A History of Wales
A History of Wales
£46.00
GBPIn great and colourful detail the Welsh writer Jane Williams (1806–1885) tells the history of Wales from the settlement of the Cymry in pre-Christian Britain until the Tudor period. The work, first published in 1869, remained a standard work until the beginning of the twentieth century. The most remarkable feature of the book's methodology is that its narrative is based on the use of an impressive range of source material, ranging from Pliny and Bede to Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Jane Williams is a passionate chronicler of Welsh history and does not seek to be objective in her portrayals. The Earl of Shrewsbury for instance is 'inhuman', and ravages 'the fertile island'; and Williams perceives Daffyd Aberdaron as a zealous Dean of Bangor who 'earnestly' desires 'justice for Wales'. For more information on this author, see http://orlando.cambridge.org/public/svPeople?person_id=willja
Product details
November 2010Paperback
9781108020855
534 pages
216 × 140 × 30 mm
0.67kg
Available
Table of Contents
- 1. The Cymry of ancient Britain
- 2. The Cymry and the Romans, BC 53–AD 54
- 3. The Cymry and the Romans, AD 54–96
- 4. The Cymry and the Romans, AD 96–306
- 5. The Cymry and the Romans, AD 306–411
- 6. The Cymry in the fifth century
- 7. The Cymry and the Saxons, AD 500–566
- 8. The Cymry and the Saxons, AD 566–634
- 9. The Cymry and the Saxons, AD 634–819
- 10. The Cymry, the Saxons, and the Danes, AD 819–915
- 11. The Cymry and the Saxons, AD 915–948
- 12. The Cymry, the Saxons, and the Danes, AD 948–1039
- 13. The Cymry and the Saxons, AD 1039–1063
- 14. The Cymry, the Saxons, and the Normans, AD 1063–1091
- 15. The Cymry and the Normans, AD 1091–1112
- 16. The Cymry and the Normans, AD 1112–1137
- 17. The Cymry and the Normans, AD 1137–1169
- 18. The Cymry and the Normans, AD 1169–1194
- 19. The Cymry and the Normans, AD 1194–1240
- 20. The Cymry and the Anglo-Normans, AD 1240–1246
- 21. The Anglo-Normans and the Cymry, AD 1246–1276
- 22. The Anglo-Normans and the Cymry, AD 1276–1282
- 23. The Anglo-Normans and the Cymry, AD 1282–1287
- 34. The Plantagenet princes and the Cymry, AD 1327–1422
- 25. The Plantagenet princes and the Cymry, AD 1422–1485
- 26. The Tudor dynasty, AD 1485–1603
- Appendix
- Index.
