Books by Giraldus Cambrensis

Despite a frustrated ecclesiastical career, Giraldus Cambrensis (Gerald of Wales, c.1146-1220/23) composed many literary works, including in volume 7 the lives of two sainted Bishops of Lincoln, Remigius and Hugh. The Latin texts, with an editorial preface in English, were published in the Rolls Series in 1877.

Despite a frustrated ecclesiastical career, Giraldus Cambrensis (Gerald of Wales, c.1146-1220/23) composed many literary works, including in volume 8 this moral treatise criticising the Angevin court. Giving a vivid picture of contemporary politics, the Latin text, with an editorial preface in English, was published in the Rolls Series in 1891.

Despite a frustrated ecclesiastical career, Giraldus Cambrensis (Gerald of Wales, c.1146-1220/23) composed many literary works, including in volume 6 treatises on his native Wales, which revived the classical tradition of the ethnographic monograph. The Latin text, with an editorial preface in English, was published in the Rolls Series in 1868.

Despite a frustrated ecclesiastical career, Giraldus Cambrensis (Gerald of Wales, c.1146-1220/23) composed many literary works, including in volume 5 his treatise on Ireland, which revived the classical tradition of the ethnographic monograph. The Latin text, with an editorial preface in English, was published in the Rolls Series in 1867.

Despite a frustrated ecclesiastical career, Giraldus Cambrensis (Gerald of Wales, c.1146-1220/3) composed many literary works, including in volume 3 this polemical-apologetic account of his own life, and the life of St David. The two Latin texts, with an English preface, were published together in the Rolls Series in 1863.

Despite a frustrated ecclesiastical career, Giraldus Cambrensis (Gerald of Wales, c.1146-1220/23) composed many literary works, including in volume 4 a life of Geoffrey Plantagenet (1151-1212), Archbishop of York, describing the Angevin court's intrigues. The Latin text, with an editorial preface in English, was published in the Rolls Series in 1873.

Despite a frustrated ecclesiastical career, Giraldus Cambrensis (Gerald of Wales, c.1146-1220/3) composed many literary works, including in volume 2 his handbook on sacraments and morals. Published in 1862 in the Rolls Series, this Latin text, with an editorial preface in English, gives a vivid picture of the medieval ecclesiastical world.

Despite a frustrated ecclesiastical career, Giraldus Cambrensis (Gerald of Wales, c.1146-1220/3) composed many literary works, including in volume 1 his polemical-apologetic account of his life and his failure to secure the See of St David's. The Latin texts, with an editorial preface in English, were published in the Rolls Series in 1861.