A History of Wales
Derived from Authentic Sources

In great detail the history of Wales from the settlement of the Cymry until the Tudor period is told.

Jane Williams (Author)

9781108020855, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 18 November 2010

534 pages
21.6 x 14 x 3 cm, 0.67 kg

In 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

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.

Subject Areas: Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500 [HBLC]