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	Giraldus Cambrensis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gerald was a nephew of the Bishop of St David's, and a grandson of Gerald de Windsor by his (de Windsor's) marriage to the notorious Nest, daughter of Rhys ap Tewdwr; the family also claimed a relationship with the family of The Lord Rhys (Rhys ap Gruffydd).
		Gerald of Wales had a church education at Gloucester, followed by a period of study in Paris.
		Having thus demonstrated his usefulness, Gerald was selected to accompany the Archbishop of Canterbury, Baldwin of Exeter, on a tour of Wales in 1188, the object being a recruitment campaign for the Third Crusade.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gerald_of_Wales (818 words)

	Two Accounts of the Exhumation of Arthur's Body: Gerald of Wales
		He was the great-grandson of Rhys ap Tewdwr, the Prince of South Wales (on his mother's side), and the son of William de Barri, a Norman knight.
		Because of his Norman blood and connection with Welsh royalty, Gerald was well acquainted with those in power, and had many opportunities to serve at the highest levels of twelfth century society.
		Gerald refers to Arthur as being a famous, local ruler but never even hints that he might have been a king of the intercontinental proportions suggested by Geoffrey of Monmouth's History of the Kings of Britain.
	www.britannia.com /history/docs/debarri.html (2602 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Giraldus Cambrensis
		Giraldus Cambrensis (Gerald de Barry) was a distinguished writer, historian, and ecclesiastic of the early Middle Ages; b.
		In 1180 he returned to Wales and received an appointment from the Bishop of St. David's, which he soon resigned, and was sent by Henry II to accompany Prince John on his Irish expedition (1184).
		Giraldus returned, and was supported by the chieftains of Wales, while King John warmly espoused the cause of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/06568d.htm (1279 words)

	Gerald Davies - Wales Rugby Player - Rugby-Heroes.net
		Also blessed with swerve and a brilliant sidestep, Gerald's game was in total contrast to many wingers in the modern era who rely purely on strength and physical presence to achieve their ends.
		Indeed, after starting life as a centre, Gerald's skills were not suited to the increasingly popular "crash ball" style of the late 60s and early 70s and he was reluctantly shifted to the wing, a move that would bring the best out of him.
		His debut for Wales came in 1966 in Cardiff against the touring Wallabies, a side containing the skilful halfback pairing of Ken Catchpole and Phil Hawthorne.
	www.sporting-heroes.net /rugby-heroes/displayhero.asp?HeroID=1478 (368 words)

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		Descended from Norman Marcher barons, and Welsh princes, Gerald was by turns scholar, churchman and reformer, courtier, diplomat and would-be crusader; Marcher propagandist, agent of English kings, champion of the Welsh church, hunted outlaw and cathedral theologian.
		Gerald Cambrensis, Gerald de Barri, Gerald the Welshman, the Archdeacon of Brecon and St. David's, Sylvestor the Wildman, Prebend of Hereford and Mathry,...
		Gerald was to remain as administrator of the diocese, but when he returned from Wales he found the chapter afraid of any further dissent.
	www.castlewales.com /gerald.html (2112 words)

	Arthurian Biographies: Ambrosius Aurelianus
		Gerald of Wales (Giraldus Cambrensis, as he is sometimes known) was a well-known churchman of the twelfth century and the author of seventeen books.
		Although, in his long life, he was never able to satisfy this ambition, it was not for want of effort, as he focused all his considerable energies toward it from the late 1170's through the early days of the reign of King John.
		Gerald wrote two accounts of this great Arthurian event, "Liber de Principis instructione" c.1193, and "Speculum Ecclesiae," c.1216.
	www.britannia.com /history/biographies/gerwales.html (410 words)

