Sources for the End of Roman Britain


Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (1994) Edited and translated by G.N. Garmonsway. Everyman Publishers.

Bachrach, Bernard S. (1988) 'Gildas, Vortigern, and the Constitutionality in sub-Roman Britain' Nottingham Medieval Studies 32:126-140.

Bartholomew, Philip (1982) 'Fifth Century Facts' Britannia 13: 261-270.

Bede Ecclesiatical History of the English People. (1994) Edited by Judith McClure and Roger Collins. Oxford University Press.

Blackford, J.J. and Chambers, F. M. (1991) 'Proxy records of climate from blanket mires: evidence for a Dark Age (1400 BP) climatic deterioration in the British Isles' The Holocene 1: 63-7. [1400BP = 550AD]

Bowman, A. (1996) 'Post-Roman imports in Britain and Ireland: a maritime perspective', p. 97-108; In: External Contacts and the Economy of Late Roman Britain and Post-Roman Britain. K.R. Dark Editor. Boydell Press.

Cambell, E. (1996) 'The archaeological evidence for external trade contacts: imports, trade, and economy in Celtic Britain A.D. 400-800', p. 83-96; In: External Contacts and the Economy of Late Roman Britain and Post-Roman Britain. K.R. Dark Editor. Boydell Press.

Casey, P. J. (1979) 'Magnus Maximus in Britain: a reapprisal', p. 66-79; In: The End of Roman Britain: Papers Arising from a Conference, Durham 1978 Edited by P.J. Casey. BAR British Series 71

Casey, P. J. and Jones, Michael. (1990) 'The Date of the Letter of the Britons to Aetius' Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies 37: 281-90.

Chadwick, H.M. (1959) 'Vortigern', p. 21-33; 'The Foundation of the Early British Kingdoms', p. 47-56; In: Studies in Early British History Nora Chadwick, Ed. (1959) Cambridge University Press.

Dark, Kenneth R. (1992) 'A Sub-Roman Re-Defense of Hadrian's Wall?' Britannia 23:111-120.

- ( 1993) 'St. Patrick's uillula and the fifth-century occupation of Romano-British villa', p. 19-24 ; In: St. Patrick, AD. 493-1993. David Dumville, Editor. Woodbridge Publishers

- (1994) Civitas to Kingdom: British Political Continuity 400-800. St. MartinÕs Press.

- (1996) 'Proto-industrialisation and the end of the Roman economy', p. 1-22; 'Pottery and local production at the end of Roman Britain', p. 53-66; In: External Contacts and the Economy of Late Roman Britain and Post-Roman Britain. K.R. Dark Editor. Boydell Press.

- (1998) 'Centuries of Roman Survival in the West' British Archaeology 32 (March) http://britac3.britac.ac.uk/cba/ba/ba32feat.html

Dark, S. P.(Petra) (1996) 'Palaeoecological evidence for landscape continuity and change in Britain ca AD 400-800', p. 23-53; In: External Contacts and the Economy of Late Roman Britain and Post-Roman Britain. K.R. Dark Editor. Boydell Press.

Davies, Wendy (1979) 'Roman settlements and post-Roman estates in south-east Wales', p. 153-73; In: The End of Roman Britain: Papers Arising from a Conference, Durham 1978 Edited by P.J. Casey. BAR British Series 71.

Denison, Simon ( March 1995) 'Welsh monastary found to have Roman origins'British Archaeology 2 http://britac3.britac.ac.uk/cba/ba/ba2news.html

- ( June 1995) 'Cattle bones show Roman Lincoln's late survival' and 'London Cathedral'British Archaeology 5 http://britac3.britac.ac.uk/cba/ba/ba5/ba5news.html

-(July 1995) 'Roman power traced to far southwestern Wales' British Archaeology 6 http://britac3.britac.ac.uk/cba/ba/ba6/ba6news.html

- (February 1997) 'Roman military supply system 'lasted to the end' British Archaeology 21 http://britac3.britac.ac.uk/cba/ba/ba21/ba21news.html

Dumnville, David (1977) ' Review: Kathleen Hughes The Welsh Latin Chronicles: 'Annales Cambriae' and Related Texts' Studia Celtica 12/13: 461-7.

