The Description of Wales by Gerald of Wales
FIRST PREFACE TO STEPHEN LANGTON, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY
SECOND PREFACE TO THE SAME
CONTENTS
BOOK I
CHAPTER I OF THE LENGTH AND BREADTH OF WALES, THE NATURE OF ITS SOIL, AND THE THREE REMAINING TRIBES OF BRITONS
CHAPTER II OF THE ANCIENT DIVISION OF WALES INTO THREE PARTS
CHAPTER III GENEALOGY OF THE PRINCES OF WALES
CHAPTER IV HOW MANY CANTREDS, ROYAL PALACES, AND CATHEDRALS THERE ARE IN WALES
CHAPTER V OF THE TWO MOUNTAINS FROM WHICH THE NOBLE RIVERS WHICH DIVIDE WALES SPRING
CHAPTER VI CONCERNING THE PLEASANTNESS AND FERTILITY OF WALES
CHAPTER VII ORIGIN OF THE NAMES CAMBRIA AND WALES
CHAPTER VIII CONCERNING THE NATURE, MANNERS, AND DRESS, THE BOLDNESS, AGILITY, AND COURAGE, OF THIS NATION
CHAPTER IX OF THEIR SOBER SUPPER AND FRUGALITY
CHAPTER X OF THEIR HOSPITALITY AND LIBERALITY
CHAPTER XI CONCERNING THEIR CUTTING OF THEIR HAIR, THEIR CARE OF THEIR TEETH, AND SHAVING OF THEIR BEARD
CHAPTER XII OF THEIR QUICKNESS AND SHARPNESS OF UNDERSTANDING
CHAPTER XIII OF THEIR SYMPHONIES AND SONGS
CHAPTER XIV THEIR WIT AND PLEASANTRY
CHAPTER XV THEIR BOLDNESS AND CONFIDENCE IN SPEAKING
CHAPTER XVI CONCERNING THE SOOTHSAYERS OF THIS NATION, AND PERSONS AS IT WERE POSSESSED
CHAPTER XVII THEIR LOVE OF HIGH BIRTH AND ANCIENT GENEALOGY
CHAPTER XVIII OF THE ANTIQUITY OF THEIR FAITH, THEIR LOVE OF CHRISTIANITY AND DEVOTION
BOOK II
PREFACE
CHAPTER I OF THE INCONSTANCY AND INSTABILITY OF THIS NATION, AND THEIR WANT OF REVERENCE FOR GOOD FAITH AND OATHS
CHAPTER II THEIR LIVING BY PLUNDER, AND DISREGARD OF THE BONDS OF PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP
CHAPTER III OF THEIR DEFICIENCY IN BATTLE, AND BASE AND DISHONOURABLE FLIGHT
CHAPTER IV THEIR AMBITIOUS SEIZURE OF LANDS, AND DISSENSIONS AMONG BROTHERS
CHAPTER V THEIR GREAT EXACTION, AND WANT OF MODERATION
CHAPTER VI CONCERNING THE CRIME OF INCEST, AND THE ABUSE OF CHURCHES BY SUCCESSION AND PARTICIPATION
CHAPTER VII OF THEIR SINS, AND THE CONSEQUENT LOSS OF BRITAIN AND OF TROY
CHAPTER VIII IN WHAT MANNER THIS NATION IS TO BE OVERCOME
CHAPTER IX IN WHAT MANNER WALES, WHEN CONQUERED, SHOULD BE GOVERNED
CHAPTER X IN WHAT MANNER THIS NATION MAY RESIST AND REVOLT
FOOTNOTES
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