Search engine for discovering works of Art, research articles, and books related to Art and Culture
Javascript must be enabled to continue!
Gildas
View through CrossRef
Gildas was a British Latin writer and ecclesiastic of the sixth century (approx. c. 500–570CE). His most famous work, written around 540CE, is theDe excidio Britanniae, a fierce invective addressed to the secular and ecclesiastical rulers of his day. Although initially studied for its historical perspective on post‐Roman Britain and as the only contemporary account of theadventus saxonum, the arrival of the Saxons to Britain, the text is not a true history but is instead a Christian moral exhortation. Gildas is heavily influenced by Old Testament prophets and models the British people as the “new Israel,” being punished for their sins by military defeat and famine. TheDe excidiowas an influence on later writers such as Bede, Wulfstan, and Geoffrey of Monmouth.
Title: Gildas
Description:
Gildas was a British Latin writer and ecclesiastic of the sixth century (approx.
c.
500–570CE).
His most famous work, written around 540CE, is theDe excidio Britanniae, a fierce invective addressed to the secular and ecclesiastical rulers of his day.
Although initially studied for its historical perspective on post‐Roman Britain and as the only contemporary account of theadventus saxonum, the arrival of the Saxons to Britain, the text is not a true history but is instead a Christian moral exhortation.
Gildas is heavily influenced by Old Testament prophets and models the British people as the “new Israel,” being punished for their sins by military defeat and famine.
TheDe excidiowas an influence on later writers such as Bede, Wulfstan, and Geoffrey of Monmouth.
Related Results
The Legacy of Gildas
The Legacy of Gildas
Provocative new investigation into the shadowy figure of Gildas, his influence and representation.
Gildas is an essential witness to the Christian culture of the British Isles in ...
The Legacy of Gildas
The Legacy of Gildas
Provocative new investigation into the shadowy figure of Gildas, his influence and representation.
Gildas is an essential witness to the Christian culture of the British Isles in ...
Le de excidio britanniae de Gildas
Le de excidio britanniae de Gildas
L’île de Bretagne fut longtemps pauvre en écrivains latins, à l’inverse d’autres provinces de l’Empire romain. D’où l’intérêt du De Excidio Britanniae, écrit par Gildas au VIe sièc...
Bede, Orosius and Gildas on the early history of Britain
Bede, Orosius and Gildas on the early history of Britain
Dans cet article j’étudie les objectifs et les techniques de Bède l’historien en examinant sa façon de présenter la Bretagne romaine. J’analyse comment il utilise et interprète les...
From Pelagius to Gildas
From Pelagius to Gildas
Abstract
At the end of the fourth century, the culture of the Latin‐speaking part of the Empire was still one in which provincial intellectuals were attracted to Rom...
British Ethnogenesis
British Ethnogenesis
Abstract
This chapter will argue that the ethnogenesis of the Britons was a process which occurred within the Late Antique period. Whilst commentators from Gildas on...
The Legacy of Gildas
The Legacy of Gildas
A provocative new investigation into the shadowy figure of Gildas, his influence and representation....
Utopie et pathologie : le théâtre contemporain à la conquête l’« espace mental » F. Volchitza Cabrini, Sarah Kane, Martin Crimp, Gildas Milin.
Utopie et pathologie : le théâtre contemporain à la conquête l’« espace mental » F. Volchitza Cabrini, Sarah Kane, Martin Crimp, Gildas Milin.
La question de l’utopie est appréhendée de façon critique dans les textes dramatiques que nous abordons ici. Tout en s’inscrivant dans des perspectives différentes, les pièces cont...