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Six old English chronicles

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 ...
Author
Giles, J. A. (John Allen), 1808-1884
Publication
London, H.G. Bohn, 1848.

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Additional Authors
  • Nennius, active 796.
  • Gildas, 516?-570?
  • Geoffrey, of Monmouth, Bishop of St. Asaph, 1100?-1154.
  • Ethelwerd, -998?
  • Asser, John, -909.
  • Gunn, William, 1750-1841
  • Bertram, Charles, 1723-1765.
Description
xx, 512 p. incl. geneal. tab. front. (port.); 18 cm.
Series Statement
Bohn's antiquarian library
Subject
Great Britain > History > Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066
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.
LCCN
02021049
OCLC
  • ocm01834236
  • SCSB-114764
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library