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Update: 12/4/17

I wanted to start giving updates to any major changes I have made to any of the previous articles or lessons that were previously posted.  This blog is a work in progress and it goes along with some of my own learning.  With that in mind I may want to self correct or improve my writing on some of my previous entries.  Naturally, I don't want to bore you with every little edit but I may, from time to time, combine things or even completely redo things.

In this particular case I wanted to include an entry on Bede with my posting on Gildas.  Bede is an almost identical case as Gildas.  However, despite being an extremely important individual to medievalists, he does not have much to offer on Arthurian history.  But, like Gildas, his inclination not to mention Arthur could speak volumes about Arthur's historicity and importance or some might say his complete lack of those things..  So far there is no answer to that question. 

So I want to notify my readership, such that it is, that I have added a short post on Bede to the already existing Gildas post.  I have added it complete with bullet points for your perusal.  I would also like to announce an upcoming "Who is Arthur" post that will, I hope, act as a bit of an overview for my blog.

For my next literature post I will be discussing Nennius's History of the Britons along with the Annals of Wales.

 Hope to see you soon!
Joe

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