Poetry of Strata Florida, The

Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description

Ers ei sefydlu, a thrwy gydol y Canol Oesoedd, bu Abaty Ystrad Fflur, ynghyd â thai Sistersaidd eraill Pura Wallia, yn leoliadau fu'n ymwneud â chynhyrchu a throsglwyddo llawysgrifau oedd yn ctynnwys barddoniaeth gynharaf y wlad.

Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description

Almost from its inception, and throughout the Middle Ages, the abbey, alongside other Cistercian houses in Pura Wallia, seems to have been engaged in the production and transmission of manuscripts which inscribed the poetic traditions of early Welsh literary culture.

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Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography

This book gives an account of that enterprise, exploring what we know of the authors, offering outstanding examples of their work and placing them in their cultural and political milieu. This account also describes how this vital tradition was maintained through the succeeding centuries of the modern era with national as well as local poets continuing to produce new works, in both the English and Welsh languages. This spiritual place, an icon of Welsh cultural identity, still captures the imagination and inspires new poetry.​