Gerald of Wales was a Cambro-Norman priest and historian. As a royal clerk to the king and two archbishops, he travelled widely and wrote extensively. He studied and taught in France and visited Rome
Manorbier Castle, birthplace of Gerald of Wales
St Davids Cathedral today
A drawing of Gerald de Barri's uncle, Maurice FitzGerald, Lord of Llanstephan, from a manuscript of the Expugnatio Hibernica
Cambro-Normans were Normans who settled in southern Wales and the Welsh Marches after the Norman invasion of Wales. Cambro-Norman knights were also the leading force in the Cambro-Norman invasion of I
Gerald of Wales
…Gerald of Wales (Latin: Giraldus Cambrensis; Welsh: Gerallt Gymro; French: Gerald de Barri; c. 1146 – c. 1223) was a Cambro-Norman priest and historian. As a royal clerk to the king and two archbishops, he travelled widely and wrote extensively. He studied and taught in France and…
St.David's Cathedral Dreieinigkeitskapelle 5 Giraldus Cambrensis
Geoffrey of Monmouth at Tintern Station