The Welsh And The Medieval World

Author : Patricia Skinner
Publisher : University of Wales Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2018-02-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781786831903

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The Welsh and the Medieval World by Patricia Skinner Pdf

How did the Welsh travel beyond their geographical borders in the Middle Ages? What did they do, what did they take with them in their baggage, and what did they bring back? This book seeks for the first time to capture the medieval Welsh on the move, and core to its purpose is the exploration of identity within and outside the Welsh territories – particularly since ‘Welsh’ may have become a fluid term to describe a stranger, often pejoratively. The contributors also seek to explore the nature of ‘Welsh history’ as a discipline. How can a consideration of the Welsh abroad draw upon wider paradigms of nationhood, diaspora and colonisation; economic migration; gender relations; and the pursuit of educational, religious and cultural opportunities? Is there anything specifically ‘Welsh’ about the experiences of medieval migrants and correspondents? And what can the medieval experience of Welsh people exploring the then known world contribute to the longer-term history of emigration and exchange? Examining archaeological, historical and literary evidence together, this book enables a better understanding of the ways in which people from Wales interacted with and understood their near and distant neighbours.

Author : Paul Russell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0814213227

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Reading Ovid in Medieval Wales by Paul Russell Pdf

Reading Ovid in Medieval Wales provides the first complete edition and discussion of the earliest surviving fragment of Ovid's Ars amatoria, or The Art of Love, glossed mainly in Latin but also in Old Welsh. This study discusses the significance of the manuscript for classical studies and how it was absorbed into the classical Ovidian tradition.

Author : Sarah Woodbury
Publisher : The Morgan-Stanwood Publishing Group
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2012-02-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781465927606

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Winds of Time (The After Cilmeri Series) by Sarah Woodbury Pdf

Meg had thought that taking a commuter flight from Pasco, Washington to Boise, Idaho would be a simple matter. But nothing is simple for Meg when it comes to travel, and especially not when she finds herself in the Middle Ages again instead of in a plane crash on a mountain side in Oregon. And when the pilot takes off without her in a quest to return to the twenty-first century, Meg will need every last bit of maturity and knowledge she gained in the sixteen years she spent in the modern world--to survive even a day in this one. Winds of Time is a short novel in the After Cilmeri series: A note from the author: This story was started many years ago, as part of Footsteps in Time. When it came down to it, however, the story didn't fit with what was happening with David and Anna, and had to be put aside. Happily, I am now able to share the story of Meg's return to the Middle Ages. Thus, Winds of Time takes place between Part 1 and Part 2 of Footsteps in Time. I think you will enjoy Winds of Time more if you read Footsteps in Time first. Diolch yn fawr (thank you)! -Sarah Complete series reading order: Daughter of Time, Footsteps in Time, Winds of Time, Prince of Time, Crossroads in Time, Children of Time, Exiles in Time, Castaways in Time, Ashes of Time, Warden of Time, Guardians of Time, Masters of Time, Outpost in Time, Shades of Time, Champions of Time, Refuge in Time, Outcasts in Time, Hidden in Time. Also, This Small Corner of Time: The After Cilmeri Series Companion.

Author : Ralph A. Griffiths,Phillipp R. Schofield
Publisher : University of Wales Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2011-12-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780708324479

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Wales and the Welsh in the Middle Ages by Ralph A. Griffiths,Phillipp R. Schofield Pdf

This is a major contribution to the study of medieval Wales by a group of outstanding British historians, writing in honour of one of Wales's most distinguished scholars and the biographer of Prince Llywelyn ap Gruffudd. The essays reflect 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.

Author : Ralph Alan Griffiths,Phillipp R. Schofield
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 0708324460

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Wales and the Welsh in the Middle Ages by Ralph Alan Griffiths,Phillipp R. Schofield Pdf

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.

Author : Sharon Bennett Connolly
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781445662657

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Heroines of the Medieval World by Sharon Bennett Connolly Pdf

The stories of women, famous, infamous and unknown, who shaped the course of medieval history.

