9781108042987 - Giraldi Cambrensis Opera (Cambridge Library Collection - Rolls, Band 8) (3 Ergebnisse)

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Zustand: New. Medieval ecclesiastic Giraldus Cambrensis' moral treatise, criticising the Angevin Court, published in 1891 as part of the Rolls Series. Editor(s): Brewer, J. S.; Dimock, James F.; Warner, Sir George F. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Rolls. Num Pages: 546 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 31. Weight in Grams: 790. . 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. 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.