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Book The Journey Through Wales and the Description of Wales

Download or read book The Journey Through Wales and the Description of Wales written by Gerald of Wales and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2004-05-27 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scholar, churchman, diplomat and theologian, Gerald of Wales was one of the most fascinating figures of the Middle Ages and The Journey Through Wales describes his eventful tour of the country as a missionary in 1188. In a style reminiscent of a diary, Gerald records the day-to-day events of the mission, alongside lively accounts of local miracles, folklore and religious relics such as Saint Patrick's Horn, and eloquent descriptions of natural scenery that includes the rugged promontory of St David's and the vast snow-covered panoramas of Snowdonia. The landscape is evoked in further detail in The Description, which chronicles the everyday lives of the Welsh people with skill and affection. Witty and gently humorous throughout, these works provide a unique view into the medieval world.

Book The Description of Wales

Download or read book The Description of Wales written by Cambrensis Giraldus and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-16 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Description of Wales" by Cambrensis Giraldus. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Book The Description of Wales

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  • Author : Giraldus Cambrensis
  • Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Release : 2016-10-06
  • ISBN : 9781539368892
  • Pages : 94 pages

Download or read book The Description of Wales written by Giraldus Cambrensis and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-10-06 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Williams' classic edition of Hoare's classic translation is here augmented with almost 200 new annotations concerning quotations, language, geography, history, and customs alluded to in the text.Gerald the Welshman (Giraldus Cambrensis) was a mediaeval ecclesiast. Of noble birth, with mixed Saxon-Welsh-Norman ancestry, he described himself as "a Welshman", and was employed by the Archbishop of Canterbury on various ecclesiastical missions in Wales. Appointed archdeacon of Brecon at the age of only 28 (and frustrated in his desire to become Bishop of St David's), he then spent two years on a royal commission to Ireland, which gave him material for two books about the land and its people. In 1188, a year after his return, he accompanied Baldwin, Archbishop of Canterbury, through Wales to preach the Third Crusade, a journey which provided him with material for a much more affectionate book about the land of his birth and those he considered his countrymen. Naively vainglorious and boastful, Gerald displayed intense interest in many intellectual subjects (he has been called the Father of Comparative Linguistics), and is considered the most "modern" (as well as the most voluminous) of all mediaeval writers.

Book The Itinerary Through Wales  and the Description of Wales

Download or read book The Itinerary Through Wales and the Description of Wales written by Giraldus (Cambrensis) and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Description of Wales

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  • Author : Giraldus Cambrensis
  • Publisher : CreateSpace
  • Release : 2014-02-05
  • ISBN : 9781495439551
  • Pages : 46 pages

Download or read book The Description of Wales written by Giraldus Cambrensis and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-02-05 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I, WHO, at the expense of three years' labour, arranged, a short time ago, in three parts, the Topography of Ireland, with a description of its natural curiosities, and who afterwards, by two years' study, completed in two parts the Vaticinal History of its Conquest; and who, by publishing the Itinerary of the Holy Man (Baldwin) through Cambria, prevented his laborious mission from perishing in obscurity, do now propose, in the present little work, to give some account of this my native country, and to describe the genius of its inhabitants, so entirely distinct from that of other nations. And this production of my industry I have determined to dedicate to you, illustrious Stephen[3], archbishop of Canterbury, as I before ascribed to you my Itinerary; considering you as a man no less distinguished by your piety, than conspicuous for your learning; though so humble an offering may possibly be unworthy the acceptance of a personage who, from his eminence, deserves to be presented with works of the greatest merit.[...]

Book The History and Topography of Ireland

Download or read book The History and Topography of Ireland written by Gerald of Wales and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2006-06-29 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gerald of Wales was among the most dynamic and fascinating churchmen of the twelfth century. A member of one of the leading Norman families involved in the invasion of Ireland, he first visited there in 1183 and later returned in the entourage of Henry II. The resulting Topographia Hiberniae is an extraordinary account of his travels. Here he describes landscapes, fish, birds and animals; recounts the history of Ireland's rulers; and tells fantastical stories of magic wells and deadly whirlpools, strange creatures and evil spirits. Written from the point of view of an invader and reformer, this work has been rightly criticized for its portrait of a primitive land, yet it is also one of the most important sources for what is known of Ireland during the Middle Ages.

Book Wales

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  • Author : Jan Morris
  • Publisher : Penguin UK
  • Release : 2014-04-24
  • ISBN : 0241970245
  • Pages : 566 pages

Download or read book Wales written by Jan Morris and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2014-04-24 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jan Morris's magnificent book celebrates Wales and all things Welsh. Written as a deeply personal study, it reflects the rich bilingual literature and folklore of Wales, the buildings and wonderfully varied landscapes, the national character and humour, the historical predicaments and the political condition of this small but extraordinary country. Jan Morris is a distinguished historian as well as being one of the world's leading travel-writers. Her passionate love of Wales makes this a unique evocation.

Book Giraldus Cambrensis

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  • Author : Giraldus Cambrensis
  • Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Release : 2016-11-30
  • ISBN : 9781540704047
  • Pages : 100 pages

Download or read book Giraldus Cambrensis written by Giraldus Cambrensis and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-11-30 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geraldus writes from his century but his prose scans well with readers of today. Insights into the people, superstitions, and landscapes of Medieval Wales abound. Writers from Goodrich, to Ashe, to Bernard Cornwell use 'The Description of Wales' as a key primary source to the life and times of the period..

Book Gerald of Wales

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  • Author : Robert Bartlett
  • Publisher : History Press Limited
  • Release : 2006
  • ISBN : 9780752440316
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Gerald of Wales written by Robert Bartlett and published by History Press Limited. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study of Gerald discusses the political path he had to tread and portrays him as an example of the medieval world.

