tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26183717454946721882024-03-14T03:39:55.523+00:00Dark Age HistoryBritain and Europe, circa 400AD - 1000ADDane Pestanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10834351002406405509noreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2618371745494672188.post-46067982735751403622021-10-24T22:20:00.008+01:002022-01-25T11:21:47.002+00:00Ambrosius Aurelianus and the Apocalypse of King ArthurIn this ground breaking work, which has taken fourteen years of
research, scholar and historian Dane Pestano examines the life and
legends of the last Roman leader to defend Britain, Ambrosius
Aurelianus, who lived in the late fifth to early sixth century at the
time attributed to King Arthur, and shows how Arthur acquired the
legends of Ambrosius over time. Ambrosius's life and exploits areDane Pestanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10834351002406405509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2618371745494672188.post-19431651235198952072020-02-29T14:11:00.001+00:002020-04-22T17:38:55.953+01:00THE GRAVE OF MERDDIN EMBRAIS
This short paper is an
extract from my forthcoming book to get feedback on the analysis and
translation of this difficult stanza.
THE GRAVE OF MERDDIN
EMBRAIS
“Bedd
Ann ap lleian ymnewais, fynyddlluagor llew YmraisPrif ddewin
Merddin Embrais”1
(T. Jones 1967)
This
brings us now to the notice of the Grave
of Merddin Embrais in
the Englynion y
Beddau (The
Stanzas of the Graves).
This
Dane Pestanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10834351002406405509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2618371745494672188.post-78332785249729257212017-02-25T18:45:00.001+00:002017-03-06T00:14:07.020+00:00Cuneglasus, Ursus and King Arthur
Cuneglasus,Ursus and King Arthur
By
Dane Pestano and contributing editor, Mak Wilson,1
©
2017. Composed in Sussex, England.
Abstract
The
tyrant Cuneglasus appears in a polemic written by a sixth century
monk called Gildas in his work: De
excidio et Conquestu Britanniæ (‘On
the Ruin and Conquest of Britain’ –
shortened to De
Excidio), where
all of Cuneglasus’ various crimes and sinsDane Pestanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10834351002406405509noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2618371745494672188.post-25466447175460606322016-08-04T21:29:00.000+01:002019-10-08T12:57:33.574+01:00The myth of Merovech, the Merovingians and who were Clovis's noble Ancestors?
The myth of
Merovech, the Merovingians and who were Clovis's noble Ancestors?
Who were Clovis' noble ancestors spoken of by Bishops Remigius and Avitus in
their letters to him? Avitus especially lauds Clovis ancestors:
“Of all your ancient genealogy you have chosen to keep only your
own nobility, and you have willed that your race should derive from
you all the glories which Dane Pestanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10834351002406405509noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2618371745494672188.post-25923366076134985852016-07-31T16:52:00.001+01:002019-10-08T13:02:12.552+01:00Clovis - Towards a New Chronology Part Nine
Clovis, King of the
Franks - King by right of war and defender of the faith.
Conclusions
In
the
introduction to this work I discussed the problems inherent with
Chlodovean Chronology. As we have seen an effort was made to
interpolate extra dating mechanisms into Gregory of Tour's Histories
to
extend Clovis' reign to 518. Take away these interpolations and we
are left with Gregory's authenticDane Pestanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10834351002406405509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2618371745494672188.post-28425119443317820822016-05-22T14:40:00.003+01:002016-07-08T23:21:07.277+01:00Clovis, Towards a New Chronology Part Eight.
The Bishops of Gaul and chronological tables.
512. The Bishops of Gaul and the expulsion of Quintianus from
Rodez.
Gregory had mentioned a few Bishops and holy men at the time of
Clovis and so they are as much wrapped up in the chronology as Clovis
is. As noted above in the introduction, Wood had examined the life
of Quintianus in some depth in his 1998 work, but had thought Gregory
wasDane Pestanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10834351002406405509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2618371745494672188.post-91371108156843111592016-01-15T19:51:00.000+00:002016-07-08T23:42:20.652+01:00Clovis, Towards a new Chronology part seven.
Cholodoeus Rex Bellorum - the battles of Tolbiac, Vouille and the death of Clovis.
506 The Battle of Tolbiac.
Alaric settled into peace well, and after dealing with the the last
of the rebellions in his Spanish territory in 506, he called his
first Aquitanian Religious Council at Agde. There he courted the
support of Catholic Bishops and elsewhere promulgated new Dane Pestanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10834351002406405509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2618371745494672188.post-41789014209753832082015-08-02T14:08:00.000+01:002016-07-08T23:33:25.464+01:00Clovis, Towards a New Chonology, Part Six
Chlodoveo Rex Bellorum, The Visigothic, Thuringian and Burgundian wars
By Dane R. Pestano ©2015.
