Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru
The Merthyr Rising
The Merthyr Rising
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Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description
Adargraffiad clawr meddal o hanes Terfysg Merthyr, gwrthryfel y dosbarth gweithiol ym Merthyr Tudful a oedd yn ymateb uniongyrchol i gyflwyno'r Ddeddf Ddiwygio Etholiadol yn 1831 ac a ragflaenodd sefydlu'r undebau llafur cyntaf, wedi ei adrodd yng ngeiriau'r bobl gyffredin gan hanesydd cydnabyddedig. Cyhoeddwyd gyntaf yn 1978.
Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description
A paperback reprint of the story of the Merthyr Rising, the insurrection of the working class in Merthyr Tydfil, which came about as a direct reaction to the introduction of the first Reform Electoral Bill in 1831 and preceded the establishing of the first trade union lodges, told in laymen's words by a renowned historian. First published in 1978.
Manylion y cynnyrch / Product details
- ISBN 13
- 9781783160051
- Gwales Code
- gwales.com.9781783160051
- Gwerthwr / Vendor
- Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru
- Long Title
- The Merthyr Rising
- Awdur / Author
- Williams, Gwyn A.
- Current Price ex VAT
- £19.99
- Current Price inc VAT
- £19.99
- Availability Status (EN)
- Non-Stock Item - Ordered on request
- Availability Status (CY)
- Archebir yn ôl y galw
- Dyddiad cyhoeddi / Publication Date
- 2013-11-21
- Cyhoeddwr / Publisher
- Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru / University of Wales Press
- Media Type (EN)
- Paperback / softback
- Media Type (CY)
- Clawr meddal
- Pages
- 237 pages
- Size
- 138 × 216 mm
- Language Code
- English
- Categori / Category
- CY: Hanes, Hanes Lleol, Arferion Gwlad, Llên Gwerin (yn Saesneg) | EN: History, Welsh Life and Customs, Local History, Folk Tales (in English)
- Is-gategori / Subcategory
- CY: 19eg Ganrif (yn Saesneg) | EN: 19th Century (in English)
Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography
Gwyn A. Williams was formerly Professor of History at Cardiff University.
Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review
This new edition tells the story of the Merthyr Rising, the first move to independent political action by the ironstone miners and puddlers of William Crawshay II following the Reform Bill of 1831, tabled after many years of an unjust electoral system.On 2 June 1831, thousands of workers under a red flag broke into insurrection. The rebels drove the military out of the town and were crushed only after some 800 troops had concentrated at Merthyr. One man was hanged as an example: Richard Lewis, a miner of 23, known as Dic Penderyn. Today, Dic Penderyn is more alive than Richard Lewis ever was: as a martyr and folk hero, he has lived on in the memory of south Wales. The author examines in depth the reality and the mythology of that martyrdom; he tells the story of this remarkable year in detail and largely through the words of the people who bore witness. He argues that the events of 1831 in Merthyr were central to the emergence of a working class in south Wales: in that year its pre-history came to an end and its history began.
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