Gruffudd Ap Cynan

Author : K. L. Maund
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0851153895

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Gruffudd Ap Cynan by K. L. Maund Pdf

The reign of the North Welsh king Gruffudd ap Cynan (1075-1135) marked the culmination of a century of rapid social and political change. A product of three cultures (Welsh, Irish and Scandinavian), Gruffudd faced a Wales divided by Norman incursion and dynastic rivalry; his re-creation of his kingdom saw him acting on the wider (and often deadly) stage of Anglo-Norman politics, and surviving where more `traditional' Welsh rulers failed. His reign encouraged a new growth in Welsh literature and creativity, and is often looked upon as a literary `golden age'. This collaborative biography analyses key aspects of the career and context of this remarkable king. Dr K.L. MAUND teaches in the School of History and Archaeology, University of Wales, Cardiff. Other contributors: DAVID MOORE, C.P. LEWIS, DAVID E. THORNTON, K.L. MAUND, JUDITH JESCH, NERYS ANN JONES, CERI DAVIES, J.E. CAERWYN WILLIAMS This inter-disciplinary volume analyses various aspects of the career and context of this remarkable king. Themes discussed include the role of Gruffudd and of Gwynedd in twelfth-century politics; the importance of the genealogical material associated with him, and of his mediaeval biography, 'Historia Grufud vab Kenan', the first extant biography of any Welsh king; his relations with the Normans and the Irish; and the wider question of Welsh relations with Ireland and the Norwegians in the late eleventh and early twelfth centuries. Dr K.L. MAUND teaches in the Department of History at Leicester University. Contributors: DAVID MOORE, C.P. LEWIS, DAVID E. THORNTON, K.L. MAUND, JUDITH JESCH, NERYS ANN JONES, CERI DAVIES, J.E. CAERWYN WILLIAMS

Author : Arthur Jones
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1910
Category : Wales
ISBN : UOM:39015035815698

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The History of Gruffydd Ap Cynan by Arthur Jones Pdf

Author : Daniel Simon Evans
Publisher : Llanerch Press
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015020650704

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A Mediaeval Prince of Wales by Daniel Simon Evans Pdf

Probably composed in Latin in the 1160s and then translated into Welsh in the 13th century, the Historia Gruffud vab Kenan is the only biography in Welsh composed for a prince', rather than the more usual saint. This concise volume presents the Welsh text followed by an English translation and comprehensive notes. In his introduction D Simon Evans discusses the known facts about the life of Gruffudd (c.1055-1137), including his upbringing in Ireland and his battle for control of Gwynedd. Evans also considers why Gruffud's son Owain would have had the biography composed, arguing that Owain needed to authenticate his claim to Gwynedd when it was threatened by other Welsh princes, in league with Henry II of England, in the 1150s.

Author : Paul Russell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015063312675

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Vita Griffini Filii Conani by Paul Russell Pdf

The long lost, original Latin text for Vita Griffini Filii Conani is shown with an English translation in this critical edition. The main focus of this volume is on the Welsh and Latin version of Peniarth MS, 434E, which has been heavily annotated and corrected to show that what had been thought to be the only dependable source had not in fact been an accurate translation. This discovery not only impacts medieval Welsh historians but also those involved in the translation of medieval works.

Author : Michael Davies,Sean Davies
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2011-11-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780752479231

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The Last King of Wales by Michael Davies,Sean Davies Pdf

Gruffudd ap Llywelyn was Wales' greatest king. Ambitious and battle-sure, he succeeded in doing what no Welsh king before him was capable of: he ruled all Wales as a united and independent state. He went further by turning the Viking threat to his realm into a powerful weapon and conquering border land that had been in English hands for centuries. Having emerged as a war leader, Gruffudd also proved to be much more: a patron of the arts and church, with the trappings of a king who was respected and feared on the European stage. His eventual murder at the hands of his own men narrowed the country's political ambitions and left Wales in chaos on the eve of the arrival of the Normans. Those who betrayed Gruffudd were the forebears of the famous princes who would dominate Wales until the Edwardian Conquest, meaning that the former king left no one to tell of his glory. As a result, 1,000 years after his birth, the would-be nation builder is all but forgotten. Here, Sean and Michael Davies reveal the king in all his glory, telling for the first time the story of one of Wales' greatest figures and exploring the full implications of Gruffudd's rule. For, without Gruffudd, the fate of King Harold and the outcome of the Battle of Hastings would have been very different...

Author : Adam Fox,Daniel Woolf
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 0719057477

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The Spoken Word by Adam Fox,Daniel Woolf Pdf

Previous studies on oral culture have traditionally emphasized the contradictions between oral and literate culture, and focussed on individual countries or regions. The essays in this fascinating collection depart from these approaches in several ways. By examining not only English, but also Scottish and Welsh oral culture, they provide the first pan-British study of the subject. The authors also emphasize the ways in which oral and literate culture continued to compliment and inform each other, rather than focusing exclusively on their incompatibility, or on the 'inevitable' triumph of the written word.

Author : K. L. Maund
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : History
ISBN : 0851155332

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Ireland, Wales, and England in the Eleventh Century by K. L. Maund Pdf

The eleventh century was a time of political change throughout the British Isles, and especially so in Wales. Dr Maund examines the relationship of Wales to England and Ireland, and the ways in which Wales was affected by the political activities of these neighbours, setting this in the context of Welsh internal events and policies. She shows the rule of Gruffud ap Llywelyn to have been a turning point for Wales and also for English and Hiberno-Scandinavian politics, and demonstrates that the apparent political chaos was in fact a fascinating network of political activity and growth.

