Gerald of Wales : De Principis Instructione Hardback
Edited by Robert (Bishop Wardlaw Professor of Mediaeval History, Bishop Wardlaw Professor of Mediaev Bartlett
Part of the Oxford Medieval Texts series
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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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- Pages:872 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:07/06/2018
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- ISBN:9780198738626
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:872 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:07/06/2018
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- ISBN:9780198738626