- (1984) 'Gildas and Uinnau' p.207-214; 'Gildas and Maelgwn: Problems in Dating' p. 51- 59; 'Chronology of De Excidio Brittaniae, Book I' p.61-84; In: Gildas: New Approaches Studies in Celtic History vol. Y. M. Lapidge and D. Dumville Editors. Boydell Press.

- (1990) Histories and Pseudo-Histories of the Insular Middle Ages Variorum publishers. [Includes the following previously published articles: 'Sub-Roman Britain: History and Legend', and ''Nennius' and the Historia Brittonum' among others.]

- (1993) Editor and Main Author. Saint Patrick 493-1993. Boydell Press.

Evison, Martin (April 1997) 'Lo, the conquering hero comes (or not)' British Archaeology 23 http://britac3.britac.ac.uk/cba/ba/ba23/ba23feat.html

Faull, M. L. and Moorehouse, S. A. (1981) West Yorkshire: an Archaeological Survey to A.D. 1500 Volume 1: Sources, Environment, and the County to A.D. 1066. West Yorkshire Metropolitan County Council.

Gildas, The Ruin of Britian and other works.(1978) Editer and translator : Micheal Winterbottom. History from the Sources Series.

Goffart, Walter (1988) The Narrators of Barbarian History (A.D. 550-800) : Jordanes, Gregory of Tours, Bede, and Paul the Deacon. Princeton University Press.

Hanson, W.S. and Campbell, D.B. (1986) 'The Brigantes: From Clientage to Conquest' Britannia 17:73-89.

Harke, Heinrich (December 1995) 'Finding Britons in Anglo-Saxon Graves' British Archaeology 10 http://britac3.britac.ac.uk/cba/ba/ba10/ba10feat.html

Hartley, B. R. and Fitts, R.L. (1988) The Brigantes. Alan Sutton Publisher.

Hawkes, Sonia Chadwick(1982) 'Anglo-Saxon Kent, c425-725', p. 64-78; In: Archaeology in Kent to AD 1500 edited by Peter Leach. CBA Research Report No. 48.

Higham, N. (1986) The Northern Counties to AD 1000. London and New York: Longman Publishers.

- (1987) 'Brigantia Revisted' Northern History vol. XXiii: 1-19.

- (1991) Kingdom of Northumbria 400-1100.

Historia Brittonum  In: Nennius, British History and the Welsh Annals. Edited and translated by John Morris. (1980) History from the Sources Series.

Jackson, Kenneth. (1953-8) 'The site of Mount Badon' Journal of Celtic Studies 2: 152-5.p

- (1963) 'On the Northern British Section in Nennius', p. 20-62 In: Celt and Saxon: Studies in the Early British Border. ed. N. Chadwick. Cambridge University Press.

- (1980) 'Brigomaglos and St. Briog' Archaeologia Aeliana Fifth Series, Volume X. The Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle Upon Tyne.

Jobey, George 'The Settlement at Doublestead and Romano-British Settlement on the Coastal Plain between the Tyne and the Forth' (1982) Archaeologia Aeliana Fifth Series Volume X: 1-23.

Johnson, 'Dual Personality of Gildas' (1948) Antiquity. 22: 38-40

Jones, Michael E. (1979) 'Climate, nutrition, and disease: an hypothesis of Romano-British population', p. 231-51; In: The End of Roman Britain: Papers Arising from a Conference, Durham 1978 Edited by P.J. Casey. BAR British Series 71.

- (1996) The End of Roman Britain Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press.

Jones, Michael E. and Casey, John (1988)'The Gallic Chronicle Restored: A Chronology for the Anglo-Saxon Invasions and the End of Roman Britain'' Britannia XIX: 367-98.

