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Vortigern
Vortigern
Vortigern A legendary 5th-century Romano-British king said by
BEDE to have invited
HENGIST AND HORSA to Britain as mercenaries in an attempt to withstand the raids by the
PICTS and the
SCOTS. The plan rebounded on Vortigern when Hengist and Horsa turned against him (455) and seized lands in Kent. He was blamed by Gildas for his misjudgement and also for the loss of Britain.
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News in Pictures: Vortigern's Machine.
Magazine article from: Design Week; 2/23/2006; 265 words
; Vortigern's Machine, co-written by Russell Waterman and James Jarvis, featuring illustrations by Jarvis, is published by Amos Novelties in April. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and licensors
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About the Saxon Rebellion and the Massacre at Amesbury
Magazine article from: Arthuriana; 4/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...standard view is that the 'proud tyrant' Vortigern hired three shiploads of Saxon mercenaries...leaders of the Britons, sparing only Vortigern. Significantly, Gildas, as an almost...the British went in fear for 40 years. Vortigern ruled in Britain, and...he was under...
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Jarvis in Wonderland.
Magazine article from: Creative Review; 2/1/2006; 700+ words
; Vortigern's Machine is the first full-length...eagerly anticipated venture into comics, Vortigern's Machine. Jarvis and Russell Waterman...And there's a bit of nudity too." Vortigern's Machine follows two intrepid friends...
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Taking Mr Spoon to Hollywood TALK OF THE TOWN MAGIC MACHINE
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday; 8/27/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Harvey and Jubs, they head to Mr Vortigern's house (via Mr Spoon's icecream van, of course). There, Vortigern uses his magic machine to transport...strange happenings described above in Vortigern's Machine and the Great Sage of...
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The Arts: The April Fool forger A `Shakespeare' play unmasked on its opening night as a forgery is being restaged. Rhoda Koenig tells how a teenage scribbler almost fooled the experts
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 10/19/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...had a premiere as exciting as that of Vortigern - the kind of excitement that sends theatre...author, William Henry Ireland, though, Vortigern was a sort of triumph: no one has ever...Ireland said he had found a play about Vortigern, a fifth-century king of Britain who...
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Tapes reveal Nixon bid to smear rivals
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 10/27/1997; 700+ words
; ...One valuable lesson you learn from Vortigern, William Henry Ireland's celebrated...us. One of the things that marks out Vortigern as unShakespearean is the lack of any...this context, the outrage that greeted Vortigern on its first night, 2 April 1796, looks...
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Curiosity corner.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England); 6/7/2003; 523 words
; ...credits as the retreat of the Welsh king Vortigern, the man who foolishly invited Saxon...national identity. It is said that when Vortigern attempted to build his fortress,he...to see that below the foundations of Vortigern's fort there was a huge cave containing...
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Magical tales of dark past
Newspaper article from: South Wales Evening Post; 9/27/2007; 468 words
; Vortigern's Kingdom Pontardawe Arts Centre...show, fresh from Edinburgh Fringe. Vortigern's Kingdom, at Pontardawe Arts Centre...way, with a bit of comedy as well." Vortigern's Kingdom begins with the dragons of...
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A thankless father Frances Wilson on why an 18th-century boy took to forging Shakespeare
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 6/6/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...a previously undiscovered play called Vortigern, which the 19-year-old William...his father, were admired. It was when Vortigern was staged at the Theatre Royal, Drury...to the opening - and only - night of Vortigern, Edmond Malone, a cool, efficient...
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LOCAL MAN PREPARES FOR POWERBOAT DEBUT.
Newspaper article from: Isle of Man Newspapers (Douglas, England); 6/24/2006; 700+ words
; ...the boat and their newly formed team Vortigern after the fifth century British warlord...conditions.' Commented Stephen. Team Vortigern are still, however, quietly confident...with the 150hp class at 12.30pm. Team Vortigern will be making their debut at 1.20pm...
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Vortigern
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History
Vortigern A leader of the Britons in the immediate post‐...Saxonum (the coming of the Saxons) and the story of Vortigern falls into the years following this date. Vortigern appears to have been a sub‐Roman ruler in...
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Vortigern and Rowena
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
Vortigern and Rowena, see Ireland, W. H.
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Dinas Emrys
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology
...Aurelianus], the boy-prophet who confronts Vortigern and his magicians on this site. Archaeological...According to the best-known story, Vortigern's attempts to build a tower fail when...the Britons and the Saxons, to whom Vortigern has sold his kingship. In Historia Brittonum...
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Emrys Wledig
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology
...elder Emrys struggled for power with Vortigern [W Gwrtheyrn ] after 430, while...to the mysterious boy who confronts Vortigern in the building of Dinas Emrys [W Emrys/Ambrosius' fort]. Vortigern, retiring to the far reaches of his...
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Merlin
Book article from: Myths and Legends of the World
...named Ambrosius who became an adviser to Vortigern, a legendary king of early Britain...s Life and Works. In the legend of Vortigern, the king was trying to build a temple...predicted that the red dragon of Wales (King Vortigern) would be defeated by the white dragon...
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