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www.iisresource.org. Norman images of Ireland Gerald of Wales, c. 1200 Gerald of Wales (Giraldus Cambrensis) wrote The History and Topography of Ireland around 1200. In it he contrasts the beauty of the island and the richness of its fauna with the barbarity of its inhabitants.

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  2. Norman images of Ireland Gerald of Wales, c. 1200 Gerald of Wales (Giraldus Cambrensis) wrote The History and Topography of Ireland around 1200. In it he contrasts the beauty of the island and the richness of its fauna with the barbarity of its inhabitants. The result of his visit in 1185, it is the source for virtually all we know about Ireland in the Middle Ages except for a few sparse chronicle accounts. Gerald clearly wished to please his master, Henry II, by justifying the invasion as a civilising mission. Nevertheless, there is no reason to suppose that he was not genuinely shocked by the deviant aspects and apparent laxness of the Irish Church or by the barbarity of the Irish in general. Ireland in Schools

  3. Irish sports, dress & a scribe making an Irish illuminated manuscript, 1183-1185

  4. Irish woman playing the harp

  5. The axe, the favourite Irish weapon, about which Gerald was extremely wary

  6. Choosing and crowning an Irish king

  7. An Irish view of the Norman intervention The Marriage of Strongbow & Aoife by Daniel MacLise, 1854

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