Giraldi Cambrensis Opera - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1108042945 ISBN 13 : 9781108042949

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2012

Synopsis

Medieval ecclesiastic Giraldus Cambrensis' life of Geoffrey Plantagenet (1151–1212), Archbishop of York, published in the Rolls Series in 1873.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Despite a frustrated ecclesiastical career - his ongoing failure to secure the See of St David's embittered him - Giraldus Cambrensis (Gerald of Wales, Gerald de Barry, c.1146–1220/23) composed many remarkable literary works, initially while employed as a royal clerk for Henry II and, subsequently, in semi-retirement in Lincoln. Eight volumes of his works were compiled as part of the Rolls Series of British medieval material. Volume 4, edited by historian J. S. Brewer (1809–79) and published in 1873, contains two texts, one a moral, quasi-pastoral critique of the monastic orders, the other a life of Geoffrey Plantagenet (1151–1212), Archbishop of York, focusing on power struggles at the Angevin court. Noted for his vigorous Latin and anecdotal style, Giraldus gives a vivid portrait of medieval Britain, while the English editorial preface illuminates nineteenth-century interest in the period.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1108042945
• ISBN 13: 9781108042949
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 528
• Éditeur: Brewer J. S.
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