Book Gerald the Welshman

Download or read book Gerald the Welshman written by Henry Owen and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Welsh Princes

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  • Author : Roger K Turvey
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Release : 2014-06-06
  • ISBN : 1317883977
  • Pages : 248 pages

Download or read book The Welsh Princes written by Roger K Turvey and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-06 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Welsh princes were one of the most important ruling elites in medieval western Europe. This volume examines their behaviour, influence and power in a period when the Welsh were struggling to maintain their independence and identity in the face of Anglo-Norman settlement. From the mid-eleventh century to the end of the thirteenth, Wales was profoundly transformed by conquest and foreign 'colonial' settlement. Massive changes took place in the political, economic, social and religious spheres and Welsh culture was significantly affected. Roger Turvey looks at this transformation, its impact on the Welsh princes and the part they themselves played in it. Turvey's survey of the various aspects of princely life, power and influence draws out the human qualities of these flesh and blood characters, and is written very much with the general reader in mind.

Book The Medieval Castles of Wales

Download or read book The Medieval Castles of Wales written by John R. Kenyon and published by University of Wales Press. This book was released on 2010-10-15 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of the book is to give visitors to the medieval castles of Wales a concise but informative description of the main publicly accessible sites in a convenient format. An introductory chapter outlines the development of castle architecture in Britain, drawing on Welsh examples, with a number of ‘box features’ that elaborate more fully on particular aspects, such as gatehouses, or key personalities such as Llywelyn Fawr. Five chapters form a regionally based gazetteer of the castles described. Each entry is prefaced with a key to arrangements at each castle, such as whether there is an entry charge. The know history of any given site is then summarized, and this is then followed by the core of each entry, namely the description of the visible remains, to enable visitors to navigate their way around. Some of the descriptions of the larger sites are accompanied by plans. A final chapter provides a brief overview of castle-like buildings dating from the seventeenth century onwards, and this is followed by a guide to further reading.

Book A Concise History of Wales

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  • Author : Geraint H. Jenkins
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 2007
  • ISBN : 0521823676
  • Pages : 307 pages

Download or read book A Concise History of Wales written by Geraint H. Jenkins and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the most recent historical research and current debates about Wales and Welshness, this volume offers the most up-to-date, authoritative and accessible account of the period from Neanderthal times to the opening of the Senedd, the new home of the National Assembly for Wales, in 2006. Within a remarkably brief and stimulating compass, Geraint H. Jenkins explores the emergence of Wales as a nation, its changing identities and values, and the transformations its people experienced and survived throughout the centuries. In the face of seemingly overwhelming odds, the Welsh never reconciled themselves to political, social and cultural subordination, and developed ingenious ways of maintaining a distinctive sense of their otherness. The book ends with the coming of political devolution and the emergence of a greater measure of cultural pluralism. Professor Jenkins's lavishly illustrated volume provides enthralling material for scholars, students, general readers, and travellers to Wales.

Book Wales and the Britons  350 1064

Download or read book Wales and the Britons 350 1064 written by T. M. Charles-Edwards and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most detailed history of the Welsh from Late-Roman Britain to the eve of the Norman Conquest. Integrates the history of religion, language, and literature with the history of events.

Book Wales in Photographs

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  • Author : Mathew Browne
  • Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
  • Release : 2018-10-15
  • ISBN : 1445683946
  • Pages : 82 pages

Download or read book Wales in Photographs written by Mathew Browne and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2018-10-15 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stunning collection of images showcasing the different regions of Wales in all their glory, which capture the essence of the country.

Book The Description of Wales Illustrated

Download or read book The Description of Wales Illustrated written by Giraldus Cambrensis and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-02 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THIS e-text is a companion to The Itinerary of Archbishop Baldwin through Wales, by the same author, Gerald the Welshman - or, as he signed himself in Latin, Giraldus Cambrensis. The two works were published in a single volume by J.M. Dent in 1912, under the title, Itinerary through Wales; and the Description of Wales, edited by W. Llewellyn Williams, MA (1868-1922)[1]. Williams was a native of Llansadwrn, educated at Llandovery and Brasenose College, Oxford. He was called to the bar but divided his interests between law and journalism. He was an active member of the Gorsedd Beirdd Ynys Prydain, the Welsh national bardic community.Williams provided an extensive Introduction to his volume, in which he summarised Gerald's career and his influence on our understanding of his times. Williams' Introduction concludes:"Probably the most valuable of all [Gerald's] works, from the strictly historical point of view, are the 'Itinerary' and 'Description of Wales,' which are reprinted in the present volume. Here he is impartial in his evidence, and judicial in his decisions. If he errs at all, it is not through racial prejudice. 'I am sprung,' he once told the Pope in a letter, 'from the princes of Wales and from the barons of the Marches, and when I see injustice in either race, I hate it.'"The text is that of Sir Richard Colt Hoare, who published an English translation, chiefly from the texts of Camden and Wharton, in 1806[2]. The valuable historical notes have been curtailed, as being too elaborate for such a volume as this, and a few notes have been added by the present editor. These will be found within brackets. Hoare's translation, and also translations (edited by Mr. Foster) of the Irish books have been published in Bohn's Antiquarian Library.

Book Owain Glyndwr

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  • Author : Terry Breverton
  • Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
  • Release : 2009-05-15
  • ISBN : 1445608766
  • Pages : 368 pages

Download or read book Owain Glyndwr written by Terry Breverton and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2009-05-15 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first ever full-scale biography of the last native Prince of Wales who fought to maintain an independent Wales.