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Lädt ... On the Ruin of Britainvon Gildas
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. I've rated this 5 stars as this is an absolutely crucial text for Post-Romano British history if only because we have so little written records for that period. However, in saying that, Gildas is an unreliable authority and should be treated accordingly. The fact he nowhere mentions Arthur in what is, it has to be admitted, an old man's rant is not proof he (or whoever we associate with Arthur) did not exist; although it has been used extensively as such. Treat Gildas as one piece in the Arthurian puzzle, that because of our lack of contemporary accounts, has given him more weight than he deserves. ( ) keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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e also, as it is written, "Why have ye conspired to tempt the Spirit of God?" I saw, on the other hand, how much security had grown upon the men of our time, as if there were nothing to cause them fear. These things, therefore, and many more which for brevity's sake we have determined to omit, I revolved again and again in my amazed mind with compunction in my heart, and I thought to myself, "If God's peculiar people, chosen from all the people of the world, the royal seed, and holy nation, to whom he had said, 'My first begotten Israel,' its priests, prophets, and kings, throughout so many ages, his servant and apostle, and the members of his primitive church, were not spared when the deviated from the right path, what will he do to the darkness of this our age, in which, besides all the huge and heinous sins, which it has common with all the wicked of the world committed, is found an innate, indelible, and irremediable load of folly and inconstancy?" "What, wretched man (I say to myself) is it given to Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Google Books — Lädt ... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)941.01History and Geography Europe British Isles Historical periods of British Isles Early history to 1066Klassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt:
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