The Song of Giraldus

The Song of Giraldus PDF

Author: Richard M. Loomis

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2001-01-09

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 1462824579

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"A fan letter. I very much enjoyed and appreciated your novel, with its splendid evocation of the medieval worldas seen through the consciousness of a historian of the time. Your sense of language has a wonderful feeling of a vanished age, and yet with a kind of modern, almost minimalist restraint. Bravo for a job well done." Robert Rosenstone Cal Tech, Division of Humanities and Social Sciences

The History and Topography of Ireland

The History and Topography of Ireland PDF

Author: Gerald of Wales

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2006-06-29

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 0141915560

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Gerald of Wales was among the most dynamic and fascinating churchmen of the twelfth century. A member of one of the leading Norman families involved in the invasion of Ireland, he first visited there in 1183 and later returned in the entourage of Henry II. The resulting Topographia Hiberniae is an extraordinary account of his travels. Here he describes landscapes, fish, birds and animals; recounts the history of Ireland's rulers; and tells fantastical stories of magic wells and deadly whirlpools, strange creatures and evil spirits. Written from the point of view of an invader and reformer, this work has been rightly criticized for its portrait of a primitive land, yet it is also one of the most important sources for what is known of Ireland during the Middle Ages.

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