Gerald of Wales : new perspectives on a medieval writer and critic /

This collection of essays re-evaluates the significance of Gerald of Wales as a medieval Latin writer, presenting new research on lesser-studied aspects of his corpus and a fuller context for his more popular works.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Henley, Georgia (Editor ), McMullen, A. Joseph (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2018.
Edición:1st
Temas:
Giraldus, > Cambrensis, > 1146?-1223?
1063-1284
Authors, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Écrivains latins médiévaux et modernes.
British & Irish history.
Medieval history.
HISTORY > Medieval.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
Historiography.
Wales > History > 1063-1284 > Historiography.
Pays de Galles > Histoire > 1063-1284 > Historiographie.
Wales.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of Abbreviations List of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Gerald of Wales: Interpretation and Innovation in Medieval Britain
  • Georgia Henley and A. Joseph McMullenSection 1: Appropriating the Past2 Gerald of Wales and the Welsh Past
  • Huw Pryce3 Gerald and Welsh Genealogical Learning
  • Ben Guy4 Gerald of Wales, Walter Map and the Anglo-Saxon History of Lydbury North
  • Joshua Byron Smith5 Gerald of Wales and the History of Llanthony Priory
  • Robert Bartlett6 The Early Manuscripts of Gerald of Wales
  • Catherine Rooney7 Giraldian Beavers: Revision and the Making of Meaning in Gerald's Early Works
  • Michael Faletra8 Style, Truth and Irony: Listening to the Voice of Gerald of Wales's Writings
  • Simon Meecham-JonesSection 3: Gerald the Thinker: Religion and Worldview9 Gerald of Wales's Sense of Humour
  • Peter J.A. Jones10 Fere tirannicus: Royal Tyranny and the Construction of Episcopal Sanctity in Gerald of Wales's Vita Sancti Hugonis
  • Peter Raleigh11 'A Priest Is Not a Free Person': Condemning Clerical Sins and Upholding Higher Moral Standards in the Gemma ecclesiastica
  • Suzanne LaVere12 Elements of Identity: Gerald, the Humours and National Characteristics
  • Owain NashSection 4: Reception in England, Ireland and Wales13 Gerald's Circulation and Reception in Wales: The Case of Claddedigaeth Arthur
  • Georgia Henley14 The Transmission of the Expugnatio Hibernica in Fifteenth-century Ireland
  • Caoimhe Whelan15 Did the Tudors Read Giraldus? Gerald of Wales and Early Modern Polemical Historiography
  • Brendan KaneAfterword Bibliography Index.

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