UID:
almafu_9960118190602883
Format:
1 online resource (c, 448 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-139-16337-X
Series Statement:
Cambridge library collection. Rolls
Uniform Title:
Works. Selections
Content:
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 account of his life and the St David's case, and a collection of his letters, poems, and prefaces. 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 illuminating nineteenth-century interest in the period.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Sep 2016).
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Preface; De rebus a se gestis; Invectionum libellus; Symbolum electorum; De Giraldo Archidiacono Menevensi; Epistola ad St Langton; Epistola ad captitulum Herefordense de libris suis; Catalogus brevior librorum; Retractationes; Appendix.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-108-04291-0
Language:
English
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139163378
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