| Historiae Brytannicae Defensio (1573), title |
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| Preface |
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| Abbreviations |
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| Introduction |
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| 1 John Prise: the life of a public administrator |
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| 2 John Prise: scholar and humanist |
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| 3 Historiae Britannicae Defensio |
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| 4 The present work |
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Historiae Britannicae Defensio: A Defence of the British History |
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i Richardi Prisei Epistola Dedicatoria: Richard Prise's Dedicatory Letter |
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ii Epistola ad Comitem Penbrochiensem: Letter to the Earl of Pembroke |
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iii Praefatio, ad Regem Edouardum VI: Preface, to King Edward VI |
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I Quod Britannia rerum in ea gestarum monumentis nullo vnquam tempore a primo eius incolatu caruisse videatur: That Britain, from the time it was first inhabited, appears never to have lacked memorials of its history |
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II Summa totius commentationis insequentis: A summary of the entire treatise that follows |
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III Quod Gaufredus Monomutensis Historiae Britannicae, quae sub eius nomine circumfertur, non author sed duntaxat interpresfiierit, deque ipsius historiae fide et antiquitate: On Geoffrey of Monmouth's being not the author but only the translator of the History of Britain which is circulated under his name, and on the authority and antiquity of that history |
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IV De Britanniae etymologia disquisitio: An enquiry into the etymology of the name `Britannia' |
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V Polydori opinionis de primis Britanniae incolis conuulsio: Confutation of Polydore's opinion concerning the first inhabitants of Britain |
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VI Quod Britanni continentis ex huius insulae Britannis, non econtra hii ab illis, originem sumpserint: That the Britons of the Continent derived their origin from the Britons of this island, not vice versa |
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VII Quod a Bruto Britanniam denominari verisimilius sit, etiamsi historia recepta nullo penitus loco haberetur, quam ex aliqua alia ratione quae ab huiusmodi historiae aduersariis adducitur. On the greater probability (even if the received history is totally discounted) that Britain is named after Brutus, rather than in accordance with any other explanation produced by the opponents of that history |
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VIII De Lundino, quod idem sit quod olim Trinouantum vrbs (quod a Polydoro item denegatur), deque vtriusque vocabuli etymologia, et quod Augusta dicta sit etiam olim: On London, its identity with the city formerly called Trinovantum (a fact denied by Polydore), and the etymology of both names; also that it was at one time called Augusta |
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IX De vocabulis aliquot Britanniae locorum priscis, etiam nunc antiquitatem ipsam redolentibus, eorumque etymologia: On some ancient British place-names, still redolent of great antiquity, and their etymology |
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X Quod Polydorus Vergilius nonnulla de Britannis a classicis authoribus honorifice memorata ex composito eleuare et imminuere studuerit, alia vero in eorum contumeliam inclinantia etplus aequo intenderit et studio adhibito bine inde conquisierit: About Polydore Vergil's eagerness, on the one hand, to make light of many honourable reports which classical writers give concerning the British and his wish to play down the authority of such accounts; and about his inordinate concentration, on the other hand, on reports which tend towards affronting the Britons and his zeal in searching everywhere for such negative accounts |
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XI De Brenno, quod idem fuerit Britannus et qui Romam ceperit et qui Gallos in Graeciam et Macedoniam deduxerit: On Brennus: that he was a Briton, one and the same person who captured Rome and also led the Gauls into Greece and Macedonia |
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XII De Arthuro Britonum rege illustrissimo: On Arthur, the most illustrious king of the Britons |
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XIII Probabiles coniecturae cur Gildas, quern Polydorus nuper typis excudendum curauit, Arthurum silentio praetermiserit: Conjectures as to likely reasons why Gildas, i.e. the Gildas whose work Polydore has recently seen to having printed, passed over Arthur in silence |
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| Explanatory Notes |
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| Bibliography |
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| Index of Manuscripts |
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| Index of Quotations |
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| General Index |
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