	With Gerald of Wales in Ireland : James Friel
		By nightfall Gerald would also have it that it was not a whisker she had but a beard full-grown to her waist and he further adds a crest from her neck and along her spine like a horse's mane.
		Gerald tells me that the one with only grass is the Island of Eternal Life and the other with the trees, the hut and hive is the Island of the Dead.
		Gerald and I watched respectfully until the wolf was done and he pulled the fur back over his dead mate as if it were a sheet and she was wolf again.
	www.blithe.com /bhq7.4/7.4.01.html (4077 words)

	Gerald of Wales (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Gerald of Wales was born in about 1147 at Mamobier Castle, Pembrokeshire.
		Gerald was particularly interested in the military tactics used by both sides.
		In 1198 Gerald was elected as bishop of St. David's in Wales.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk.cob-web.org:8888 /NORgerald.htm (341 words)

	THE TOMB OF KING ARTHUR
		Gerald of Wales (Giraldus Cambrensis in Latin) was born in Manorbier, in southern Wales, to an aristocratic family primarily of Anglo-Norman descent, but with some local Welsh blood as well.
		Gerald was a prolific writer throughout his career.
		Although it is chiefly a didactic treatise about the virtues required in a good prince, it is also a vehicle for political commentary; for instance, Gerald uses the work to criticize King Henry II and his sons, an indication of his growing hostility toward the English kings.
	www.lib.rochester.edu /camelot/gerald.htm (2527 words)

	Gerald Of Wales' Description of Caerleon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Gerald of Wales was born in Manorbier Castle, Pembrokeshire (Dyfed), South Wales in 1145 or 1146.
		By 1176, when his uncle died, Gerald was canon of Saint David's and Archdeacon of Brecon; however, it seems he was not yet old enough to be considered for the office of bishop.
		The journey South from the North East of Wales was made on the English side of the border.
	www.caerleon.net /history/Gerald/index.htm (2589 words)

	Henry II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Gerald of Wales: On Henry II and his sons, from The
		Gerald of Wales: The Death of Henry II and Comments on the Angevin
		Gerald of Wales: The Death of King Henry II, from the Life of
	idcs0100.lib.iup.edu /England1/henryii.htm (116 words)

	Medieval Sourcebook: Gerald of Wales: The Norman Conquest of Ireland (12th Century)
		Gerald of Wales (1146-1223), bishop of noble extraction, in his histories, left an account of the Norman invasion and conquest of Ireland.
		On Gerald of Wales' "The Conquest of Ireland"
		The reader of Gerald of Wales's account may also be interested to know that the whole account must be taken with a grain of salt, especially the descriptions of the Norman heroes.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/source/geraldwales1.html (2089 words)

	Gerald of Wales, Journey Through Wales
		It is evident, therefore, that Maenor Pirr [Manorbier] is the pleasantest spot in Wales; and the author may be pardoned for having thus extolled his native soil, his genial territory, with a profusion of praise and admiration...
		The sandy shores of South Wales, being laid bare by the extraordinary violence of a storm, the surface of the earth, which had been covered for many ages, re-appeared, and discovered the trunks of trees cut off, standing in the very sea itself, the strokes of the hatchet appearing as if made only yesterday.
		In this third district of Wales, called Powys, there are most excellent studs put apart for breeding, and deriving their origin from some fine Spanish horses, which Robert de Belesme, earl of Shrewsbury, brought into this country: on which account the horses sent from hence are remarkable for their majestic proportion and astonishing fleetness.
	www.building-history.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /Primary/Gerald2.htm (9410 words)

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		Gerald's report The History and Topography of Ireland remains one of the fullest descriptions of late medieval times in that island, which alone in Europe had never felt the yoke of Roman conquest.
		Gerald found in Ireland a land of health and springtime, in which there were countless marvels, fish with teeth of gold, a woman who made love with a goat, birds born of barnacles, a stone cup that flowed over with wine.
		It may be said by many that it took the coming of the Protestant, namely Leland Stanford and his wife, to bring order and harmony to this place, to transform the land from a wild and abandoned wilderness into the garden that it is today.
	www.stanford.edu /~meehan/donnellyr/gerald.html (819 words)

