Elbodug, and, therefore, it is very likely that he was a native Welshman. Nennius was a disciple of the bishop of Bangor, St. These are year-by-year accounts of the most important political, economical, or social events. The Historia Brittonum forms part of the literary genre named Chronicle. Some authors, however, claim that they are able to give a much more precise date and they state the year 829/30 AD as the year of its origin.
Nennius is said to have written his Historia Brittonum around 800 AD. However, before reading this paper it has to be pointed out that scholars still argue about the correct dates, sources, and, surprisingly enough, about the content of Nennius’ Historia Brittonum as well as its interpretation. Finally, after having reviewed and discussed the sources’ historical reliability, everything will be put into context and the question as to how accurate Nennius really was will be answered. These sources include accounts of a Welsh monk named Gildas, the Venerable Bede, and others. Secondly, an overview of Nennius’ sources will be provided and, in a further step, successively analysed in more detail.
Its structure, content, and, most importantly in terms of historical accuracy, its origin and development will be reviewed and classified, not only in the context of the emergence of the Arthurian legend but also in terms of real historical events. Therefore, this paper will, firstly, give a brief account of the Historia Brittonum. The aim of this paper is to give an account of the historical reliability of Nennius’ Historia Brittonum (History of the Britons) as it is one of the earliest sources in which a person called Arthur is mentioned. The historical Arthur: Nennius’ sources and their implications for the historical reliability of his account of School of English Literature, Language & Linguistics
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