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Cronica Walliae
Derec Llwyd Morgan
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Description for Cronica Walliae
Paperback. Based on the medieval Welsh chronicle Brut y Tywysogion, this essay is the first attempt to provide a history in English of the lives and acts of the kings and princes of Wales from Cadwaladr to Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, the last native Welsh prince. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 400.
The publication of Cronica Walliae in 2002 provided for the first time ever a printed text of a scholarly work found in manuscripts of the sixteenth century. Its author, the antiquary Humphrey Llwyd, born in Denbigh about 1527, graduated at Oxford University and entered the service of the earl of Arundel. He twice served as a Member of Parliament and, as member for Denbigh in 1569, is accredited with facilitating the passage of the bill for translating the Bible and Book of Common Prayer into Welsh. He died in Denbigh in 1568, and his monument stands in the parish church ... Read more
The publication of Cronica Walliae in 2002 provided for the first time ever a printed text of a scholarly work found in manuscripts of the sixteenth century. Its author, the antiquary Humphrey Llwyd, born in Denbigh about 1527, graduated at Oxford University and entered the service of the earl of Arundel. He twice served as a Member of Parliament and, as member for Denbigh in 1569, is accredited with facilitating the passage of the bill for translating the Bible and Book of Common Prayer into Welsh. He died in Denbigh in 1568, and his monument stands in the parish church ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Wales Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
400g
Place of Publication
Wales, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781783169481
SKU
V9781783169481
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Ref
99-15
About Derec Llwyd Morgan
J. Beverley Smith was Professor of Welsh History in the Department of History and Welsh History at Aberystwyth University. Ieuan M. Williams was Director of Extra-Mural Studies, and subsequently Chair of Adult and Continuing Education, at University of Wales College Swansea, where he also served as Vice-Principal from 1980 to 1983. Humphrey Llwyd was a cartographer, antiquary, and Member of ... Read more
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