Author : Patrick K. Ford
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2019-09-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780520974661

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The Mabinogi and Other Medieval Welsh Tales by Patrick K. Ford Pdf

The four stories that make up the Mabinogi, along with three additional tales from the same tradition, form this collection and compose the core of the ancient Welsh mythological cycle. Included are only those stories that have remained unadulterated by the influence of the French Arthurian romances, providing a rare, authentic selection of the finest works in medieval Celtic literature. This landmark edition translated by Patrick K. Ford is a literary achievement of the highest order.

Author : Ben Guy,Georgia Henley,Owain Wyn Jones,R. Thomas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2020-02
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 2503583490

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The Chronicles of Medieval Wales and the March by Ben Guy,Georgia Henley,Owain Wyn Jones,R. Thomas Pdf

The chronicles of medieval Wales are a rich body of source material offering an array of perspectives on historical developments in Wales and beyond. Preserving unique records of events from the fifth to the fifteenth centuries, these chronicles form the essential narrative backbone of all modern accounts of medieval Welsh history. Most celebrated of all are the chronicles belonging to the Annales Cambriae and Brut y Tywysogyon families, which document the tumultuous struggles between the Welsh princes and their Norman and English neighbours for control over Wales. Building on foundational studies of these chronicles by J. E. Lloyd, Thomas Jones, Kathleen Hughes, and others, this book seeks to enhance understanding of the texts by refining and complicating the ways in which they should be read as deliberate literary and historical productions. The studies in this volume make significant advances in this direction through fresh analyses of well-known texts, as well as through full studies, editions, and translations of five chronicles that had hitherto escaped notice.

Author : Rachel Bromwich,Alfred Owen Hughes Jarman,Brynley F. Roberts
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Arthurian romances
ISBN : IND:30000054698380

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The Arthur of the Welsh by Rachel Bromwich,Alfred Owen Hughes Jarman,Brynley F. Roberts Pdf

This volume is unique in offering a comprehensive discussion of the subject. It will appeal widely to medievalists, to Welsh and Celtic scholars and to those non-specialists who have felt the fascination of the figure of Arthur and wish to know more. Little, if anything, is known historically of Arthur, yet for centuries the romances of Arthur and his court dominated the imaginative literature of Europe in many languages. The roots of this vast flowering of the Arthurian legend are to be found in early Welsh tradition and this volume gives an account of the Arthurian literature produced in Wales, in both Welsh and Latin, during the Middle Ages. The distinguished contributors offer a comprehensive view of recent scholarship relating to Arthurian literature in early Welsh and other Brythonic sources. The volume includes chapters on the "historical" Arthur, Arthur in early Welsh verse, the legend of Merlin, the tales of Culhwch ac Olwen, Geraint, Owain, Peredur, The Dream of Rhonabwy and Trystan ac Esyllt. Other chapters investigate the evidence for the growth of the Arthurian theme in the Triads and in the Historia Regum Britanniae of Geoffrey of Monmouth, and discuss the Breton connection and the gradual transmission of the legend to the non-Celtic world.

Author : Wendy Davies
Publisher : Leicester University
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015005163913

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Wales in the Early Middle Ages by Wendy Davies Pdf

Author : Timothy Venning
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 772 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2023-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000866339

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A Compendium of Medieval World Sovereigns by Timothy Venning Pdf