Kent, J. P. C. (1979) 'The end of Roman Britain: the literary and numismatic evidence reviewed', p. 15 27; In: The End of Roman Britain: Papers Arising from a Conference, Durham 1978 Edited by P.J. Casey. BAR British Series 71.

Knight, J.K. (1984) 'Glamorgan AD 400-1100', p. 315-364; In: Early Glamorgan: Prehistory and Early History Series: Glamorgan Country History, 2. H.N. Savory, Editor. Published by Glamorgan County Trust, Ltd. and distributed by University of Wales Press.

- (1996) 'Seasoned with salt: insular-gallic contacts in the early memorial stones and cross slabs', p. 109-120; In: External Contacts and the Economy of Late Roman Britain and Post-Roman Britain. K.R. Dark Editor. Boydell Press.

Lapidge, Micheal (1984) 'Gildas's Education and the Latin Culture of Sub-Roman Britian', p.27-50; In: Gildas: New Approaches. Studies in Celtic History vol. V, M. Lapdige and D. Dumville, Editors. Boydell Press.

Leahy, Kevin. (1993) 'The Anglo-Saxon Settlement of Lindsey', p. 29-44; In: Pre-Viking Lindsey Alan Vince Editor. Lincoln Archaeological Studies No. 1.

Mann, J. C. (1979) 'Hadrian's Wall: the last phases', p. 144-51; In: The End of Roman Britain: Papers Arising from a Conference, Durham 1978 Edited by P.J. Casey. BAR British Series 71.

McCarthy, M. R. (1982) 'Thomas, Chadwick, and Post-Roman Carlisle', p. 241-256; In: The Early Church in Western Britain and Ireland: Studies Presented to C.A. Raleigh Radford Susan Pearce, Editor. BAR British Series 102.

Miller, M.(1975) 'Bede's use of Gildas' The English Historical Review. 90: 241-61.

- (1975) 'Relative and Absolute Publication Dates of Gildas's De Excidio in Medieval Scholarship' Bulletin Board of Celtic Studies 26: 169-174.

- (1975e) 'Stilicho's Pictish War' Britannia 6: 141-5

- (1978) 'The last British entry in the 'Gallic Chronicles'' Britannia 9:315-18.

Morris, C. (March 1995) 'Not King Arthur, But King Someone'British Archaeology 4 http://britac3.britac.ac.uk/cba/ba/ba4/ba4feat.html.

Patrick, St.  Confessio and   Letter to Coroticus In:  St. Patrick: His Writings and Muirchu's Life. (1978) Edited and translated by ABE Hood. History from the Sources Series. Arthurian Period Resources. Vol. Phillmore Publishers.

Rahtz, P.A. (1982) 'Celtic Society in Somerset AD 400-700' Bulletin Board of Celtic Studies  30: 176-200.

Ross, Anne (1967, 1996 reprint) Pagan Celtic Britain: Studies in Iconography and Tradition Academy Chicago Publishers.

Salway, Peter  Roman Britain.

Sparey-Green, C. (1996) 'Poundbury, Dorset: settlement and economy in the Late and post-Roman Dorchester', p121-152; In: External Contacts and the Economy of Late Roman Britain and Post-Roman Britain. K.R. Dark Editor. Boydell Press.

Snyder, C. (1996) 'Celtic Continuity in the Middle Ages' Medieval Perspectives 11:164-178.

- (1997)A Gazetteer of Sub-Roman Britain (AD 400-600): the British Sites. Internet Archaeology 3 (http://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue3/snyder_index.html).

-(1998) Age of Tyrants: Britain and the Britons, 400-600AD Penn State University Press.

Steane, Kate and Alan Vince (1993) 'Post-Roman Lincoln: Archaeological Evidence for Activity in Lincoln from the 5th to the 9th centuries', p. 71-79; In: Pre-Viking Lindsey Alan Vince Editor. Lincoln Archaeological Studies No. 1.

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