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beg. Trucidare Saxones soliti Cambrenses

Latin poem in which the Welsh (Cambrenses), the Cornish (Cornubenses) and fellow Britons (Britones) are encouraged to take inspiration from Arthur and make a stand against the Saxons. In doing so, the poem refers to May 1 (St David's feast-day), Merlin (Mellinus), the story of Arthur and the giant Frollo, a certain ‘Broinsius’, Constantine and Brennius, and Richard, king of England.

Vita Ælfredi regis

prose

Asser

Asser

(d. c.908/909)

monk of St David’s and later, bishop of Sherborne; author of a contemporary Life of King Alfred.

A Latin biography of King Alfred written in 893 by Asser, a Welsh scholar at the king’s court who had previously been a monk of St David’s and later became bishop of Sherborne. Asser wrote at a time when Alfred had established an overlordship in Wales. The intended audience of the work has been subject to debate, some suggesting that Asser wrote for a Welsh audience.

Vita Gildae (Caradoc of Llancarfan)

prose

Caradog of Llancarfan

Caradog of Llancarfan

(d. after 1138)

Welsh hagiographer

Second known vita of Gildas, written in the 12th century by the Welsh cleric Caradog of Llancarfan. It is a work of hagiogaphical and historical fiction intended to associate the abbey of Glastonbury with the saint. The text is known for weaving Arthurian legend into its narrative world and offers an early account of the abduction of Gwenhwyfar by Melwas.

Vita Griffini filii Conani

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The original 12th-century Latin text of the life of Gruffudd ap Cynan, king of Gwynedd. While it was once assumed that no manuscript copy is extant and that the Latin text in Peniarth MS 434E is based on the Middle Welsh translation (Historia Gruffud vab Kenan), Paul Russell has argued that the latter is a redaction of the original Latin text, whose annotations and corrections were intended to align it with the Middle Welsh translation.

Vita sancti Bernachii

prose

Latin Life of St Brynach (Lat. Bernachius). BHL 1186.

Vita sancti Cadoci (Caradoc of Llancarfan)

prose

Caradog of Llancarfan

Caradog of Llancarfan

(d. after 1138)

Welsh hagiographer

Vita sancti Cadoci (Lifris of Llancarfan)

prose