Mediæval Wales

Mediæval Wales - Chiefly in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries: Six Popular Lectures

THIS volume contains the substance of a course of popular Lectures delivered at Cardiff in 1901. The work does not claim in any way to be an original contribution to knowledge, and is published on the recommendation of some friends in whose literary judgment I have confidence. In a popular book of this kind I have not thought it necessary to give detailed references to authorities, but a list of a few of the books which I used in the preparation of the Lectures, and which are likely to be interesting to readers of Welsh history, may be useful. Among medival works I may mention the two Welsh chroniclesthe Annales Cambri and the Brut y Tywysogion, [Pgvi] both published in the Rolls Series; Geoffrey of Monmouths History of the Kings of Britain (translated in Bohns Six Old English Chronicles); Giraldus Cambrensis, The Itinerary and Description of Wales (translated in Bohns library); the prefaces, especially those by Brewer, in the Rolls Series edition of Giraldus, will be found interesting. Of the English chroniclers, Ordericus Vitalis, Roger of Wendover, and Matthew Paris are perhaps the most valuable for the history of Wales and the Marches during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Among modern books, the reader may be referred to Rhys and Jones, The Welsh People; Freeman, William Rufus; Thomas Stephens, Literature of the Kymry; Henry Owen, Gerald the Welshman; Clark, Medival Military Architecture, and The Land of Morgan; Newell, History of the Welsh Church; Tout, Edward I.; and the Dictionary of National Biography. Since these Lectures were delivered at least three books on Welsh history have appeared which deserve mention: Mr. Bradleys Owen [Pgvii] Glyndwr, with a summary of earlier Welsh history; Mr. Owen Edwardss charmingly written volume in the Story of the Nations Series; and Mr. Morriss valuable work on The Welsh Wars of Edward I. The maps are taken from large wall maps which I used when lecturing. In drawing up the map of Wales and the Marches at the beginning of the thirteenth century, I had the assistance of my friend and former pupil, Mr. Morgan Jones, M.A., of Ferndale, who generously placed at my disposal the results of his researches into the history of the Welsh Marches. A. G. LITTLE. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 24947
Author: Little, A. G. (Andrew George)
Release Date: Mar 29, 2008
Format: eBook
Language: English