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 1, edited by historian J. S. Brewer (1809 79) and published in 1861, with an introduction in English to the Latin texts, consists of Giraldus' polemical-apologetic...
Despite a frustrated ecclesiastical career his ongoing failure to secure the See of St David's embittered him Giraldus Cambrensis (Gerald of Wales, Ge...
Scholar, churchman, diplomat and theologian, Gerald of Wales was one of the most fascinating figures of the Middle Ages and The Journey Through Wales describes his eventful tour of the country as a missionary in 1188. In a style reminiscent of a diary, Gerald records the day-to-day events of the mission, alongside lively accounts of local miracles, folklore and religious relics such as Saint Patrick's Horn, and eloquent descriptions of natural scenery that includes the rugged promontory of St David's and the vast snow-covered panoramas of Snowdonia. The landscape is evoked in further detail...
Scholar, churchman, diplomat and theologian, Gerald of Wales was one of the most fascinating figures of the Middle Ages and The Journey Through Wales ...
