In the following excerpt, Owen summarizes four of Gerald's most important works: the Topographia Hibernica, the Expugnatio Hibernica, the Itinerarium Kambriae, and the Gemma Ecclesiastica.
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In the following excerpt, Roberts offers a survey of Gerald's major and minor works.
These years had been the most active of Gerald's career. On the one hand he had spent his time gat...
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In the following essay, Coleman analyzes the subtexts of the works of Gerald and other church writers and reveals instances of wry humor.
The great Cistercian abbey of Rievaulx in Yorkshire, whose ...
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In the following essay, which was originally presented as a lecture at the John Rylands Library in 1928, Powicke traces Gerald's life and career.
The career of Gerald of Wales suggests some ...
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In the following essay, Williams describes Gerald's significance, accomplishments, and approach to history.
The reader anxious to set Giraldus against the background of twelfth-century Wales...
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In the following excerpt, first published in 1940, Knowles examines Gerald's criticism of monks, discusses some limitations of his arguments, and compares and contrasts his interests to those o...
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In the following essay, Richter examines Gerald's life and the political and religious influence of his writings.
The life-span of Gerald of Wales embraces the reign of Stephen in England an...
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In the following essay, Jones examines responses to Gerald's controversial accounts of the Irish.
The English have never been especially complimentary of Celtic civilization; and, from the t...
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In the following essay, McGurk traces Gerald's early career of documenting British life.
No twelfth-century writer is more familiar to English readers than Gerald of Wales—more common...
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In the following essay, McGurk examines Gerald's writings on Wales and his attempt to become a bishop.
The reign of Henry II was as important a landmark in Welsh history as it had been in th...
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In the following excerpt, Bartlett contends that Gerald's Cosmographia and other scientific writings, although not of the Platonic tradition, nevertheless show dedication to detail, observation...
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Critical Essay by Henry Owen
