boundaries britain ireland later included nobel laureates coming anglo saxons c languages early britain although romans withdrew britain early th century latin literature mostly ecclesiastical continued written including chronicles bede ''historia ecclesiastica gentis anglorum'' gildas c ''de excidio et conquestu britanniae'' facsimile page ''y gododdin'' c nbsp various celtic languages spoken many british people time among important written works survived ''y gododdin'' mabinogion th
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