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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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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Giles, J. A. (John Allen), 1808-1884, editor.
Contributor:
Nennius, active 796.
Gildas, 516?-570?
Geoffrey, of Monmouth, Bishop of St. Asaph, 1100?-1154.
Ethelwerd, -998?
Asser, John, -909.
Gunn, William, 1750-1841, translator.
Bertram, Charles, 1723-1765.
Yarnall Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)
Series:
Bohn's antiquarian library
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Great Britain--History--Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066.
Great Britain.
History.
Physical Description:
xx, 512 pages : including genealogical tables frontispiece (portrait) ; 18 cm.
Place of Publication:
London : H. G. Bohn, 1848.
Notes:
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.
OCLC:
1834236

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