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Giraldi Cambrensis opera (Paperback)
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Giraldi Cambrensis opera (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Rolls, Volume 4
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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. Volume 4, edited by
historian J. S. Brewer (1809-79) and published in 1873, contains
two texts, one a moral, quasi-pastoral critique of the monastic
orders, the other a life of Geoffrey Plantagenet (1151-1212),
Archbishop of York, focusing on power struggles at the Angevin
court. Noted for his vigorous Latin and anecdotal style, Giraldus
gives a vivid portrait of medieval Britain, while the English
editorial preface illuminates nineteenth-century interest in the
period.
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