The Compendium of World Sovereigns series contains three volumes: Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern. These volumes provide students with easy-to-access ‘who’s who’ with details on the identities and dates, ages and wives, where known, of heads of government in any given state at any time within the framework of reference. The relevant original and secondary sources are also listed in a comprehensive bibliography. The text provides a clear reference guide for students to who was who and when they ruled in the dynasties and other ruler-lists for the Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern worlds – primarily European and Middle Eastern but including available information on Africa and Asia and the pre-Columbian Americas. The trilogy accesses and interprets the original data plus any modern controversies and disputes over names and dating, reflecting on the shifts in and widening of focus in student and academic studies. Each volume contains league tables of rulers’ ‘records’, and an extensive bibliographical guide to the relevant personnel and dynasties, plus any controversies, so readers can consult these for extra details and know exactly where to go for which information. All relevant information is collected and provided as a one-stop-shop for students wishing to check the known information about a world Sovereign. The Medieval volume begins with the Byzantine Empire and moves through the Crusader States, the Islamic World, South and East Asia, Africa, the Mediterranean, and lastly Western and Eastern Europe. Compendium of World Sovereigns: Volume II Medieval provides students and scholars with the perfect reference guide to support their studies and to fact check dates, people, and places.

Author : Susan Wise Bauer
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 769 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2010-01-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780393059755

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The History of the Medieval World: From the Conversion of Constantine to the First Crusade by Susan Wise Bauer Pdf

Chronicles the period between the 4th and 12th centuries, when religion became the justification for political and military action, a time that included the development of Islam, the crowning of Charlemagne, and the rise of the T'ang Dynasty.

Author : Oliver James Padel
Publisher : University of Wales Press
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780708326589

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Arthur in Medieval Welsh Literature by Oliver James Padel Pdf

Although the legends of Arthur have been popular throughout Europe from the Middle Ages onwards, the earliest references to Arthur are to be found in Welsh literature, starting with the Welsh-Latin Historia Brittonum dating from the ninth century. By the twelfth century, Arthur was a renowned figure wherever Welsh and her sister languages were spoken. O. J. Padel now provides an overall survey of medieval Welsh literary references to Arthur and emphasizes the importance of understanding the character and purpose of the texts in which allusions to Arthur occur. Texts from different genres are considered together, and shed new light on the use that different authors make of the multifaceted figure of Arthur – from the folk legend associated with magic and animals to the literary hero, soldier and defender of country and faith. Other figures associated with Arthur, such as Cai, Bedwyr and Gwenhwyfar, are also discussed here.

Author : Chris Humphrey,W. M. Ormrod
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 1903153085

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Time in the Medieval World by Chris Humphrey,W. M. Ormrod Pdf

By exploring some of the more important senses of time which were in circulation in the medieval world, scholars from a wide range of disciplines trace competing definitions and modes of temporality in the middle ages, explaining their influence upon life and culture. The issues explored include anachronism as a feature in earlier senses of time, perceptions of death and of the Last Judgement, time in literary narratives and in music, constructions of time as used in the professions, and original work on the particular systems and technologies which were used for the keeping of time, such as clocks and calendars. Contributors: PAUL BRAND, PETER BURKE, MARY J. CARRUTHERS, DEBORAH DELIYANNIS, CHRISTOPHER HUMPHREY, ROBERT MARKUS, AD PUTTER, HOWARD WILLIAMS.

Author : Phillipp R. Schofield,John McEwan,Elizabeth New,Sue Johns
Publisher : University of Wales Press
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2016-06-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783168729

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Seals and Society by Phillipp R. Schofield,John McEwan,Elizabeth New,Sue Johns Pdf

Seals and Society arises from a major project investigating seals and their use in medieval Wales, the Welsh March and neighbouring counties in England. The first major study of seals in the context of one part of medieval Western European society, the volume also offers a new perspective on the history of medieval Wales and its periphery by addressing a variety of themes in terms of the insight that seals can offer the historian. Though the present study suggests important regional distinctions in the take-up of seals in medieval Wales, it is also clear that seal usage increased from the later twelfth century and spread widely in Welsh society, especially in those parts of Wales neighbouring England or where there had been an early English incursion. Through a series of chapters, the authors examine the ways in which seals can shed light on the legal, administrative, social and economic history of the period in Wales and its border region. Seals provide unique insights into the choices individuals, men and women, made in representing themselves to the wider world, and this issue is examined closely. Supported by almost 100 images gathered by the project team, the volume is of great interest to those working on seals, their motifs, their use and developments in their usage over the high and later Middle Ages.