Excerpt from Gerald the Welshman Gerald's early education was undertaken by his uncle, David fitz-gerald, Bishop of St. David's (called by him David II., to distinguish him from the patron saint). The state Of learning in Wales in those days was at the lowest ebb: and a Rolls editor argues, from the absence Of all notice of any place of learning in Wales in all Gerald's writings, the dearth of Welsh names of literary note in that century. But there would appear to have been some incitements to literature in the age which produced the famous trio of Welsh scholars, Gerald, Map, and Geoffrey Of Monmouth. And the learning Of Gerald, the universal scholar, as Mr. Freeman calls him. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.