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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Main Author: Giles, J. A. (John Allen), 1808-1884.
Related Names: Bertram, Charles, 1723-1765.
Gunn, William, 1750-1841.
Asser, John, d. 909.
Ethelwerd, d. 998?
Geoffrey, of Monmouth, Bishop of St. Asaph, 1100?-1154.
Gildas, 516?-570?
Nennius, fl. 796.
Language(s): English
Published: London, H.G. Bohn, 1848.
Subjects: Great Britain > Great Britain / History > Great Britain / History / Anglo Saxon period, 449-1066.
Note: The work attributed to Richard of Cirencester is a forgery by Charles Bertram.
The "translation [of Nennius] is substantially that of the Rev. W. Gunn, published ... in 1819."--Pref.
Physical Description: xx, 512 p. incl. geneal. tab. front. (port.) 18 cm.
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