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    Gerald of Wales (Latin: Giraldus Cambrensis; Welsh: Gerallt Cymro; French: Gerald de Barri; c. 1146 – c. 1223) was a Cambro-Norman priest and historian...
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    1166–1185: Mainly from the 'Expugnato Hibernica' of Giraldus Cambrensis Part 1, Giraldus Cambrensis, Frederick J. Furnivall M.A.. ed, Published for The...
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    that north of the Humber estuary. This myth was then taken up by Giraldus Cambrensis. Albanactus was stated to be the youngest of three sons of Brutus...
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  • Historical Journal 12.1 (1956:1-21). Giraldus Cambrensisus, on-line text. Giraldus Cambrensis 1978, pp. 64–65 Giraldus Cambrensis (1978), The Journey Through Wales...
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    to be acceptable fast day food, a practice that was criticized by Giraldus Cambrensis, a Welsh author: ...Bishops and religious men (viri religiosi) in...
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  • Rolls. Giraldus Cambrensis 1863, pp. 455–456. Williams 1908, pp. 128–129. Giraldus Cambrensis (1863). The historical works of Giraldus Cambrensis containing...
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    May 2011. Giraldus Cambrensis. Expugnatio Hibernica. pp. 79–91. Giraldus Cambrensis. Expugnatio Hibernica. pp. 91–95. Giraldus Cambrensis. Expugnatio...
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    C. Hoare. Everyman's Library. ISBN 0-460-00272-4. Giraldus Cambrensis. 1861–91. Giraldi Cambrensis: opera ed. J. S. Brewer. (Rolls Series). 8 vols. Longman...
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    The Descriptio’s author, variously known as Gerald of Wales or as Giraldus Cambrensis, was a prominent churchman of Welsh birth and mixed Norman-Welsh...
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    Castle, in the form of a rudimentary fortress later described by Giraldus Cambrensis (c.1146 – c.1223) (Gerald's grandson) as a "slender fortress of turf...
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    quality recognised by his contemporaries as he was described by Giraldus Cambrensis as a man who showed "good faith and credit by observing a strict...
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    (introduction), the dirge (verse), and the gol (cry). In the 12th century, Giraldus Cambrensis (Gerald of Wales) described vocal laments taking place in which the...
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  • Giraldi Cambrensis opera - "the works of [genitive] Gerald of Wales" - Giraldus declines to Giraldi (the genitive form of Gerald) and cambrensis (nominative...
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    separated from the mainland by a tidal estuary. It is described in Giraldus Cambrensis or Gerald of Wales' Itinerarium Cambriae ("Journey through Wales"...
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    chroniclers of Britain, such as Alfred of Beverley, Nicholas Trivet and Giraldus Cambrensis began their histories of Britain with Brutus. The foundation myth...
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  • 1892. p. 493. Hoare, Richard Colt (1863). The historical works of Giraldus Cambrensis containing the Topography of Ireland, and the History of the conquest...
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    the Veil begin only in 1199, when two pilgrims, Gerald de Barri (Giraldus Cambrensis) and Gervase of Tilbury, made two accounts at different times of...
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  • so historians have had to rely on other sources, in particular Giraldus Cambrensis' (Gerald of Wales) account in Expugnatio Hibernicae (Conquest of...
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    of Giraldus Cambrensis (1913) London Distinction II Chapter VI p.64 Topography of Ireland Wright, T. The Historical works of Giraldus Cambrensis (1913)...
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  • I fighter ace Gerald Bull, Canadian aerospace/artillery engineer Giraldus Cambrensis (Gerald of Wales), medieval clergyman and chronicler of his times...
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  • commonly translated as Elidor and the Golden Ball, described by Giraldus Cambrensis in Itinerarium Cambriae, a record of his 1188 journey across the...
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    first, “Merlinus Ambrosius” (the Arthurian Merlin), identified by Giraldus Cambrensis as Myrddin Emrys —the Welsh form of Ambrosius—, who was found at...
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    Iorwerth's full brother, but presumably he was dead by the time Giraldus wrote. Giraldus says that Llywelyn was only twelve years of age at this time, which...
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    first mention of dancing in Wales is in a 12th-century account by Giraldus Cambrensis, but by the 19th century traditional dance had all but died out due...
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  • of Caerleon and Gwynllwg (anglicised as Wentloog). According to Giraldus Cambrensis in the Itinerarium Cambriae, in 1158 Ifor Bach was a tenant of William...
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  • treason, a medieval legend first recorded in the 12th century by Giraldus Cambrensis. According to the legend, a Pictish nobleman is invited by the Scots...
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    long-distance travel by road was generally slow and uncomfortable. Giraldus Cambrensis gives an indication of the slowness of travel in 12th century Ireland...
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    such as the Vedic ashvamedha and the Irish ritual described by Giraldus Cambrensis, both of which have to do with kingship. Although the ritual battle...
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    three cantrefs of Aberconwy, Ardudwy and Arfon met. According to Giraldus Cambrensis an eagle used to perch on it once a week, anticipating battle between...
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    Ernoul), and by Ambroise, Roger of Howden, Ralph of Diceto, and Giraldus Cambrensis. Frederick's eldest son, Henry VI, who had already been elected king...
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