| Author | Giles, J. A. (John Allen), 1808-1884, ed.
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| Title | Six old English chronicles, of which two are now first translated from the monkish Latin originals. Ethelwerd's Chronicle. Asser's Life of Alfred. Geoffrey of Monmouth's British history. Gildas. Nennius. And Richard of Cirencester. Edited, with illustrative notes, by J.A. Giles ...
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| Published | London, H.G. Bohn, 1848.
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| Description | xx, 512 p. incl. geneal. tab. front. (port.) 18 cm.
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| Series | Bohn's antiquarian library
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| General Note | The "translation [of Nennius] is substantially that of the Rev. W. Gunn, published ... in 1819."--Pref.
The work attributed to Richard of Cirencester is a forgery by Charles Bertram.
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| Subjects | Great Britain -- History -- Anglo Saxon period, 449-1066.
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| Other Authors | Nennius, fl. 796.
Gildas, 516?-570?
Geoffrey, of Monmouth, Bishop of St. Asaph, 1100?-1154.
Ethelwerd, d. 998.
Asser, Bp. of Sherborne, d. 909?
Gunn, William, 1750-1841, tr.
Bertram, Charles, 1723-1765.
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| LC Card Number | 02-21049 |
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| | WRHS Research Library: DA 150 G472
mq80738: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
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