Giraldus Cambrensis

Please see Darrell Wolcott: Osbwrn Wyddel of Cors Gedol; http://www.ancientwalesstudies.org/id203.html. (Steven Ferry, August 30, 2020.)

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Gerald of Wales, Giraldus Cambrensis

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c.1146–1223, Norman-Welsh churchman and historian, also called Gerald of Wales and Gerald de Barri. Giraldus Cambrensis. Norman-Welsh churchman and historian, Historian and archdeacon of Brecknock, Wales (1175–1204). Educated in Paris, he returned to Wales and struggled unsuccessfully to become bishop of St. David's, hoping to make it independent of Canterbury.

He advised Henry II of England and Henry's son John, especially on Welsh and Irish issues. His accounts of life in the late 12th century have proved valuable to historians. His historical works include two descriptive works on Ireland (resulting from a visit) and Descriptio Cambriae [description of Wales].

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