Gildas the ruin of britain7/6/2023 ![]() Bede, however, was not the first Insular authority to make use of Orosius. Orosius’Historiarum adversum paganos libri vii (Hist.), written in the early fifth century, is one of Bede’s most important sources for Romano-British history 3. The paper will consider his selection, interpretation and omission of information and ideas from earlier sources, and in particular the writings of Orosius and Gildas. Bede’s approach to this subject in the Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum (HE) provides an insight into his objectives and techniques as a providential historian 2. and trans.), Gildas : The ruin of Britain and other works, London and Chichest (.)ġ This paper explores Bede’s account of Britain’s spiritual and political history under the Roman empire from the time of the island’s conquest to the Britons’conversion 1. Zangmeister (ed.), Pauli Orosi Historiarum adversum paganos libri vii, CSEL 5, Vienna, 1882. ![]() and trans.), Bede : Ecclesiastical history of the English peop (.) 1 The Arts Faculty Research Fund of University College Cork provided research funding for this paper. ![]()
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