On the Ruin of Britain (Parts I and II)
Gildas / Giles, J. A.![On the Ruin of Britain (Parts I and II)](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/332/3326792/CHSBZCOP033326792.jpg)
Saint Gildas (c. 494 or 516-c. 570) was a prominent member of the Celtic Christian church in Britain, whose renowned learning and literary style earned him the designation Gildas Sapiens (Gildas the Wise). He was ordained in the Church, and in his works favoured the monastic ideal. Fragments of letters he wrote reveal that he composed a Rule for monastic life that was a little less austere than the Rule written by his contemporary, Saint David...