Heretic Emperor: The
Lost History of King Arthur
Copyright © V M Pickin 2005
Synopsis
Book 3 - The Sources
Chapter
10 - Geoffrey of Monmouth
Chapter
11 - Bede
Chapter
12 - Nennius
Chapter
13 - Gildas
Chapter 12 - Nennius
Analyses the evidence of the earliest history to mention Arthur, the ninth-century Historia Brittonum, a.k.a ‘Nennius’. Shows that Geoffrey directs his readers to the disputed Nennius preface, which states that a British written record was destroyed in the eighth century. Shows that the twefth century Roman insult, that the British, the bruti Britones, were too stupid a race to have produced a written history, dates back to at least the ninth century and is demonstrably false. Argues that the Nennius preface links the destruction of the British written record with the Roman Church’s take-over of the Celtic Church in Wales, and that the evidence supports this implied accusation. Concludes that the Roman Church produced the gap in British history.