Battle of Badon
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The Battle of Badon, also known as the Battle of Mons Badonicus, was purportedly fought between Britons and Anglo-Saxons in Post-Roman Britain during the early 6th century. It was credited as a major
Liddington Castle site. The ramparts of the Iron Age hillfort can be seen at the highest point of the skyline.
Gildas
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Gildas – also known as Gildas Badonicus, Gildas fab Caw and Gildas Sapiens – was a 6th-century British monk best known for his religious polemic De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae, which recounts the
Battle of Badon
…Britons, stopping the westward encroachment of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms for a period. The earliest known references to the battle, by the British cleric Gildas, was written c. 543–547. It is chiefly known today for the involvement of the man who would later be remembered as the legendary King Arthur. His name…
Statue of Saint Gildas near the village of Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys (Brittany).
The spring of St Gildas in Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys, Morbihan