Gerald of Wales

New Perspectives on a Medieval Writer and Critic

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

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Beskrivning

Gerald of Wales (c.1146-c.1223), widely recognised for his innovative ethnographic studies of Ireland and Wales, was the author of works that touch upon many aspects of twelfth-century life. Despite their valuable insights, these works numbering twenty-three have been vastly understudied, and the collection of essays in the present volume reassesses Gerald's importance as a medieval Latin writer by focusing on the lesser-known works, and by providing a fuller context for his better-known writings. This broader view of his corpus brings to light new evidence for the rhetorical strategies that he employed, his political positioning, and his use of source material, in attesting to the breadth and depth of his work.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-02-15
Mått:156 x 234 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:336
Förlag:University of Wales Press
ISBN:9781786831637

Utforska kategorier

Europas historia inom Historia och arkeologi
Litteraturvetenskap inom Skönlitteratur
Medeltiden inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

Georgia Henley is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Text Technologies and Digital Humanities at Stanford University. A. Joseph McMullen is Assistant Professor in English at Centenary University.

Innehållsförteckning

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