	Gerald of Wales
		The first describes the barbaric murder of the Welsh princes at Abergavenny, though Gerald leaves some doubt as to the extent of William's guilt.
		By the time his career ambitions were past, Gerald wrote more impartially that only God could judge the fate of such men's souls.
		Llanddew was the official residence of Gerald of Wales as archdeacon of Brecon.
	freespace.virgin.net /doug.thompson/BraoseWeb/page10.htm (522 words)

	Gerald of Wales, Description of Wales
		Of the length and breadth of Wales, the nature of its soil, and the three remaining tribes of Britons Cambria, which, by a corrupt and common term, though less proper, is in modern times called Wales, is about two hundred miles long and one hundred broad.
		The natives of that part of Wales excel in the use of long lances, as those of Monmouthshire are distinguished for their management of the bow.
		The name of Wales was not derived from Wallo, a general, or Wandolena, the queen, as the fabulous history of Geoffrey Arthurius falsely maintains, because neither of these personages are to be found amongst the Welsh; but it arose from a barbarian appellation.
	www.building-history.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /Primary/Gerald.htm (5911 words)

	The World of Gerald of Wales (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Gerald of Wales (1146-1223) was one of the most fascinating individuals of his age.
		An outspoken churchman Gerald was also an accomplished naturalist, anthropologist, diplomat, traveller and prolific author.
		O'MEARA, J.J. (trans), Gerald of Wales, The History and Topography of Ireland, Penguin (Harmondsworth), 1982.
	www.cf.ac.uk /learn/archaeol/Gerald_Wales.php (661 words)

	FITZMAURICE: Norman, Welch, and Legendary Ancestors
		In A.D. 1095, Gerald of Windsor married Nesta, daughter of Rhys ap Tudor Mawr (Prince of South Wales).
		Anarawd ap Rhodri Mawr, King of North Wales, from whom was descended Henry VII, King of England and founder of the royal line of Tudor.
		Cadell ap Rhodri Mawr, King of South Wales, who took possession of the Kingdom of Powys in A.D. He died in A.D. 907 and was succeeded by his son Hywel ap Cadell, surnamed Dha, or the Good.
	www.fitzmaurice.info /ances.html (3052 words)

	Gerald of Wales
		Gerald's report to the English monarch History and Topography of Ireland remains one of the fullest descriptions of late medieval times in that island, which alone in Europe had never felt the yoke of Roman conquest.
		Gerald found in Ireland a land of health and springtime, in which there were countless marvels, fish with teeth of gold, a woman who made love with a lion, birds born of barnacles, a stone cup that flowed over with wine.
		Just as the countries of the East are remarkable and distinguished for certain prodigies peculiar and native to themselves, so the boundaries of the West also are made remarkable by their o wn wonders of nature.
	www-leland.stanford.edu /~meehan/donnelly/gerald.html (726 words)

	University of Wales Lampeter - Department of Welsh
		This module is an introduction to the writings of Gerallt Gymro (Gerald of Wales).
		Gerald was a prolific writer and the Welsh people and Wales are the main subjects of his books, the first to be written specifically about Wales.
		The aim of the module is to assess and discuss the reliability of Gerald's writings as well as analyse medieval Welsh society as portrayed in his writings.
	www.e-addysg.com /english/gerald.php (148 words)

	Gerald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Gerald of Aurillac, French saint of the Roman Catholic Church
		Gerald of Mayo, saint of the Roman Catholic Church
		Gerald of Toul, German priest who was appointed bishop of Toul in 963
	www.tocatch.info /en/Jerald.htm (229 words)

	Gerald of Wales - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		GERALD OF WALES [Gerald of Wales] see Giraldus Cambrensis.
		Find newspaper and magazine articles plus images and maps related to "Gerald of Wales" at HighBeam.
		Gerald of Wales' 'Topographia Hibernica': sex and the Irish nation.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-x-g1eraldw1a.html (267 words)

