A new source for mons badonicus? Returning to the Irish life of Finnian of Clonard

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Joyce, S.. (2019). A new source for mons badonicus? Returning to the Irish life of Finnian of Clonard. Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association. 15, pp. 31-46. https://doi.org/10.35253/JAEMA.2019.1.2
AuthorsJoyce, S.
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This paper examines a report describing conflict between Saxons and Britons in the Irish life of Finnian of Clonard. It connects this report to the battle at Llongborth, remembered in an early medieval Welsh poem, and to the siege of 'mons' Badonicus, reported by a variety of early medieval insular historians. Both battles have been linked to the legendary King Arthur. In connecting these battles to an entry in 'Anglo-Saxon Chronicle' and to the immediate context of Gildas' 'De excidio Britanniae', this article offers a date for 'mons Badonicus' in the early 480s and conjectures that the 'Age of Arthur', if historical, postdates the publication of 'De excidio'.

Keywordsmons Badonicus; Llongborth; Gildas; Finnian; Geraint; Arthur
Year01 Jan 2019
JournalJournal of the Australian Early Medieval Association
Journal citation15, pp. 31-46
PublisherAustralian Early Medieval Association
ISSN1449-9320
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.35253/JAEMA.2019.1.2
Web address (URL)https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/INFORMIT.095177235813338
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