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... Nennius the Britons were still independ- ent of the Saxons ; they still virtually possessed the whole western region from Cornwall to the Clyde , and they appear still to have indulged the hope , that they should ultimately , if not ...
... Nennius the Britons were still independ- ent of the Saxons ; they still virtually possessed the whole western region from Cornwall to the Clyde , and they appear still to have indulged the hope , that they should ultimately , if not ...
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... Nennius is sufficiently wild : it is , however , much less so than it became in subse- quent times , when every ... Nennius , Historia Britonum , cap . 38-43 . p . 108-119 . Nicholson , English Historical Library , p . 33 . greater ...
... Nennius is sufficiently wild : it is , however , much less so than it became in subse- quent times , when every ... Nennius , Historia Britonum , cap . 38-43 . p . 108-119 . Nicholson , English Historical Library , p . 33 . greater ...
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Samuel Astley Dunham. greater difference between Geoffrey of Monmouth and Nennius , than between Nennius and Gildas . This fact is very instructive : it may enable the judicious in- vestigator into the antiquities of ancient Britain ...
Samuel Astley Dunham. greater difference between Geoffrey of Monmouth and Nennius , than between Nennius and Gildas . This fact is very instructive : it may enable the judicious in- vestigator into the antiquities of ancient Britain ...
Contents
EUROPE DURING THE MIDDLE AGES | 1 |
General Character of the Latin Literature cultivated | 2 |
ANALYTICAL AND CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE | 8 |
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