Gildas's de Excidio Britonum and the Early British Church

by Karen George

A study of a contemporary witness to the transformation of post-Roman Britain into Anglo-Saxon England.

Gildas's De excidio Britonum is a rare surviving contemporary source for the period which saw the beginning of the transformation of post-Roman Britain into Anglo-Saxon England. However, although the De excidio has received much scholarly attention over the last forty years, the value of the text as a primary source for this fascinating if...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843834359
• ISBN13: 9781843834359
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.3"