	Gerald de Windsor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Gerald was also placed in charge of the Norman forces fighting the Welsh.
		Gerald, to make himself and his dependents more secure, married Nesta in 1095, the sister of Gruffuyd, Prince of South Wales.
		By his marriage, Gerald obtained possession of a considerable territory in Wales as Nesta's dowry.
	www.robertkeating.com /gdw.htm (195 words)

	Geraldus Cambrensis (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		One of the most influential writers of his age, Geraldus Cambrensis - the name translates simply as "Gerald of Wales" - was born at Manorbier in Dyfed, the son of William of Barri, and the great-grandson of Rhys ap Tewdwr.
		That may be an over-simplification, for Gerald emphasized the deeds of the Marcher Lords in his writings, and sought the patronage of the English crown.
		He believed that the heritage of Wales illustrated the Welsh reliance on ancient customs and thinking which were unsuitable for a Christian country.
	www.britainexpress.com.cob-web.org:8888 /wales/history/geraldus.htm (447 words)

	Giraldus Cambrensis (Gerald of Wales) / 100 Welsh Heroes / 100 Arwyr Cymru
		Born at Manorbier Castle in Pembrokeshire, Gerald knew all about such divisions because he had a foot in two camps.
		His fathers’ family, the de Barrys, were Norman while his mother was of noble Welsh stock and related to the royal house of Deheubarth.
		It would be mischievous to suggest comparisons may be found in more recent appointments, yet so much of Gerald’s life and work remains eerily resonant in contemporary Wales.
	www.100welshheroes.com /en/biography/geraldofwales (363 words)

	Deudraeth Castle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Gerald of Wales while on his famous journey through Wales in 1188, made mention of two new stone castles built by the native Welsh princes.
		Certainly what Gerald saw were among the very earliest stone castles in Gwynedd.
		A Mirror of Medieval Wales, Gerald of Wales and his Journey of 1188, by Charles Kightly, Cadw: Welsh Historic Monuments, 2 Fitzalan Road, Cardiff CF2 1UY, 1988.
	www.castlewales.com /deud.html (116 words)

	things_I_have_read - #35: The Journey Through Wales / The Description of Wales - Gerald of Wales - 1214
		references: The English Conquest of Ireland (Gerald of Wales), History of the Franks (Gregory of Tours), The History of the Kings of Britain (Geoffrey of Monmouth), The Ruin of Britain (Gildas)
		"Gerald of Wales thought much of the works of Geoffrey of Monmouth and Gildas."
		The two prefaces to The Description of Wales are brilliantly, and sometimes unwittingly, illuminating essays on Gerald's outlook and methodology as a writer. One of my favorite passages from the second goes like this:
	www.paleface.net /cgi-bin/rd/n.pl?c=35 (106 words)

	David of Wales - OrthodoxWiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		He rose to a bishopric, and presided over two synods, as well as going on pilgrimages to Jerusalem where he was anointed as a bishop by the patriarch.
		A shrine to Saint David, containing his bones, the bones of his spiritual father Saint Justinian of Ramsey Island, and possibly those of Saint Caradoc, is located within the cathedral.
		The best-known miracle associated with St. David is said to have taken place on an occasion when he was preaching in the middle of a large crowd.
	orthodoxwiki.org /David_of_Wales (901 words)

	Gerald of Wales or Giraldus Cambrensis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Giraldus or Gerald of Wales was born in 1145 of Norman and Welsh extraction, in Manorbier, Pembrokeshire, South Wales.
		His ultimate desire in life was to be consecrated as Bishop of St. David's, without having to acknowledge the supremacy of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and then to have the Pope elevate his bishopric into the Archbishopric of St. David's.
		He was offered, but refused to accept, four other bishoprics in Ireland and Wales and, thus had to content himself with the lesser post of Archdeacon of Brecon.
	www.celtic-twilight.com /camelot/infopedia/g/gerald_wales.htm (348 words)

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