Gildas the Wise, British Historian

Gildas the Wise (517 - 570) was a British monk and author. He is most noted for his authoring of De Excidio Britanniae (On the Ruin of Britain).The work is superficially a history, but it is primarily a diatribe against the corrupt priests and leaders that had risen to power during his lifetime. Gildas may be considered the first British historian. Although his work is notably biased and its reliability is highly suspect, it still stands as a significant record of early British history

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