Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru
Wales and the Welsh in the Middle Ages
Wales and the Welsh in the Middle Ages
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Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description
Cyfrol deyrnged i J. Beverley Smith, cofiannydd Llywelyn ein Llyw Olaf ac un o ysgolheigion enwocaf Cymru, yn cynnwys cyfraniadau gan haneswyr blaenllaw ym maes hanes y Canol Oesoedd ar amryfal agweddau ar hanes Cymru o'r nawfed ganrif hyd yr unfed ganrif ar bymtheg.
Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description
The book presents the latest research on important aspects of Wales's history, from the ninth to the sixteenth century, written by some of Britain's leading medieval historians and offered as a tribute to J. Beverley Smith, biographer (in both Welsh and English) of Prince Llywelyn ap Gruffudd and one of Wales's most distinguished scholars.
Manylion y cynnyrch / Product details
- ISBN 13
- 9780708324462
- Gwales Code
- gwales.com.9780708324462
- Gwerthwr / Vendor
- Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru
- Long Title
- Wales and the Welsh in the Middle Ages
- Awdur / Author
- Schofield, R.A. Griffiths & P.R.
- Current Price ex VAT
- £65.00
- Current Price inc VAT
- £65.00
- Availability Status (EN)
- Reprinting
- Availability Status (CY)
- Adargraffu
- Dyddiad argaeledd / Availability Date
- 2011-12-20
- Dyddiad cyhoeddi / Publication Date
- 2011-12-20
- Cyhoeddwr / Publisher
- Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru / University of Wales Press
- Editor
- Griffiths, R. A.; Schofield, P. R.
- Media Type (EN)
- Hardback
- Media Type (CY)
- Clawr caled
- Pages
- 272 pages
- Size
- 156 × 234 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: 500-1536 (yn Saesneg) | EN: 500-1536 (in English)
Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography
Ralph Griffiths, Emeritus Professor of Medieval History, Swansea University Phillipp Schofield, Professor of Medieval History, Aberystwyth University
Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review
Wales and the Welsh in the Middle Ages has three overlapping themes that offer new insights: (1) the politics and political culture of Wales, from early kingdoms and the succession of their rulers, the clash of Welsh, French and English cultures and the inter-relationships forged, two of hitherto puzzling chronicle sources associated with the abbeys of Cwmhir and Neath, to the implications of the Edwardian conquest as revealed by later medieval poetry and the reputation of Welsh soldiers in English armies; (2) the comparative study of law, the economy and society, not only in English, Welsh and Marcher contexts but also drawing comparisons with Spain and Brittany, opportunities for social advancement in town and country, including the patronage of church building, with illustrative narratives at St David’s cathedral, Grosmont and Newton Nottage in south Wales, and Llanidloes in central Wales; and (3) the emergence of approaches to the study of medieval Wales in the early twentieth century that added new strands to our understanding of Wales’s history, taking William Rees as a pioneer example. And each theme is seen in a wide historical context. A memoir of Beverley Smith and a list of his writings complete the book. This is a major contribution to the study of medieval Wales by a group of outstanding British historians, and reflects exciting trends in the study of both Wales and the Middle Ages, including church building, chronicle writing, the comparative history of the law, valuable reassessments of town life and the implications of the Edwardian conquest of Wales.
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