9781108042956 - Giraldi Cambrensis Opera (Cambridge Library Collection - Rolls, Band 5) (3 Ergebnisse)

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Zustand: New. Medieval ecclesiastic Giraldus Cambrensis' treatise on Ireland, which revived the classical ethnographic monograph tradition, in an 1867 Rolls Series publication. Editor(s): Brewer, J. S.; Dimock, James F.; Warner, Sir George F. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Rolls. Num Pages: 594 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 34. Weight in Grams: 860. . 2012. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - 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. Noted for his vigorous Latin and anecdotal style, Giraldus gives a vivid portrait of medieval Britain - he revived the ethnographic monograph, lapsed since antiquity - and of the intrigues of the Angevin court. Volume 5, edited by clergyman and historian James F. Dimock (1810-76) and published in 1867, contains Giraldus' treatises on Ireland, his earliest works. The Latin text provides an outstanding contemporary source, while the English editorial preface illuminates nineteenth-century interest in the period.