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G ildas and the ‘grievous divorce from the barbarians’
Author(s) -
Garcia Michael
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
early medieval europe
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.1
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1468-0254
pISSN - 0963-9462
DOI - 10.1111/emed.12017
Subject(s) - interpretation (philosophy) , phrase , treaty , history , linguistics , classics , literature , law , philosophy , art , political science
This article examines a specific phrase from Chapter 10 of Gildas's De Excidio Britonum . It suggests that to date, this phrase (lugubre divortium barbarorum) has not been properly understood or translated. In a new interpretation, the article argues that it refers to the breaking of the treaty between the Britons and Saxons mentioned in Chapter 23 of De Excidio Britonum . This new interpretation expands our understanding of Gildas's attitude towards barbarians and the British church.
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