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Giraldus Cambrensis

Giraldus Cambrensis , c.1146-1223, Norman-Welsh churchman and historian, also called Gerald of Wales and Gerald de Barri. He was associated (from 1184) with the king and court of England. His historical works include two descriptive works on Ireland (resulting from a visit) and Descriptio Cambriae [description of Wales]. They contain rare glimpses of medieval life and folklore. He also wrote autobiographical works, lives of churchmen, pastoral admonitions, Latin poetry, and treatises on the rights of the see of St. David's.

Bibliography: See his autobiography (ed. and tr. by H. E. Butler, 1937); biography by R. Bartlett (1982).

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Giraldus Cambrensis (c.1146–1223), Gerald de Barri, historian. From c.1175 to 1203 he was Archdeacon of Brecon. He was twice elected Bp. of St Davids, but failed to obtain consecration. His historical works are amusing and vivid, but the facts are sometimes exaggerated.

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Giraldus Cambrensis (c.1146–1220), Welsh cleric and chronicler; he is the author of opographia Hibernica, which covers the natural history, marvels, and early events of Ireland, and the Iterarium Cambriae on the topography of Wales. He is also known as Gerald of Wales.

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