evidence concerning the life of Nennius, he has become the subject of legend himself. Welsh traditions include Nennius with Elbodug and others said to...
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own troops and Nennius faced Caesar in single combat. Caesar struck Nennius a blow to the head, but his sword got stuck in Nennius's shield. After they...
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Historia Brittonum (redirect from Pseudo-Nennius)
attributing authorship to Nennius have since been disputed by subsequent scholars. Repudiating the so-called vindication of Nennius in 1890 by the Celtic...
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Nennius was a Welsh monk of the 9th century traditionally considered to be author of the Historia Brittonum. Nennius may also refer to: Nennius of Britain...
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Ecclesiastical History of the English People and Nennius' Historia Brittonum. According to Nennius, the Bernician royal line begins with Ida, son of...
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Battle of Badon (section Nennius and the Welsh Annals)
Historia Brittonum (The History of the Britons), attributed to the Welsh monk Nennius, in which the soldier (Latin mīles) Arthur is identified as the leader...
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anonymous 9th-century historical compilation to which commentary was added by Nennius, but is best known from the account given by the 12th-century chronicler...
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known source of the story of Brutus of Troy. Traditionally attributed to Nennius, its actual compiler is unknown; it exists in several recensions. This...
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The Trojan genealogy of Nennius was written in the Historia Brittonum of Nennius and was created to merge Greek mythology with Christian themes. As a description...
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Ninnidh (redirect from Saint Nennius)
Ninnidh the Pious, Irish: Ninnidh leth derc, meaning one-eyed Ninnidh, Nennius, Nennidhius, Ninnaid) was a 6th-century Irish Christian saint. St. Ninnidh...
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-chester. The eighth century Welsh monastic author of the Historia Brittonum, Nennius, recorded 28 civitates, which together make up a large proportion of the...
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Ambrosius Aurelianus (section According to Nennius)
Vortigern, has the king served by magicians. This detail derives from Nennius, though Nennius was talking about Vortigern's "wise men". They may not have been...
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into the sea. According to the Irish version of the Historia Britonum of Nennius, the Fomorians are referred to as mariners who were forced into a tower...
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traditionally ascribed to Nennius, either as Cair Segeint or Cair Custoeint. Bishop Ussher cites another passage in Nennius: "Here, says Nennius, Constantius the...
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ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum, the 9th-century Historia Brittonum ascribed to Nennius, the 10th-century Annales Cambriae, medieval Welsh genealogies (such as...
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Mempricius Merianus Merlin Millus Mordred Morgause Morvidus Myrddin Wyllt Nennius of Britain Octa of Kent Oenus Oswald of Northumbria Oswiu of Northumbria...
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Nennius, a monk from Bangor, Gwynedd, and was probably compiled during the early 9th century. The writer mentions a great number of sources. Nennius wrote...
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Phillimore & Co, Chichester (includes full text of The Annales Cambriae & Nennius) Phillimore, Egerton (1888), "The Annales Cambriae and Old Welsh Genealogies...
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September 2022.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) Historia Brittonum by Nennius (translated by J. A. Giles) "Wales history: Why is the red dragon on the...
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is visiting Bath. List of legendary rulers of Cornwall Pseudohistorical Nennius King of the Britons a. ^ Pronunciation: As a mythological figure, there...
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IV:XXVI; Annals of Ulster U686.1; Annals of Tigernach T686.4; Nennius, Historia Brittonum 57 Nennius, Historia Brittonum, 57. Woolf (2006) This was originally...
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appeared in the 9th-century History of the Britons traditionally credited to Nennius: The account relates that a mission from the pope baptised "Lucius, the...
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compilation attributed in some late manuscripts to a Welsh cleric called Nennius, contains the first datable mention of King Arthur, listing twelve battles...
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Mempricius Merianus Merlin Millus Mordred Morgause Morvidus Myrddin Wyllt Nennius of Britain Octa of Kent Oenus Oswald of Northumbria Oswiu of Northumbria...
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Archived 21 April 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved February 2010. Nennius (attrib.). Theodor Mommsen (ed.). Historia Brittonum, VI. Composed after...
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ISBN 0-52104-602-5. On the invalidity of attributing the text to 'Nennius', see Dumville, David (1990). "'Nennius' and the Historia Brittonum". Histories and pseudo-histories...
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fighting, Cassibelanus's brother Nennius encounters Caesar and sustains a severe head wound. Caesar's sword gets stuck in Nennius's shield, and when the two are...
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partly based on the work of earlier medieval historians like Gildas, Nennius and Bede, partly from Welsh genealogies and saints' lives, partly from...
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BC; FFE 1317–1287 BC In the Irish version of the Historia Britonum of Nennius, the chief men of science of the Tuatha Dé Danann are listed with their...
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the Historia Britonum Ascribed to Nennius. Irish Manuscripts Commission, Volume 5. Dublin: Stationery Office. Nennius — a Welsh monk of the 9th century...
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