Gildas' De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_documents
gptkbp:alternativeName On the Ruin and Conquest of Britain
gptkbp:author gptkb:Gildas
gptkbp:dateWritten 6th century
gptkbp:genre historical writing
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Gildas' De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Historia_Brittonum
Bede's Historia Ecclesiastica
gptkbp:language gptkb:Latin
gptkbp:notableFor one of the few contemporary sources for post-Roman Britain
gptkbp:part_of history of Britain
condemnation of five British kings
sermon to the clergy
gptkbp:preservedIn various medieval manuscripts
gptkbp:structure three parts
gptkbp:subject gptkb:Britain
gptkb:Roman_Britain
Anglo-Saxon invasion
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Maelgwn_Gwynedd
gptkb:sub-Roman_Britain
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7