The ruin of Britain

Title(s):
  • The ruin of Britain
  • De excidio et conquestu Britanniae
    (De excidio et conquestu Britanniae, On the fall and conquest of Britain)
Author:
Period covered:
1st-6th c.
Language:
Latin
State of Preservation:
Full
Genre:
  • Oration
  • Secular history (ethnic history)
  • Exegesis
Remarks:
This is a theological reflection on the state of Britain, but with strong historical interests.
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Bibliography:
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