Giraldi Cambrensis opera

Medieval ecclesiastic Giraldus Cambrensis' moral treatise, criticising the Angevin Court, published in 1891 as part of the Rolls Series.

J. S. Brewer (Edited by), Giraldus Cambrensis (Author), J. S. Brewer (Edited by), James F. Dimock (Edited by), George F. Warner (Edited by)

9781108042987, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 15 November 2012

546 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 3.1 cm, 0.79 kg

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 8, edited by archivist George F. Warner (1845–1936) and published in 1891, contains his 'Liber de principis instructione', a moral treatise including much invective against the Angevin court. Written while Louis of France - in whose support Giraldus composed a poem - was scheming to replace King John, the Latin text, in Giraldus' vigorous and anecdotal style, gives a vivid picture of contemporary politics, while the English introduction illuminates nineteenth-century interest in the period.

Introduction
Appendix to introduction
Liber de principis instructione
Index to vols. 1–4 and 8.

Subject Areas: British & Irish history [HBJD1]