Gerald of Wales -

Gerald of Wales

New Perspectives on a Medieval Writer and Critic
Buch | Softcover
336 Seiten
2018
University of Wales Press (Verlag)
978-1-78683-164-4 (ISBN)
37,40 inkl. MwSt
This collection of essays re-evaluates the significance of Gerald of Wales as a medieval Latin writer, presenting new research on lesser-studied aspects of his corpus and a fuller context for his more popular works.
Gerald of Wales (c.1146-c.1223), widely recognized for his innovative ethnographic studies of Ireland and Wales, was in fact the author of some twenty-three works which touch upon many aspects of twelfth-century life. Despite their valuable insights, these works have been vastly understudied. This collection of essays reassesses Gerald's importance as a medieval Latin writer and rhetorician by focusing on his lesser-known works and providing a fuller context for his more popular writings. This broader view of his corpus brings to light new evidence for his rhetorical strategies, political positioning and usage of source material, and attests to the breadth and depth of his collected works.

A. Joseph McMullen is Assistant Professor in English at Centenary University. Georgia Henley is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Text Technologies and Digital Humanities at Stanford University.

List of Abbreviations
List of Illustrations
Notes on Contributors
Gerald of Wales: Interpretation and Innovation in Medieval Britain - Georgia Henley and A. Joseph McMullen
Section 1: Appropriating the Past
2 Gerald of Wales and the Welsh Past - Huw Pryce
3 Gerald and Welsh Genealogical Learning - Ben Guy
4 Gerald of Wales, Walter Map and the Anglo-Saxon History of Lydbury North - Joshua Byron Smith
5 Gerald of Wales and the History of Llanthony Priory - Robert Bartlett
6 The Early Manuscripts of Gerald of Wales - Catherine Rooney
7 Giraldian Beavers: Revision and the Making of Meaning in Gerald's Early Works - Michael Faletra
8 Style, Truth and Irony: Listening to the Voice of Gerald of Wales's Writings - Simon Meecham-Jones
Section 3: Gerald the Thinker: Religion and Worldview
9 Gerald of Wales's Sense of Humour - Peter J. A. Jones
10 Fere tirannicus: Royal Tyranny and the Construction of Episcopal Sanctity in Gerald of Wales's Vita Sancti Hugonis - Peter Raleigh
11 `A Priest Is Not a Free Person': Condemning Clerical Sins and Upholding Higher Moral Standards in the Gemma ecclesiastica - Suzanne LaVere
12 Elements of Identity: Gerald, the Humours and National Characteristics - Owain Nash
Section 4: Reception in England, Ireland and Wales
13 Gerald's Circulation and Reception in Wales: The Case of Claddedigaeth Arthur - Georgia Henley
14 The Transmission of the Expugnatio Hibernica in Fifteenth-century Ireland - Caoimhe Whelan
15 Did the Tudors Read Giraldus? Gerald of Wales and Early Modern Polemical Historiography - Brendan Kane
Afterword
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum
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Verlagsort Wales
Sprache englisch
Themenwelt Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte Mittelalter
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Anglistik / Amerikanistik
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10 1-78683-164-3 / 1786831643
ISBN-13 978-1-78683-164-4 / 9781786831644
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