See Also: Giraldus Cambrensis(encyclopedia)

Giraldus Cambrensis (sh)




or Gerald of Wales

born งใ 1146, Manorbier Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales
died งใ 1223

Historian and archdeacon of Brecknock, Wales (1175-1204).

Educated in Paris, he returned to Wales and struggled unsuccessfully to become bishop of St. David's, hoping to make it independent of Canterbury. He advised Henry II of England and Henry's son John, especially on Welsh and Irish issues. His accounts of life in the late 12th century have proved valuable to historians.