1.0 - 1 Anglo Saxons England 500-1066
The History of England
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The History of the Celtic Peoples
Gildus was a British monk who ended up dying in Brittany. His main surviving work is called on the ruin and conquest of Britain. It's not really a history, or a work intended to inform later generations. Gildus' story goes that Roman Britain was beset by barbarians. The pitiable citizens were torn apart by their foe like lambs by the butcher. And so in desperation the British turned to barbarians to defeat them. They turned to the Saxons. Okay, it's a very British version. He views everything from a British viewpoint, but it is in the Roman tradition nonetheless. There's no doubt he still felt himself to be part of the Roman world
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