The History of Wales

Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description

Canllaw hynod llwyddiannus i hanes Cymru a gafodd ei ddiwygio a'i ehangu, yn olrhain prif themâu hanes Cymru o anheddiadau'r Celtiaid hyd at fywyd yn yr ugeinfed a'r unfed-ganrif-ar-hugain.

Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description

This highly successful guide has been revised and expanded. It traces the main themes of the history of Wales from the settlements by the Celts to life in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

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Cynnwys / Table of Contents

Preface 1. Pre-Norman Wales 2. From Norman Conquest to Edwardian Conquest 3. From Conquest to Union 4. Post-Union Wales 5. Stuart Wales 6. Methodism and Radicalism 7. The Agrarian and Industrial Revolutions 8. Politics, Nonconformity and Education 9. Wales, 1880-1939 10. Modern Welsh Society 11. Wales in the New Millennium

Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography

J. Graham Jones was an archivist at the National Library of Wales. He lives in Aberystwyth, and was born in Aberdare.

Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review

This highly successful guide has been revised and expanded. It traces the main outlines of the history of Wales from the settlements by the Celts to the invasion by Romans and Normans, the conquest by Edward I of England, the passage of the Acts of Union, the impact of the Reformation, Puritanism and Methodism, the effects of the Agrarian and Industrial Revolutions and the changes in political, social and economic life in the nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Succinct biographies of prominent figures, descriptions of some major historical sites, a glossary of terms and a list of important dates are included, making this an ideal introductory study for the general reader. (John Graham) Jones's summarisation of all this is a singular accomplishment. Welsh History Review An excellent study which should give pleasure and profit to a large number of readers. Glanmor Williams, Book News Wales