497 Second Letter of Remigius to Clovis on death of Albofled.
Bishop Remigius wrote to Clovis a second time on learning of the
death of Clovis' Sister Albofled. She had been baptised with Clovis
in 496 but then subsequently died, according to Gregory, shortly afterwards. Many Dane Pestanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10834351002406405509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2618371745494672188.post-67867676002947727862015-06-24T17:55:00.001+01:002019-10-08T12:51:03.948+01:00The Baptism of Clovis,
Clovis, Towards a New Chronology, Part Five.
By Dane R. Pestano ©2015. Hover cursor over reference numbers for reference text.
496. The Baptism of Clovis.
The baptism of Clovis as a Catholic was one of the most important
moments in the history of western Europe. The Franks were pressured
on all sides by Arianism and had been contained by the Visigoths
who had also Dane Pestanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10834351002406405509noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2618371745494672188.post-64675367810928086862015-06-19T18:32:00.001+01:002017-11-17T00:54:29.870+00:00Clovis, Towards a New Chronology, Part Four
Chlodoveus Rex Christianus - First Visigothic war and Letter from Remigius.
By Dane R. Pestano ©2015. Hover cursor over reference numbers for reference text.
493. The start of the first Franco-Visigothic war.
Traditionally historians have thought that Clovis had turned
eastwards at this time to take on the Thuringians and perhaps
Alamanni, as indicated by Gregory1.The Dane Pestanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10834351002406405509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2618371745494672188.post-87299414135664161762015-06-17T22:01:00.000+01:002016-07-23T16:54:00.899+01:00Clovis, Towards a New Chronology Part Three.
Chlodoveus Rex and the battle for Soissons and Marriage to Clotilda.
By Dane R. Pestano ©2015
491. The First War –
The Battle for Soissons
The context of the battle of Soissons was one of flux and change.
Ravenna, Rome and Italy had fallen to the barbarians of Odoacer in
476 and by 491, the Gothic Magister Militum Theoderic had
arrived from the east and engaged Odoacer in Dane Pestanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10834351002406405509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2618371745494672188.post-8417240829845813612015-06-10T18:51:00.003+01:002016-07-24T00:45:37.107+01:00Clovis,King of the Franks.Towards a New Chronology,Part Two
Chlodoveus Rex
Bellorum1
Leader of the Provinces, protector of his homelands, conqueror of
nations
By Dane R. Pestano ©2015
435 - 470. Childeric and the Birth
of Clovis.
Childeric and Basina
Little is known about Childeric and Basina, Clovis' parents. Gregory
mixed annalistic fact with legend and mythology to create his story
and so we must depend on him for the bonesDane Pestanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10834351002406405509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2618371745494672188.post-52342112972510282402015-06-09T14:01:00.001+01:002016-07-08T23:55:16.099+01:00Clovis,King of the Franks.Towards a New Chronology,Part One
Clovis, King of the Franks, Towards
a New Chronology.
Part One.
By
Dane R. Pestano ©2015
Introduction.
In these posts I will
look at the chronological framework of the events of the life of
Chlodovech, or Clovis as he is more commonly known, Catholic King of the
Franks in early sixth century Gaul. In doing so the evidence of
contemporary sources will be used Dane Pestanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10834351002406405509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2618371745494672188.post-59662580960291842162015-06-03T13:58:00.000+01:002015-06-03T13:58:25.865+01:00First Council of Orleans in 511 - Attendees
Attendees at the First Council of Orleans in 511
Bishops in bold attended the second council of Orleans
in 533.
Civitatis
Bishop
Ambiani (Amiens)
Edibius
Andecavis (Angers)
Eustochius
Ecolisnum (Angoulême)
Lupicinius
Auscis (Auch)
Nicetius
Dane Pestanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10834351002406405509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2618371745494672188.post-34227613395952444012015-02-13T19:00:00.000+00:002015-02-13T19:02:54.361+00:00'Lost Kingdom' found in Scotland
Pottery from Africa found in a
burnt-out fortress in Galloway hints at a 'lost' Dark Ages kingdom that
may even have been born of an alliance between Britons and Picts.
Remarkably,
a Pictish carved stone at the fort's entrance shows two entwined
symbols which could have been evidence of an alliance between Britons
and Picts, possibly through a ‘royal’ marriage.
A shard of sixth century Dane Pestanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10834351002406405509noreply@blogger.com1Scotland, UK56.490671199999987 -4.202645800000027547.764661199999985 -24.856942800000027 65.216681199999982 16.451651199999972tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2618371745494672188.post-40688552814686515182015-01-24T11:09:00.000+00:002018-05-18T01:02:19.023+01:00Gildas and the chronology of the Adventus Saxonum.
Gildas and the chronology of the
Adventus Saxonum.
