Giraldi Cambrensis opera (Cambridge Library Collection - Rolls) (Volume 3) - Softcover

Cambrensis, Giraldus

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1108042937 ISBN 13: 9781108042932

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2012

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.1146-1220/3) 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. Volume 3, edited by historian J. S. Brewer (1809-79) and published in 1863, consists of Latin texts with an editorial preface in English, continuing from Volume 1, Giraldus' polemical-apologetic account of the St David's affair, and a life of the eponymous saint. Giraldus is noted for his vigorous Latin and anecdotal style, and this volume gives a vivid portrait of medieval Britain and the power struggles of the Angevin court, while also illuminating nineteenth-century interest in the period.

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Book Description:

Despite a frustrated ecclesiastical career, Giraldus Cambrensis (Gerald of Wales, c.1146-1220/3) composed many literary works, including in volume 3 this polemical-apologetic account of his own life, and the life of St David. The two Latin texts, with an English preface, were published together in the Rolls Series in 1863.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1108042937
• ISBN 13: 9781108042932
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 506
• Editor: Brewer J. S., Dimock James F., Warner George F.