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De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae (‘On the Ruin and Conquest of Britain’), is the only surviving complete work of the 5th to 6th century British writer Gildas, indeed almost the only surviving writing by anyone in this place and time. The work is partly intended to be historical, but is mainly a sermon directed against contemporary kings and clergy of south-western Britain, preaching national repentance.

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  • De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae (‘On the Ruin and Conquest of Britain’), is the only surviving complete work of the 5th to 6th century British writer Gildas, indeed almost the only surviving writing by anyone in this place and time. The work is partly intended to be historical, but is mainly a sermon directed against contemporary kings and clergy of south-western Britain, preaching national repentance.
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  • De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae (‘On the Ruin and Conquest of Britain’), is the only surviving complete work of the 5th to 6th century British writer Gildas, indeed almost the only surviving writing by anyone in this place and time. The work is partly intended to be historical, but is mainly a sermon directed against contemporary kings and clergy of south-western Britain, preaching national repentance. The work is in three parts: the first provides a very sketchy and sometimes inaccurate history down to Gildas’ own day, the second part is a condemnation of the current British rulers, and the third part is a condemnation of the British clergy.
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