Six Old English Chronicles

BOHN'S ANTIQUARIAN LIBRARY

 

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Six Old English Chronicles.

ETHELWERD—ASSER'S LIFE OF ALFRED—
GEOFFREY OF MONMOUTH—GILDAS—NENNIUS—
AND RICHARD OF CIRENCESTER.

Six
Old English Chronicles,

OF WHICH TWO ARE

NOW FIRST TRANSLATED FROM THE MONKISH LATIN ORIGINALS.

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ETHELWERD'S CHRONICLE.
ASSER'S LIFE OF ALFRED.
GEOFFREY OF MONMOUTH'S BRITISH HISTORY.
GILDAS. NENNIUS.
AND
RICHARD OF CIRENCESTER.

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EDITED, WITH ILLUSTRATIVE NOTES,
BY J. A. GILES, D.C.L..
LATE FELLOW OF CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE, OXFORD.

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LONDON:
HENRY G. BOHN, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN.
M.DCCC.XLVIII.

Chapters (not listed in original)

• Preface
• The Chronicle of Fabius Ethelwerd
• Annals of the Reign of Alfred the Great
• Geoffrey of Monmouth's British History
• The Works of Gildas
• Nennius's History of the Britons
• Richard of Cirencester on the Ancient State of Britain
• Appendix I: Commentary on the Itinerary
• Appendix II: History of Taliesin
• Index