Gerald of Wales

New Perspectives on a Medieval Writer and Critic

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

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Gerald of Wales (c.1146-c.1223), widely recognized for his innovative ethnographic studies of Ireland and Wales, was in fact the author of some twenty-three works which touch upon many aspects of twelfth-century life. Despite their valuable insights, these works have been vastly understudied. This collection of essays reassesses Gerald's importance as a medieval Latin writer and rhetorician by focusing on his lesser-known works and providing a fuller context for his more popular writings. This broader view of his corpus brings to light new evidence for his rhetorical strategies, political positioning and usage of source material, and attests to the breadth and depth of his collected works.

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Utgivningsdatum2018-02-01
Mått259 x 158 x 34 mm
Vikt552 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor336
FörlagUniversity of Wales Press
ISBN9781786831644

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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