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History of the Britons
Nennius
Book Overview:
Although the origin of this book is much debated it remains, perhaps, one of the earliest recorded histories of Britain. It was believed that Nennius wrote the book around 796AD. If indeed he wrote this record, Nennius is recognised as being a teller, and embellisher, of historic characters and events.
This book remains notable however, as one of the earliest that mention Arthur (The King of Arthurian legend).
Although the origin of this book is much debated it remains, perhaps, one of the earliest recorded histories of Britain. It was believed that Nennius wrote the book around 796AD. If indeed he wrote this record, Nennius is recognised as being a teller, and embellisher, of historic characters and events.
This book remains notable however, as one of the earliest that mention Arthur (The King of Arthurian legend).
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Community Reviews
Probably quite inaccurate. Good effort though Nennius.
Nennius wrote this brief history of the Britons around 828 AD, although his prologue implies it was written in 858, and elsewhere it is implied it was compiled in the tenth century. Since it went through the hands of multiple scribes over the years it is possible that certain sections were written a
Usual caveats: I'm not considering the historical or philological value of the work, but is it a good read? Well, no. The author's intention has been to put down everything he knew, and this he does in an almost stream of consciousness fashion. The text is full of repetition and contradiction. Inter
I was going to move on to Le Morte d'Arthur but the book I found had 1300 pages! Is it really that long? It doesn't look that long...
So I saw this has 50 pages and was sold. While Monmouth thought he was the Homer of Britain, Nennius was very apologetic of his ignorance and deeply religious. This hi
Written around 828, I wanted to read this “history” of the britons because it's the first written record that mentions Arthur, though he is an impressive general in this text rather than a king. It also mentions Merlin as a young boy, but under the name of Ambrosius. From that perspective it was int
I read this with the intention of reading original source material of King Arthur. Overall I did enjoy it, although the majority of the Historia is about the lineage gymnastics used to trace back Briton kings back to Jerusalem. Some stuff about saints, names of the indigenous people of Briton, which