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Page 53
... Gildas's dating of the conquest and its implicit glorification of the Roman empire . Although Orosius , a key Gildasian source , does not credit Augustus with Britain's con- quest , he portrays Augustan Rome as the providentially ...
... Gildas's dating of the conquest and its implicit glorification of the Roman empire . Although Orosius , a key Gildasian source , does not credit Augustus with Britain's con- quest , he portrays Augustan Rome as the providentially ...
Page 58
... Gildas in the Chronica Maiora , but often differs from him in tone , information and interpretation . His view of the Britons is more nuanced than that of Gildas and his account richer in factual and chronological detail ( the De ...
... Gildas in the Chronica Maiora , but often differs from him in tone , information and interpretation . His view of the Britons is more nuanced than that of Gildas and his account richer in factual and chronological detail ( the De ...
Page 63
... Gildas's implicit presentation of the Britons as the island's sole rightful inhabitants , a stance that the HE ... Gildas , he supplies us with the name of the British leader who invited them to the island : Vertigernus ( Vortigern ) ...
... Gildas's implicit presentation of the Britons as the island's sole rightful inhabitants , a stance that the HE ... Gildas , he supplies us with the name of the British leader who invited them to the island : Vertigernus ( Vortigern ) ...
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Early Insular History in | 47 |
Ireland England and the Rhetoric | 75 |
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