The History of the Britons (Latin: Historia Brittonum) is a purported history of early Britain written around 828 that survives in numerous recensions... 41 KB (4,843 words) - 22:32, 12 April 2024 |
Brutus of Troy (section Historia Brittonum) founder and first king of Britain. This legend first appears in the Historia Brittonum, an anonymous 9th-century historical compilation to which commentary... 13 KB (1,683 words) - 13:08, 10 February 2024 |
Welsh Dragon (section Historia Brittonum) invading white dragon, at Dinas Emrys. The story continues in the Historia Brittonum, written around AD 829, where Gwrtheyrn, King of the Britons is frustrated... 44 KB (3,992 words) - 22:10, 19 April 2024 |
Nennius (section Authorship of the Historia Brittonum) He has traditionally been attributed with the authorship of the Historia Brittonum, based on the prologue affixed to that work. This attribution is widely... 12 KB (1,514 words) - 20:44, 21 April 2024 |
Vortigern (section Historia Brittonum) 447, suggesting that these dates are calculated approximations. The Historia Brittonum (History of the Britons) was attributed until recently to Nennius... 23 KB (2,944 words) - 14:43, 2 May 2024 |
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, entry for 547. Historia Brittonum, ch. 56. Newton, p. 68 Historia Brittonum, ch. 57. Historia Brittonum, ch. 63. Morris-Jones, John (1918)... 49 KB (5,492 words) - 13:23, 25 March 2024 |
Rowena (section Historia Brittonum) similarity of pronunciation. She is first mentioned in the 9th century Historia Brittonum (traditionally attributed to Nennius) as the lovely unnamed daughter... 8 KB (934 words) - 18:44, 22 November 2023 |
Milesians (Irish) (section Historia Brittonum) invention of medieval Christian writers. The 9th century Latin work Historia Brittonum (History of the Britons) says that Ireland was settled by three groups... 15 KB (2,003 words) - 02:14, 25 February 2024 |
Míl Espáine (section Historia Brittonum) Hispania (Spain)", attested in a passage (§ 13) in the 9th-century work Historia Brittonum ("The History of the Britons") by Nennius. As A.G. van Hamel has suggested... 10 KB (1,188 words) - 09:00, 22 April 2024 |
Twrch Trwyth (section Historia Brittonum) geographical onomasticon composed in Latin in the ninth century, the Historia Brittonum. A passing reference in the elegy Gwarchan Cynfelyn (7th century)... 28 KB (3,042 words) - 08:54, 16 February 2024 |
Historicity of King Arthur (section Historia Brittonum) figure. The first definite mention of Arthur appears circa 828 in the Historia Brittonum, where he is presented as a military leader fighting against the invading... 40 KB (5,135 words) - 09:59, 12 April 2024 |
This is an incomplete list of the wars and battles between the Anglo-Saxons who later formed into the Kingdom of England and the Britons (the pre-existing... 32 KB (4,650 words) - 23:21, 25 April 2024 |
Goídel Glas (section Historia Brittonum) earliest surviving version of the story is found in the 9th century Historia Brittonum. It describes an unnamed Scythian nobleman, driven from his kingdom... 10 KB (1,388 words) - 19:17, 28 January 2024 |
Frankish Table of Nations (section Historia Brittonum) manuscripts, the only medieval work to make use of it was the 9th-century Historia Brittonum, which nonetheless assured it a wide diffusion. The Table itself is... 37 KB (4,750 words) - 12:26, 8 April 2024 |
Cavall (section Historia Brittonum) Arthur's dog Cabal's pawprint, preserved in rock, in the Latin tract of Historia Brittonum (9th century). The print was preserved in rock while the dog was pursuing... 18 KB (1,959 words) - 14:37, 2 February 2024 |
Treason of the Long Knives (section Historia Brittonum) centuries later in the semi-mythological histories of the Historia Brittonum and the Historia Regum Britanniae. Though a popular cautionary tale in medieval... 8 KB (1,172 words) - 10:32, 16 April 2024 |
Partholón (section Historia Brittonum) one week. The earliest surviving reference to Partholón is in the Historia Brittonum, a 9th-century British Latin compilation attributed to Nennius. It... 9 KB (1,044 words) - 23:57, 17 February 2023 |
Conquestu Britanniae, Bede's 8th-century Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum, the 9th-century Historia Brittonum ascribed to Nennius, the 10th-century... 26 KB (3,316 words) - 21:36, 29 April 2024 |
Swerting (section Historia Brittonum) divorce his Saxon bride. The pedigree of king Aella of Deira given in Historia Brittonum includes the name "Sguerthing" as great-grandfather of the king, and... 4 KB (431 words) - 07:02, 26 December 2023 |
of ancient British texts, including the ninth century Historia Brittonum. The Historia Brittonum is the earliest known source of the story of Brutus of... 17 KB (1,448 words) - 02:12, 19 January 2024 |
in their flag design, including Cardiff, the Welsh capital. In the Historia Brittonum, there is a narrative in which Vortigern (Welsh: Gwrtheyrn), King... 24 KB (2,421 words) - 12:06, 20 April 2024 |
as father of Penda, with no further detail. Pybba is said by the Historia Brittonum to have had 12 sons. Cearl, a Mercian king, is mentioned by Bede,... 3 KB (289 words) - 21:41, 27 December 2023 |