Descriptio Cambriae
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| Originally published | 1194 |
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| Authors | Gerald of Wales |
| Genres | Travel Literature |
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| ID | 3104348 |
About Descriptio Cambriae
The Descriptio Cambriae or Descriptio Kambriae is a geographical and ethnographic treatise on Wales and its people dating from 1193 or 1194. The Descriptio's author, variously known as Gerald of Wales or as Giraldus Cambrensis, was a prominent churchman of Welsh birth and mixed Norman-Welsh ancestry.