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Gerald of Wales - De Principis Instructione (Hardcover)
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Gerald of Wales - De Principis Instructione (Hardcover)
Series: Oxford Medieval Texts
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Gerald of Wales was an ecclesiastic, a servant and critic of the
Angevin kings, and a prolific and vitriolic writer. Born in
Pembrokeshire of mixed Norman and Welsh blood in the middle years
of the twelfth century, he was appointed archdeacon of Brecon in
1175, but that was the highest office he attained, despite his
indefatigable efforts in the years 1198-1203 to become not merely
bishop, but archbishop, of St Davids. His death was reported in
1223. His Instruction for a Ruler (De principis instructione) is of
interest for three main reasons: it provides a detailed and
violently partisan account of the last days of Henry II of England;
it is full of miscellaneous but valuable stories and anecdotes
(such as the account of the discovery of the tomb of Arthur and
Guinevere, and the legend of the destruction of the Picts); and it
is a monument to the literary culture of a highly educated writer
at the heart of the twelfth-century Renaissance.
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