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The Irish Version of the Historia Britonum of Nennius

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Nennius, Irish Archaeological Society

Irish Archaeological Society, 1848 - Great Britain - 287 pages

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Contents

INTRODUCTION	1

The Story of the Wives given to the Picts by the Milesians of Ireland	2

from the Book of Lecan	24

Liber Britannicus	25

Of the Kings of the Romans	39

Of the Conquest of Ireland as recorded by Nennius	53

Page	69

Of the Conquest of the Saxons	75

xxi	208

xxviii	213

xxix	214

Story of the Battle of Ardleamhnacta from the Book of Leinster 4 Irish Version of the Chronicon Pictorum from a MS in the Bodleian Library	221

lxxiii	265

Macbeth son of Finleg	xix

Variations in the Section On the Origin of the Cruithnians as it occurs	xx

Additional Remarks on the Etymology of the Name Scoti	xxi

Of the Fortress of Ambrose Merlin and his Contest with the Druids	99

vi	109

xi	110

Of the Wonders of Britain	119

Of the Miracles of Cairnech	179

xiii	203

XV	205

xvii	207

Documents illustrative of the History of the Personages mentioned in	xxii

The Duan Eireannach an ancient historical Poem on the Milesian Invasion of Ire	lxxxviii

Giraldus Cambrensis on the Picts and Scots	cxii

Addenda et Corrigenda	cxiv

INDEX	cxvi

ci	cxix

220	cxxi

cxii	cxxii

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Bibliographic information

Title	The Irish Version of the Historia Britonum of Nennius Volume 16 of Irish Archaeological Society Volume 11 of Irish Archaeological and Celtic Society. Publications Volume 11 of Publications (Irish Archaeological and Celtic Society), Irish Archaeological and Celtic Society
Authors	Nennius, Irish Archaeological Society
Editor	James Henthorn Todd
Contributor	Algernon Herbert
Publisher	Irish Archaeological Society, 1848
Original from	Oxford University
Digitized	15 Jan 2007
Length	287 pages

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