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- Gerald of Wales (1146-1223), bishop of noble extraction, in his histories, left an account of the Norman invasion and conquest of Ireland. The Irish conquest was an extension of the conquest of Wales - an activity of Norman lords in the marches who were acting more or less independently of the crown.
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Gerald was proud to be related to some of the Norman invaders of Ireland, such as his maternal uncle Robert FitzStephen and Raymond FitzGerald, and his influential account, which portrays the Irish as barbaric savages, gives important insight into Cambro-Norman views of Ireland and the history of the invasion.
Topographia Hibernica (Latin for Topography of Ireland), also known as Topographia Hiberniae, is an account of the landscape and people of Ireland written by Gerald of Wales around 1188, soon after the Norman invasion of Ireland.
Jan 26, 1996 · Gerald of Wales (1146-1223), bishop of noble extraction, in his histories, left an account of the Norman invasion and conquest of Ireland. The Irish conquest was an extension of the conquest of Wales - an activity of Norman lords in the marches who were acting more or less independently of the crown. Once successful, their conquests were ...
Oct 26, 2018 · Several members of Gerald's family (de Barri) took part in the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland in 1169 A.D. and Gerald first visited Ireland in 1183 A.D. to assist and counsel his brother and uncle. Gerald began writing the Topographia during his second trip to Ireland in 1185 A.D. as the royally appointed tutor of Prince John, and completed ...
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...
Gerald of Wales (Giraldus Cambrensis) ( c. 1146– c. 1223), cleric and writer, was born at Manorbier (Maenor Pyr) castle, Pembrokeshire (Dyfed), Wales, of mixed Norman and Welsh ancestry, youngest son of William de Barri and his wife Angharad, daughter of Nesta, the daughter of Rhys ap Tewdwr, king of Deheubarth.
Gerald composed the Topography in 1186-8, after his travels in Ireland in 1183 and with Prince John in 1 185. He produced a second edition before Henry II's death in 1189, followed by a third, fourth and various 'late' editions before his death in. 1223.
