Gerald of Wales

By Robert Bartlett,

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This study of Gerald discusses the political path he had to tread and portrays him as an example of the medieval world.

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1 author picked Gerald of Wales as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Any book by Robert Bartlett is worth reading (check out The Hanged Man and Trial by Fire and Water as well), but I love this one because it examines one of the most interesting and entertaining historians of the twelfth century, Gerald of Wales.

Gerald was famously opinionated, prejudiced (mainly against the Irish – check out his History of Ireland), and gossipy. Bartlett explores Gerald’s attitudes, experiences, and works to paint a compelling picture of the wider world around him. Much like Chibnall’s book on Orderic, this is a fascinating portrait of an important historian and the complicated world…

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