TY  - BOOK
AU  - Giraldus,Cambrensis
TI  - The Description of Wales
AV  - DA 
PY  - 1997///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - Wales -- Description and travel
KW  - Wales -- Social life and customs
N1  - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Descriptio_Cambriae; Release date is 1997-11-01; Transcribed from the 1912 J. M. Dent edition by David Price; Original publication data not identified
N2  - "The Description of Wales" by Giraldus Cambrensis is a geographical and ethnographic treatise written in 1193 or 1194. This two-part work examines the Welsh people through contrasting lenses: their virtues and their faults. Gerald, a churchman of mixed Norman-Welsh ancestry, chronicles Wales's geography, military tactics, cultural practices, and social customs. He offers strategic advice for conquering Wales while simultaneously counseling the Welsh on resistance. The treatise captures a medieval perspective on Welsh identity, blending observation, historical analysis, and pointed cultural commentary about a nation's character and future. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1092
ER  -