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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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Published in:Early Medieval Europe Vol. 29; no. 2; pp. 137 - 161
Main Authors: Flierman, Robert, Welton, Megan
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell May2021
Subjects:
Sermon (Literary form)
Monks
Civics education
Britons
Medieval European history
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost