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GIRALDI CAMBRENSIS OPERA: VOLUME 6, ITINERARIUM KAMBRIAE ET DESCRIPTIO KAMBRIAE
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J. S. Brewer (Editor), James F. Dimock (Editor), Sir George F. Warner (Editor) |
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1108042961 |
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9781108042963 |
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CAMBRIDGE LIBRARY COLLECTION |
Pub. date: |
22 October, 2012 |
Series: |
Cambridge Library Collection - Rolls |
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388 |
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Medieval ecclesiastic Giraldus Cambrensis' ethnographic monograph on his native Wales, published in 1868 as part of the Rolls Series. |
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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 6, edited by clergyman and historian James F. Dimock (1810-76) and first published in 1868, contains Giraldus' treatises on his native Wales, one of his earliest works. The Latin texts provide 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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