Talk:Geraint of Dumnonia

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Copyright dispute[edit]

If we want to throw out the copyright violating text, I've culled together the following alternate text from the public domain and my own memory (viz one or two snippets about Geraint's Welsh connections). (Okay, it don't read so smooth, but it's a start.)

Geraint (d. 710 CE; known in mediaeval Welsh manuscripts as Gereint rac Deheu, and in Latin as Gerontius) was a king of Dumnonia (Devon and Cornwall). He is said to have fought in the battle of Gododdin "for the South" (rac Deheu).

St Aldhelm, Bishop of Sherborne was deputed by a synod of the church in Wessex to remonstrate with the Britons of Dumnonia on their differences from the Roman practice in the shape of the tonsure and the date of Easter. This he did in a long and rather acrimonious letter to Geraint, achieving ultimate agreement with Rome.

Ine of Wessex defeated him in 710, according to Florence of Worcester, and it was probably around this time that Devon was conquered by the West Saxons. Geraint is supposed to have been killed at the Battle of Llongborth. After Geraint's death, however, Ine was unable to establish his authority over neighbouring Cornwall; in 722, the West Saxons were defeated by the Cornish by a river the Saxons called Hehil.

Geraint is revered as a Cornish saint.

Category:Saints Category:Cornish saints Category:History of Cornwall

Sheesh, this is not a copyvio. The evidence is simple:

Look at the article history: it was written from scratch, & has evolved over the last few years from my original contribution in 2002.
More importantly, look at the bottom of the page over at www.cornwalls.co.uk: it credits Wikipedia for the text.

Can we remove this tag now?

BTW, QuartierLatin1968, you've confused the two Geraints: the one who fought with the Gododdin lived in the last quarter of the 6th century, over 100 years earlier than this Cornish king. However, the other 2 paragraphs appear to be correct. -- llywrch 17:51, 13 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

They were different people, eh? Good to know! I yield to your obviously deeper knowledge on the subject. Sounds astonishing they'd have put this down as a copyright vio when the site gives us credit – I agree, that sounds like a candidate for speedy reinstatement. QuartierLatin1968 00:58, 17 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Duly reinstated; clearly they got it from us rather than vice versa, as they admit it themselves! --Delirium 08:25, May 18, 2005 (UTC)

I'm cleaning up some of the confused information. Llongborth was fought in the early 6th century.--Cuchullain 03:20, 20 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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