Gildas is our earliest witness to the
Adventus Saxonum, or hiring of Saxon mercenaries by the Superbus Tyrannus in the second half of the fifth century yet his chronology
is ignored by writers of our histories. Instead a date of 449 is
favoured which depends on Bede, a man who knew absolutely nothing
about the period and was writing some Dane Pestanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10834351002406405509noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2618371745494672188.post-46882422352258657222014-12-22T17:58:00.001+00:002018-05-01T13:37:54.284+01:00The Core Battles of Arthur Dux Bellorum in Flavia Caesariensis
The Core Battles of Arthur Dux Bellorum in Flavia Caesariensis
by Dane Pestano
In
this essay I will continue the work of Keith Fitzpatrick-Matthews and
explore the battles of Arthur against the Saxons as detailed in the
Historia Brittonum, written in around 829AD and suggest that the
author of the original battle list was placing most of the battles in
the late Roman province of Dane Pestanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10834351002406405509noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2618371745494672188.post-15708645913004312582014-08-24T19:00:00.000+01:002016-12-19T00:19:42.486+00:00King Arthur in Irish Pseudo-Historical Tradition -Full book
.and the power and strength of Britain was destroyed after him
I have made my book available to all now as a downloadable PDF. Enjoy the story of the Irish Arthur in all his glory, at the correct time in history and in all the right places!
Download the full book here.
Here is the Preface, without the References.
The story of Arthur
The
great King Arthur,
defeater of Saxons,
Picts Dane Pestanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10834351002406405509noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2618371745494672188.post-64979101513811073612014-05-09T20:28:00.001+01:002018-05-01T13:30:55.071+01:00Vennicni, Feni and Donegal
Vennicni, Feni and Donegal
In this article I
will be exploring the terms Vennicni, Feni and Gwynedd in relation to
the early medieval tribes of Donegal, particularly the Cenel Conaill and examine the legend of the Ui Neills.
I will endeavour to show that the Vennicni were the forerunners of
the Feni who were in turn the Cenel Conaill of Donegal. In doing so I
hope to confirm the work of Dane Pestanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10834351002406405509noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2618371745494672188.post-39405674763030076812012-11-02T16:55:00.005+00:002015-02-07T17:27:53.954+00:00Worlds of Arthur: Facts and Fictions of the Dark Ages
Worlds of Arthur : Facts and Fictions of the Dark Ages
Guy Halsall
376 pages
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20 black and white halftones, 15 maps
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234x156mm 978-0-19-965817-6
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Dane Pestanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10834351002406405509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2618371745494672188.post-87459191333770686032012-11-01T11:34:00.001+00:002012-11-01T11:34:18.534+00:00Anglo Saxon Hall discovered in KentThe foundations of a huge Anglo-Saxon
feasting hall, the first to be discovered in more than 30 years, has
been found below a village green in Kent.
The
hall, where a king and his warriors would have enjoyed epic days-long
feasts, has laid just inches underground for 1,300 years.
A
team from the University of Reading working with villagers and local
archaeologists made the exceptional Dane Pestanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10834351002406405509noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2618371745494672188.post-33537288255126894292012-10-23T11:10:00.001+01:002012-10-23T11:11:35.185+01:00Evidence of Viking Outpost Found in Canada
While digging in the ruins of a centuries-old building on Baffin Island, far above the Arctic Circle, a team led by Sutherland, adjunct professor of archaeology at Memorial University in Newfoundland and a research fellow at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland, found some very intriguing whetstones. Wear grooves in the blade-sharpening tools bear traces of copper alloys such as bronze—Dane Pestanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10834351002406405509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2618371745494672188.post-1191783055118695662012-10-14T14:07:00.000+01:002012-10-14T14:11:32.655+01:00MystagogyMystagogy
I have added a new blog to my list which piques both my spiritual as well as historical interests. Written by John Sanidopoulos, it introduces a word I had not heard of before. He describes it thus :
"Literally, "mystagogy" (pronounced mys-ta-go-gē) means leading those who have been initiated into a mystery into its deeper meaning and significance.
The early Church Dane Pestanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10834351002406405509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2618371745494672188.post-20781476558394952142012-10-04T18:57:00.007+01:002022-09-30T20:35:14.212+01:00 Saint Patrick, Coroticus and Irish Kings.
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Saint Patrick, Coroticus and Irish Kings
“..a man who has no respect for God nor for His priests whom He chose..”
This is an updated version Dane Pestanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10834351002406405509noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2618371745494672188.post-71993257178269773612012-10-01T17:31:00.002+01:002012-10-01T17:36:08.899+01:00THE USES OF SECULAR RULERS AND CHARACTERS IN THE WELSH SAINTS’ LIVES IN THE VESPASIAN LEGENDARY (MS. COTTON VESPASIAN A. XIV.)Found another very interesting dissertation by Luciana Meinking Guimarães whilst browsing. Here is part of the introduction and then the link to the work.
The idea of this research arose from the study of the instrumentalisation of the figure of King
Arthur in four Saints’ Lives found in the manuscript of the British Library Cotton Vespasian
A. xiv . Arthur’s instrumentalisation in the Saints’ Dane Pestanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10834351002406405509noreply@blogger.com1