De Excidio Patriae: civic discourse in Gildas' Britain.

This article explores the use of civic discourse in Gildas' De Excidio Britonum. It argues that such language and imagery functioned within a larger dialectical argument that exhorted readers to choose virtue over vice. Gildas assigned the Britons collective moral agency by styling them citizens (ci...

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Publicado en:	Early Medieval Europe Vol. 29; no. 2; pp. 137 - 161
Autores principales:	Flierman, Robert, Welton, Megan
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Wiley-Blackwell May2021
Materias:	Sermon (Literary form) Monks Civics education Britons Medieval European history
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