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J. Bale’s Illustrium maioris Britanniae scriptorum summarium, published in 1548, references an earlier work similar to that of Helinandus. | J. Bale’s Illustrium maioris Britanniae scriptorum summarium, published in 1548, references an earlier work similar to that of Helinandus. | ||
<blockquote>A British hermit of unknown name, born in Wales and living there, who after the manner of the bards of that region had devoted his entire life to the study of the science of the stars and of history, assembled the notable events that had taken place in his fatherland and wrote them down with no mean labour. He wrote chiefly of the famous British King Arthur and his Round Table. He also had much to tell of [[Lancelot]], Morgan, Percival, Gauvain, Bertram and other valiant men.... The work is known in a language unknown to me. ''The Holy Grail, Book I''. I have seen fragments of the work. According to Vincent it was famous in the time of Ina, King of the West Saxons, somewhere around 720.<ref>Ibid., p. 30.</ref></blockquote> | <blockquote>A British hermit of unknown name, born in Wales and living there, who after the manner of the bards of that region had devoted his entire life to the study of the science of the stars and of history, assembled the notable events that had taken place in his fatherland and wrote them down with no mean labour. He wrote chiefly of the famous British King Arthur and his [[Round Table]]. He also had much to tell of [[Lancelot]], Morgan, Percival, Gauvain, Bertram and other valiant men.... The work is known in a language unknown to me. ''The Holy Grail, Book I''. I have seen fragments of the work. According to Vincent it was famous in the time of Ina, King of the West Saxons, somewhere around 720.<ref>Ibid., p. 30.</ref></blockquote> | ||
Ina, ruler of Wessex from 688 to 728, was a promoter of Christianity who united the British church with the Roman church. | Ina, ruler of Wessex from 688 to 728, was a promoter of Christianity who united the British church with the Roman church. | ||