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Historia Brittonum
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- Instance of
- literary work
- Author
- Nennius
- Genre
- chronicle
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- language of work or name
- Latin
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Encyclopedic overview
The History of the Britons (Latin: Historia Brittonum) is a purported history of early Britain written around 829-30 that survives in numerous recensions from after the 11th century. The Historia Brittonum is commonly attributed to Nennius, as some recensions have a preface written in that name. Some experts have dismissed the Nennian preface as a late forgery and argued that the work was actually an anonymous compilation.
Publication history
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Historia Brittonum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.