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Historia Brittonum
(886 words)

[Britonum]

829/30. Wales. Short Latin history surviving in at least 35 manuscripts, representing nine recensions, and also found in an Irish translation, Lebor Bretnach (ca 1072).

Its chronology is far from clear and was reinterpreted by Halsall in 2013. Historia Brittonum is a compilation of texts by authors of historical and legendary material and of genealogies of Welsh and English kings. It includes various origin stories of the Britons and the Scots, a life of St. Patrick, an account of the Roman occupation of Britain to 388, one of the wars between the Britons an…

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Kennedy, Edward Donald, “Historia Brittonum”, in: Encyclopedia of the Medieval Chronicle, Edited by: Graeme Dunphy, Cristian Bratu. Consulted online on 19 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2213-2139_emc_SIM_01909>
First published online: 2016



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