First Prince of Wales?, The - Bleddyn Ap Cynfyn, 1063-75 — Bleddyn Ap Cynfyn, 1063-75

Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description

Dyma'r gyfrol gyntaf i geisio egluro sut y cafodd Cymru ei thrawsnewid o deyrnas i dywysogaeth wrth i'r Normaniaid ffurfio Prydain fodern, gan ganolbwyntio ar ddylanwad teyrnasiad Bleddyn ap Cynfyn rhwng 1063 a 1075.

Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description

This is the first book to explain how Wales was transformed from a kingdom to a principality as the Norman Conquest forged modern Britain, and strives to explore the influence of the reign of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn from 1063 to 1075.

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Cynnwys / Table of Contents

Chapter one: The kingdoms unite Chapter two: Bleddyn's rise to power Chapter three: The new kings Chapter four: Anglo-Saxons, Vikings and Normans Chapter five: Opportunity and disaster Chapter six: The principalities divide

Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography

Sean Davies has studied medieval Wales for over two decades, and has published extensively on the subject. He is a former BBC journalist who works as a writer and editor.

Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review

This is the first book on one of Wales’s greatest leaders, arguably 'first prince of Wales', Bleddyn ap Cynfyn. Bleddyn was at the heart of the tumultuous events that forged Britain in the cauldron of Norman aggression, and his reign offers an important new perspective on the events of 1066 and beyond. He was a leader who used alliances on the wider British scale as he strove to recreate the fledgling kingdom of Wales that had been built and ruled by his brother, though outside pressures and internal intrigues meant his successors would compete ultimately for a principality.