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GIRALDI CAMBRENSIS OPERA: VOLUME 5, TOPOGRAPHIA HIBERNICA, ET EXPUGNATIO HIBERNICA
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| By: |
J. S. Brewer (Editor), James F. Dimock (Editor), Sir George F. Warner (Editor) |
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Paperback |
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£43.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1108042953 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781108042956 |
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| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE LIBRARY COLLECTION |
| Pub. date: |
22 October, 2012 |
| Series: |
Cambridge Library Collection - Rolls |
| Pages: |
594 |
| Description: |
Medieval ecclesiastic Giraldus Cambrensis' treatise on Ireland, which revived the classical ethnographic monograph tradition, in an 1867 Rolls Series publication. |
| Synopsis: |
Despite a frustrated ecclesiastical career - his ongoing failure to secure the See of St David's embittered him - Giraldus Cambrensis (Gerald of Wales, Gerald de Barry, c.1146-1220/23) composed many remarkable literary works, initially while employed as a royal clerk for Henry II and, subsequently, in semi-retirement in Lincoln. Eight volumes of his works were compiled as part of the Rolls Series of British medieval material. Noted for his vigorous Latin and anecdotal style, Giraldus gives a vivid portrait of medieval Britain - he revived the ethnographic monograph, lapsed since antiquity - and of the intrigues of the Angevin court. Volume 5, edited by clergyman and historian James F. Dimock (1810-76) and published in 1867, contains Giraldus' treatises on Ireland, his earliest works. The Latin text provides an outstanding contemporary source, while the English editorial preface illuminates nineteenth-century interest in the period. |
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black & white illustrations |
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UK |
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Cambridge University Press |
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