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On the deeds of Gerald = (De gestis Giraldi) / Gerald of Wales ; edited and translated by Jacob Currie with Thomas Charles-Edwards and Paul Russell.
Van Pelt Library BX4705.G55224 A2 2024
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Giraldus, Cambrensis, 1146?-1223?, author.
- Series:
- Oxford medieval texts
- Language:
- English
- Latin
- Subjects (All):
- Giraldus, Cambrensis, 1146?-1223?.
- Giraldus.
- Priests--Wales--Biography.
- Priests.
- Historians--Wales--Biography.
- Historians.
- Archdeacons--Wales--Biography.
- Archdeacons.
- Wales--Historiography.
- Wales.
- Wales--History--1063-1284--Biography.
- Giraldus, Cambrensis, 1146?-1223? Autobiography of Giraldus Cambrensis.
- British Library--Manuscript--Cotton Tiberius B. XIII, fol. 154r-185v.
- British Library.
- Genre:
- autobiographies (literary works)
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- cxv, 304 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : 1 color facsimile, genealogical tables, maps ; 23 cm.
- Other Title:
- De gestis Giraldi
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, United Kingdom : Clarendon Press, [2024]
- Language Note:
- Parallel Latin text and English translation; introduction and editorial matter in English.
- Summary:
- An account of the life of Gerald of Wales, edited by Jacob Currie with Thomas Charles-Edwards and Paul Russell. This edition presents the text of De gestis Geraldi with a facing-page translation and scholarly commentary, and offers a unique insight into Welsh and Irish history.
- Notes:
- "... known as De rebus a se gestis libri tres for more than three centuries. Henry Wharton first printed it under that title in 1691.... H.E. Butler translated it as "The autobiography of Giraldus Cambrensis". The label has been universally adopted in historical writing on Gerald"-- Introduction, pages xxv-xxvi.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-269) and indexes.
- Contains:
- Container of : Giraldus, Cambrensis, 1146?-1223? Autobiography of Giraldus Cambrensis. Latin. (Currie, Charles-Edwards, and Russell)
- Container of : Giraldus, Cambrensis, 1146?-1223? Autobiography of Giraldus Cambrensis. English. (Currie, Charles-Edwards, and Russell)
- ISBN:
- 9780192869166
- 0192869167
- OCLC:
- 1425972808
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