Giraldus mingles in the crowd, catches its accents, is born… - Gerald of Wales

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Giraldus mingles in the crowd, catches its accents, is borne along by its changing passions, and thus becomes a very mirror of that fighting, chaffering, praying age.

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Gerald of Wales (c. 1146 – c. 1223) was a churchman and writer of Welsh birth, and of mixed Welsh and Norman ancestry. He was born Gerald de Barri, but as an author is usually known as Giraldus Cambrensis or as Gerald of Wales.

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Alternative Names: Giraldus Cambrensis • Girardus Barrius • Girald de Barri • Sylvester Giraldus • Gerald de Barri • Giraldo Cambrense • Gerald de Barry • Silvester Giraldus Cambrensis • Girauld de Barri • Gerallt Gymro • Giraldo di Barri • Giraud de Barri • Giraud le Cambrien • Sylvester Cambrensis • Giraldus de Barri • Silvester G. Cambrensis • Giraldo Cambrese

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Tacitus Horace Robert Burton Ovid Juvenal

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Hoc autem mihi notabile videtur, quod sicut nationis istius homines hac in vita mortali prae aliis gentibus impatientes et praecipites sunt ad vindictam, sic et in morte vitali meritis jam excelsi, prae aliarum regionum sanctis, animi vindicis esse videntur.

Nec alia, ut arbitror, gens quam haec Kambrica, aliave lingua, in die districti examinis coram Judice supremo, quicquid de ampliori contingat, pro hoc terrarum angulo respondebit.

Hodie scripta nemo remuneret.

Giraldus mingles in the crowd, catches its accents, is borne along by its changing passions, and thus becomes a very mirror of that fighting, chaffer… - Gerald of Wales

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