Six Old English Chronicles

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BOHN'S ANTIQUARIAN LIBRARY

 

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Six Old English Chronicles.

ETHELWERD—ASSER'S LIFE OF ALFRED—
GEOFFREY OF MONMOUTH—GILDAS—NENNIUS—
AND RICHARD OF CIRENCESTER.

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Six
Old English Chronicles,

OF WHICH TWO ARE

NOW FIRST TRANSLATED FROM THE MONKISH LATIN ORIGINALS.

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ETHELWERD'S CHRONICLE.
ASSER'S LIFE OF ALFRED.
GEOFFREY OF MONMOUTH'S BRITISH HISTORY.
GILDAS. NENNIUS.
AND
RICHARD OF CIRENCESTER.

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EDITED, WITH ILLUSTRATIVE NOTES,
BY J. A. GILES, D.C.L..
LATE FELLOW OF CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE, OXFORD.

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LONDON:
HENRY G. BOHN, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN.
M.DCCC.XLVIII.

Chapters (not listed in original)

• Preface
• The Chronicle of Fabius Ethelwerd
• Annals of the Reign of Alfred the Great
• Geoffrey of Monmouth's British History
• The Works of Gildas
• Nennius's History of the Britons
• Richard of Cirencester on the Ancient State of Britain
• Appendix I: Commentary on the Itinerary
• Appendix II: History of Taliesin
• Index

This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.