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Title: The Journey Through Wales and the Description of Wales by Giraldus Cambrensis, Lewis Thorpe, Gerald of Wales, Lewis Thrope, Giraldus ISBN: 0-14-044339-8 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: December, 1978 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A book of delights and wonders
Comment: Giraldus Cambrensis was a curmudgeon with a vivid imagination. He has an eye for detail and an ear for a good story. As such, his works combine many different elements -- travelogue, miracle tales, slander, complaints, and puffed-up pride. I love him for all this; Gerald is a very real person, warts and all.
This book serves as a great introduction to medieval writing in many ways. First of all, it is relatively short and is full chapers. Each one could be read in connection with the others or solo. One chapter might be about the lay of the land. The next might have to do with a miraculous lake of birds. The next might include scurulous reports about cannibalism. This book, then, is not a history book, not a religious book, not a travelogue, but instead the notes and jottings of a mind interested in many topics. While a lot of the writing speaks of God, Christ and miracles, not all of it does -- this will help give a general reader a broader understanding of the medieval world-view.
Give him a try. You might find the Middle Ages a truly engaging time, a time when people, then as now, were people.
Rating: 4
Summary: Excellent source for Students of Medieval Wales
Comment: If I was writing a book set in Medieval Wales, I would not be without this book. Descriptions of the country and its people are given, as are extensive biographies of many of the famous rulers and clergymen of the day. On the other hand, it isn't the easiest reading. The material is easy to comprehend, but at times the text itself is dry.
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Title: A History of Wales by John Davies ISBN: 0140145818 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: March, 1995 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: History of the Kings of Britain by Geoffrey of Monmouth, Lewis Thorpe, Thrope Lewis ISBN: 0140441700 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: January, 1977 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Alfred the Great: Asser's Life of King Alfred and Other Contemporary Sources (Penguin Classics) by John Asser, Simon Keynes, Michael Lapidge ISBN: 0140444092 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: January, 1984 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Travels of Sir John Mandeville by John Mandeville ISBN: 0140444351 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: February, 1984 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Age of Bede by Bede, J. F. Webb, D. H. Farmer ISBN: 014044727X Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: September, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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