Giraldus Cambrensis

/ (dʒɪˈrældəs kæmˈbrɛnsɪs) /

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noun

literary name of Gerald de Barri. ?1146–?1223, Welsh chronicler and churchman, noted for his accounts of his travels in Ireland and Wales

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How to use Giraldus Cambrensis in a sentence

The story cited in the last chapter from Giraldus describes a seduction of a different kind.
The Science of Fairy Tales|Edwin Sidney Hartland
His other works are enumerated by Watt, and should be transferred to a Bibliotheca Cambrensis.
Notes and Queries, Number 71, March 8, 1851|Various
All that he says of it is in wide departure from the tales which he might have read in Galfridus and Giraldus.
Archaic England|Harold Bayley
This capital town, which in the time of Giraldus had walls of burnt brick, is nowadays of the modernest.
The Rivers of Great Britain; Rivers of the South and West Coasts|Various

The first castle was only “a slender fortress with stakes and turf,” says Giraldus the chronicler.
The Rivers of Great Britain; Rivers of the South and West Coasts|Various