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The Preface of Gildas, the Book of David, and the British Church in the Sixth Century
journal contribution
posted on 2020-02-28, 03:40 authored by Steve JoyceSteve Joyce, Constant J. MewsThis paper examines the connections between the penitential works
attributed to Gildas and David and those of the anonymous author of the Poenitentiale Ambrosianum and Cummian. It argues that the penitential attributed to Gildas should be regarded as a genuine work by Gildas and that the Ambrosianum
be considered as ‘the book of David’, from which excerpts were made.
Attempts by Cummian to combine these two authorial traditions in
seventh-century Ireland point to the continuing strength of a British
Church, against the image presented by Bede.