Gildas
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St. Gildas de Rhuys[close] St. Gildas de Rhuys
Gildas (c. 500 - 570 CE) was a Romano-British monk, known primarily for a work entitledDe Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae, translated asOn the Ruin and Conquest of Britain. Gildas’ work is a polemical sermon recounting British history while also rebuking the British kings and clergy of his own time. His writing dates to the mid-6th century CE.
Gildas was born in what is now Scotland on the banks of the River Clyde, the son of a royal family. In his later life, he emigrated to Brittany where he founded a monastery known as St. Gildas de Rhuys.
Gildas was born in what is now Scotland on the banks of the River Clyde, the son of a royal family. In his later life, he emigrated to Brittany where he founded a monastery known as St. Gildas de Rhuys.
[close] Gildas (c. 500 - 570 CE) was a Romano-British monk, known primarily for a work entitledDe Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae, translated asOn the Ruin and Conquest of Britain. Gildas’ work is a polemical sermon recounting British history while also rebuking the British kings and clergy of his own time. His writing dates to the mid-6th century CE.
Gildas was born in what is now Scotland on the banks of the River Clyde, the son of a royal family. In his later life, he emigrated to Brittany where he founded a monastery known as St. Gildas de Rhuys.
Gildas was born in what is now Scotland on the banks of the River Clyde, the son of a royal family. In his later life, he emigrated to Brittany where he founded a monastery known as St. Gildas de Rhuys.
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 | Black Horses for the King by 3.87 avg rating — 3,353 ratings — published 1996 add/edit characters | |
 | History of the Britons (Historia Brittonum) by 3.51 avg rating — 359 ratings — published 828 add/edit characters | |
 | The Faded Map: The Story of the Lost Kingdoms of Scotland by 3.87 avg rating — 218 ratings — published 2010 add/edit characters | |
 | Finding Arthur: The Truth Behind the Legend of the Once and Future King by 3.49 avg rating — 205 ratings — published 2008 add/edit characters | |
 | The Celtic Myths that Shape the Way We Think by 4.12 avg rating — 139 ratings — published 2021 add/edit characters | |
 | Arthurian Period Sources, Volume 7: Gildas: The Ruin of Britain and other Documents by 3.81 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 500 add/edit characters | |
 | The Eagle and the Bear: A New History of Roman Scotland by 4.06 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2023 add/edit characters | |
 | The English Conquest: Gildas and Britain in the Fifth Century by 4.46 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1994 add/edit characters | |
 | Gildas: New Approaches (Studies in Celtic History, 5) (Volume 5) by 4.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1984 add/edit characters | |
 | The Picts Re-Imagined by 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2018 add/edit characters |
