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... Gildas compared with the imperial writers Movements of the legions in Britain Germans excited by Stilicho to invade Gaul 138 ib . - 142 · 143 144 · 146 148 152 153 ib . 406 . Revolt of the troops in Britain : Constantine chosen their ...
... Gildas compared with the imperial writers Movements of the legions in Britain Germans excited by Stilicho to invade Gaul 138 ib . - 142 · 143 144 · 146 148 152 153 ib . 406 . Revolt of the troops in Britain : Constantine chosen their ...
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... Gildas's picture of their moral state 159 · 161 · 162 - 163 - 165 168 169 170 172 APPENDIX TO BOOK II . THE MANNERS OF THE SAXONS IN THEIR PAGAN STATE . CHAP . I. Character and persons of the most ancient Saxons 177 CHAP . II . Their ...
... Gildas's picture of their moral state 159 · 161 · 162 - 163 - 165 168 169 170 172 APPENDIX TO BOOK II . THE MANNERS OF THE SAXONS IN THEIR PAGAN STATE . CHAP . I. Character and persons of the most ancient Saxons 177 CHAP . II . Their ...
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... Gildas , Bede's extracts from him , the abrupt intimations of Nennius , and Jeffry's historical romance , or rather amplification of Nennius , with many additions from unknown sources , or from his own invention , and a few lines in ...
... Gildas , Bede's extracts from him , the abrupt intimations of Nennius , and Jeffry's historical romance , or rather amplification of Nennius , with many additions from unknown sources , or from his own invention , and a few lines in ...
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... Gildas : and all that the imagination of Jeffry has effected has been to people the gloom with fantastic shapes , which , in our search for authentic history , only make us welcome the darkness that they vainly attempt to remove.1 The ...
... Gildas : and all that the imagination of Jeffry has effected has been to people the gloom with fantastic shapes , which , in our search for authentic history , only make us welcome the darkness that they vainly attempt to remove.1 The ...
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... Gildas with the circumstances we can glean from the Greek and Latin writers , which seem applicable to the British history . Immediately after mentioning the death of Max- imus , Gildas states 15 , that Britain , despoiled of her ...
... Gildas with the circumstances we can glean from the Greek and Latin writers , which seem applicable to the British history . Immediately after mentioning the death of Max- imus , Gildas states 15 , that Britain , despoiled of her ...
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afterwards Alaric Alfred ancestors ancient Angles Anglo-Saxon Arminius Armorica army Arthur attack authority barbarians barbaric battle became Bede Bernicia BOOK Britain British Britons Cæsar called Carausius celebrated century Cerdic CHAP Chauci Cherusci Christian Chron Chronicle chronology Cimbri civilised coast conquest Constantine continent Danube death defeated deity depredations destroyed Ditmarsia East Edda Elbe emperor enemies England Ethelwerd Europe Euxine Flor Francs Gaul German Gibbon Gildas Gothic Goths governed Gwrtheyrn Hengist Hist Honorius human Ibid idol imperial inhabitants invaders invasion island Jutes Keltic Kent Kimmerians king kingdom Krantz land language maritime Mascou mentioned Mercia military nations natives Nennius northern ocean Odin Offa Orosius period Picts plunder Pontanus population provinces Ptolemy race regions reign Rhine Roman empire Rome Saga Saxo Saxons says Scythian Snorre Stilicho Strabo success sword Tacitus tion tribes Urien Welsh Weser Wessex Woden Zosimus СНАР
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