This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895 Excerpt: ...none other than Stonehenge, and the circumstances attending its erection, which are given with much detail, are of an amazing character. Nennius, an author of whom little is known, is presumed by some to have written as early as A.d. 796, others assign his work to A.d. 994. He likewise mentions a treacherous massacre ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895 Excerpt: ...none other than Stonehenge, and the circumstances attending its erection, which are given with much detail, are of an amazing character. Nennius, an author of whom little is known, is presumed by some to have written as early as A.d. 796, others assign his work to A.d. 994. He likewise mentions a treacherous massacre of British chieftains, without naming the place where it occurred: he says nothing about a Stone-circle. 1 See Preface, Bohn's Translation. Gildas " is supposed to have lived, and to have written what remains under his name, during some part of the sixth century."1 From his history we obtain a view of the state of the country at the time when Stonehenge is reputed to have been constructed. In the year A.d. 410, in the reign of the Emperor Honorius, Britain became an independent province. At first the people being united, succeeded in driving out the invading Picts and Scots. According to Gildas, "the boldness of the enemy was for a while checked, but not the wickedness of our countrymen; the enemy left our people, but the people did not leave their sins." In spite of the long dominion of the Romans, the rural population appear to have remained pagan under semi-independent chiefs; for, says Gildas (Sec. 8), "when this island, stiff and cold with frost and remote from the visible sun, received the beams of light, that is, the holy precepts of Christ, the true Sun, these rays were received with lukewarm minds by the inhabitants." He laments that the people "loved darkness instead of the Sun" (Sec. 22), that "kings were anointed not according to God's ordinance"; that the laity did all things contrary to their salvation; and that "the shepherds, who ought to have been an example to the people, ...
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