Author : Sian Echard,Robert Rouse
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 2102 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2017-08-07
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781118396988

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The Encyclopedia of Medieval Literature in Britain, 4 Volume Set by Sian Echard,Robert Rouse Pdf

Bringing together scholarship on multilingual and intercultural medieval Britain like never before, The Encyclopedia of Medieval Literature in Britain comprises over 600 authoritative entries spanning key figures, contexts and influences in the literatures of Britain from the fifth to the sixteenth centuries. A uniquely multilingual and intercultural approach reflecting the latest scholarship, covering the entire medieval period and the full tapestry of literary languages comprises over 600 authoritative yet accessible entries on key figures, texts, critical debates, methodologies, cultural and isitroical contexts, and related terminology Represents all the literatures of the British Isles including Old and Middle English, Early Scots, Anglo-Norman, the Norse, Latin and French of Britain, and the Celtic Literatures of Wales, Ireland, Scotland and Cornwall Boasts an impressive chronological scope, covering the period from the Saxon invasions to the fifth century to the transition to the Early Modern Period in the sixteenth Covers the material remains of Medieval British literature, including manuscripts and early prints, literary sites and contexts of production, performance and reception as well as highlighting narrative transformations and intertextual links during the period

Author : Sean Davies
Publisher : University of Wales Press
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783169375

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The First Prince of Wales? by Sean Davies Pdf

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.

Author : Samuel Jones,Aled Llion Jones,Jennifer Dukes Knight,Christina Chance,Matthew Knight
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0674035283

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Proceedings of the Harvard Celtic Colloquium, 24/25: 2004 And 2005 by Samuel Jones,Aled Llion Jones,Jennifer Dukes Knight,Christina Chance,Matthew Knight Pdf

In Volume 24: Manuel Alberro, "The Celticity of Galicia and the Arrival of the Insular Celts"; Brenda Gray, "Reading Aislinge Óenguso as a Christian-Platonist Parable"; and 6 other articles. In Volume 25: Timothy P. Bridgman, "Keltoi, Galatai, Galli: Were They All One People?"; Chao Li, "On Verbal Nouns in Celtic Languages"; and 6 other articles.

Author : C. P. Lewis
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 9781843833796

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Anglo-Norman Studies XXX by C. P. Lewis Pdf

The latest collection of articles on Anglo-Norman topics, with a particular focus on Wales.

Author : Benjamin T. Hudson
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0195162374

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Viking Pirates and Christian Princes by Benjamin T. Hudson Pdf

This book studies two Viking families who appear in the records of the Atlantic littoral as pagan raiders and reinvent themselves as established Christian rulers.

Author : Huw Pryce
Publisher : University of Wales Press
Page : 959 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2010-10-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780708323878

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The Acts of Welsh Rulers, 1120-1283 by Huw Pryce Pdf

Now republished with minor corrections, this volume provides the first comprehensive collection of charters, letters and other documents issued by native rulers of Wales from the early twelfth century to the Edwardian conquest of 1282 - 3 that extinguished independent rule.

Author : Max Lieberman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2010-01-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781139486897

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The Medieval March of Wales by Max Lieberman Pdf

This book examines the making of the March of Wales and the crucial role its lords played in the politics of medieval Britain between the Norman conquest of England of 1066 and the English conquest of Wales in 1283. Max Lieberman argues that the Welsh borders of Shropshire, which were first, from c.1165, referred to as Marchia Wallie, provide a paradigm for the creation of the March. He reassesses the role of William the Conqueror's tenurial settlement in the making of the March and sheds new light on the ways in which seigneurial administrations worked in a cross-cultural context. Finally, he explains why, from c.1300, the March of Wales included the conquest territories in south Wales as well as the highly autonomous border lordships. This book makes a significant and original contribution to frontier studies, investigating both the creation and the changing perception of a medieval borderland.

Author : Kari Maund
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2011-10-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780752473925

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Welsh Kings by Kari Maund Pdf

When Edward I's troops forced the destruction of Dafydd ap Gruffudd in 1283 they brought to an end the line of truly independent native rules in Wales that had endured throughout recorded history. In the early middle ages Wales was composed of a variety of independent kingdoms with varying degrees of power, influence and stability, each ruled by proud and obdurate lineages. In this period a 'Kingdom of Wales' never existed, but the more powerful leaders, like Rhodri Mawr ('the Great'), Gruffudd ap Llywelyn and Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, sought to extend their rule over the entire country. The author produces revealing pictures of the leading Welsh kings and princes of the day and explores both their contribution to Welsh history and their impact on the wider world. They were, of necessity, warriors, living in a violent political world and requiring ruthless skills to even begin to rule in Wales. Yet they showed wider vision, political acumen tna statesmanship, and were patrons of the arts and the church. The history of their contact with their neighbours, allies and rivals is examined - Anglo-Saxons, Irish, Vikings, and Anglo-Normans - thereby setting Welsh institutions within their wider historical context. This work revives the memory of the native leaders of the country from a time before the title 'Prince of Wales' became an honorary trinket in the gift of a foreign ruler. These men are restored to their rightful place amongst the past rulers of the island of Britain.