Giraldus Cambrensis

Giraldus Cambrensis
o Gerardo de Gales

( 1146, castillo de Manorbier, Pembrokeshire, Gales– 1223).

Historiador y arcediano de Brecknock, Gales (1175–1204). Educado en París, regresó a Gales y trató infructuosamente de convertirse en obispo de San David, con la esperanza de hacerlo independiente de Canterbury. Fue consejero del rey Enrique II de Inglaterra y del hijo de este, Juan (sin Tierra), especialmente sobre asuntos de Gales e Irlanda. Sus relatos acerca de la vida a fines del s. XII han sido de gran valor para los historiadores.

Enciclopedia Universal. 2012.

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