Giraldus Cambrensis and Poland. (Sonderdruck) The Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies; Vol. XXXIV; 1987.

Sehr gutes Ex. - Beilage: maschinegeschriebener Brief von Andrew Breeze an (Michael) Richter; SIGNIERT. - ". It is strange to think of Giraldus's words as being familiar in Krakow, so far from the countryside near Pembroke where he was born. But this is not the only Polish-British literary contact of this period. In his book cited above Dr. Edward Potkowski refers to a study by Professor Brygida K�rbis in which she writes of Kadhibek's familiarity with the writings of Geoffrey of Monmouth, Walter Map, John of Salisbury and others. The surviving correspondence between Kadhibek and Gervase of Lincoln has been described by Dr. Henryk Zins, formerly of the state university at Lublin, as the oldest evidence for friendship between a Pole and an Englishman. Finally, the Krakow booklist also includes the Miracula of St. Thomas Becket published in 1172-73 by Benedict, Abbot of Peterborough 1177-93. Benedict was in Canterbury Cathedral when Becket was murdered. He may even have witnessed the murder, from a safe distance. If Kadlubek knew Benedict's account it would be of interest for his own description of St. Stanislaw, Bishop of Krakow 1072-79, another priest murdered by government agents. How much Polish-Latin literature in this period owes to the Latin literature of Britain would make a worthwhile study for a qualified Latinist. It is a pity Polish scholars are likely to find most texts inaccessible, and British scholars to be deterred by having to learn Polish." (112) // Giraldus Cambrensis (* 1146 in Manorbier Castle in Pembrokeshire; � 1223 in Lincoln), walisisch Gerallt Cymro, bekannter in der �bersetzten Form seines lateinischen Namens, Gerald von Wales, war ein cambro-normannischer Adliger. Er war Archidiakon, zugleich aber auch Schriftsteller, Diplomat, Kirchenpolitiker, Historiker, Volkskundler und Dichter.