page_title: Topographia Hibernica
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hierarchical_section_title: Topographia Hibernica / Text
caption_attribution_description: English: An illustration from Topographia Hiberniae depicting the story of a traveling priest who meets and communes a pair of good werewolves from the kingdom of Ossory.
context_page_description: Topographia Hibernica, also known as Topographia Hiberniae, is an account of the landscape and people of Ireland written by Gerald of Wales around 1188, soon after the Norman invasion of Ireland. It was the longest and most influential work on Ireland circulating in the Middle Ages and its direct influence endured into the early modern period.
context_section_description: The work is divided into three parts. The first primarily deals with the landscape, flora and fauna of the country; the second with the miracles and marvels of Ireland and the third with the history of the people and their culture.
  The work reflects the breadth of Gerald's learning and interests. He claims to have based his book primarily on his own observations and on reliable eyewitness testimony rather than on written sources. Among the few written works that he used was the Irish Lebor Gabála Érenn.
caption: An illustration depicting the story of a travelling priest who meets and communes a pair of good werewolves from the Kingdom of Ossory. From British Library Royal MS 13 B VIII.
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