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  • I.30 - The History of the Britons

  • from Ninth Century
  • Edited with Introduction and Notes by Carolinne White, University of Oxford
  • Preface by Catherine Conybeare, Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania
  • Book:
    The Cambridge Anthology of British Medieval Latin
    Published online:
    11 January 2024
    Print publication:
    01 February 2024, pp 329-338

  • Summary

    It is not known who the author of the Historia Britonum was. It is a text probably composed around 830,that occurs in various versions, of which the earliest is found in BL MS Harley 6859, dating from the twelfth century. It contains an account of many of the Roman emperors from a British perspective, and an early mention of king Arthur and his battles against the Saxons.

  • I.2 - Gildas, The Destruction of Britain

  • from Sixth Century
  • Edited with Introduction and Notes by Carolinne White, University of Oxford
  • Preface by Catherine Conybeare, Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania
  • Book:
    The Cambridge Anthology of British Medieval Latin
    Published online:
    11 January 2024
    Print publication:
    01 February 2024, pp 45-54

  • 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.