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Book Synopsis The Place-Names of Wales by : Hywel Wyn Owen
Download or read book The Place-Names of Wales written by Hywel Wyn Owen and published by University of Wales Press. This book was released on 2015-02-15 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Place-Names of Wales was originally published in 1998 and reissued in 2005 in the Pocket Guide series. This current updated publication adds some thirty entries, which importantly take into consideration more recent research. The entry for each place-name provides details of historical forms and dates; analyses each name into its component linguistic elements; tracks the later linguistic development of the name and the influences upon it particularly within a bilingual society; compares the name with similar names elsewhere, and interprets that meaning within the history of Wales and in the local context having regard for the landscape and changing land-use. In addition to explaining the link between place-names and language, history and landscape, the introduction includes a section on the significance of place-name study, and a short section to allow non-Welsh speakers to understand some relevant sound-changes.
Book Synopsis The Book of Llandaf and the Norman Church in Wales by : John Reuben Davies
Download or read book The Book of Llandaf and the Norman Church in Wales written by John Reuben Davies and published by Boydell Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The post-Norman ecclesiastical and political transformation of south-east Wales, recorded in early C12 manuscript. This book explores the ecclesiastical and political transformation of south-east Wales in the later eleventh and early twelfth centuries. Ecclesiastical and administrative reform was one of the defining characteristics of the Norman regime in Britain, and the author argues that a new generation of clergy in South Wales was at the heart of this reforming programme. The focus of this volume is the early twelfth-century Book of Llandaf, one of the most perplexing but exciting historical works from post-Conquest Britain. It has long been viewed as a primary source for the history of early medieval Wales, but here it is presented in a fresh light, as a monument to learning and literature in Norman Wales, produced in the same literary milieu as Geoffrey of Monmouth. As such, the Book of Llandaf provides us with valuable insights into the state of the Norman Church in Wales, and allows us to understand how it thought about its past. JOHN DAVIES is Research Fellow in Scottish History, University of Edinburgh
Author :T. M. Charles-Edwards Publisher :Oxford University Press on Demand ISBN 13 :0198217315 Total Pages :816 pages Book Rating :4.1/5 (982 download)
Book Synopsis Wales and the Britons, 350-1064 by : T. M. Charles-Edwards
Download or read book Wales and the Britons, 350-1064 written by T. M. Charles-Edwards and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2013 with total page 816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most detailed history of the Welsh from Late-Roman Britain to the eve of the Norman Conquest. Integrates the history of religion, language, and literature with the history of events.
Book Synopsis Dictionary of the Place-Names of Wales by : Hywel Wyn Owen
Download or read book Dictionary of the Place-Names of Wales written by Hywel Wyn Owen and published by . This book was released on 2022-05-20 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An authoritative dictionary of the meanings and derivations of Welsh place-names. The first of its kind in Wales, this volume deals with most of the place-names of Wales as well as prominent features of the landscape. Also includes an invaluable glossary of the place-name elements. First published in November 2007.
Book Synopsis Wales' 1000 Best Heritage Sites by : Terry Breverton
Download or read book Wales' 1000 Best Heritage Sites written by Terry Breverton and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2013-08-22 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Early Christianity in South-West Britain by : Elizabeth Rees
Download or read book Early Christianity in South-West Britain written by Elizabeth Rees and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2020-03-30 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a new assessment of early Christianity in south-west Britain from the fourth to the tenth centuries, a rich period which includes the transition from Roman to native British to Saxon models of church. The book will be based on evidence from archaeological excavations, early texts and recent critical scholarship and cover Wessex, Devon and Cornwall. In the south-west, Wessex provides the greatest evidence of Roman Christianity. The fifth-century Dorset villas of Frampton and Hinton St Mary, with their complex baptistery mosaics, indicate the presence of sophisticated Christian house churches. The fact that these two Roman villas are only 15 miles apart suggests a network of small Christian communities in this region. The author uses evidence from St Patricks fifth-century Confessions to describe how members of a villa house church lived. Wessex was slowly Christianised: in Gloucestershire, the pagan healing sanctuary at Chedworth provides evidence of later use as a Christian baptistery; at Bradford on Avon in Wiltshire, a baptistery was dug into the mosaic floor of an imposing villa, which may by then have been owned by a bishop. In Somerset a number of recently excavated sites demonstrate the transition from a pagan temple to a Christian church. Beside the pagan temple at Lamyatt, later female burials suggest, unusually, a small monastic group of women. Wells cathedral grew beside the site of a Roman villas funeral chapel. In Street, a large oval enclosure indicates the probable site of a Celtic monastery. Early Christian cemeteries have been excavated at Shepton Mallet and elsewhere. Lundy Island, off the Devon coast, provides evidence of a Celtic monastery, with its inscribed stones that commemorate early monks. At Exeter, a Saxon anthology includes numerous riddles, one of which describes in detail the production of an illuminated manuscript in a south-western monastery. Oliver Padels meticulous documentation of Cornish place-names has demonstrated that, of all the Celtic regions, Cornwall has by far the highest number of dedications to a single, otherwise unknown individual, typically consisting of a small church and a farm by the sea. These small monastic cells have hitherto received little attention as a model of church in early British Christianity, and the latter part of the text focuses on various aspects of this model, as lived out in coastal and in upland settlements, on islands, and in relation to larger Breton monasteries. Study of 60 Breton sites has demonstrated possible connections between larger Breton monasteries and smaller Cornish cells.
Book Synopsis A History of Wales from the Earliest Times to the Edwardian Conquest by : Sir John Edward Lloyd
Download or read book A History of Wales from the Earliest Times to the Edwardian Conquest written by Sir John Edward Lloyd and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales Publisher :RCAHMW ISBN 13 :0117005894 Total Pages :190 pages Book Rating :4.1/5 (17 download)
Book Synopsis An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Glamorgan: Pre-Norman. Part II The Iron Age and Roman Occupation by : Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales
Download or read book An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Glamorgan: Pre-Norman. Part II The Iron Age and Roman Occupation written by Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales and published by RCAHMW. This book was released on 1976 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TABLE OF CONTENTS MAP OF ECCLESIASTICAL PARISHES LIST OF PLATES LIST OF FIGURES CHAIRMAN'S PREFACE REPORT, WITH LIST OF MONUMENTS SELECTED BY THE COMMISSIONERS AS ESPECIALLY WORTHY OF PRESERVATION LISTS OF COMMISSIONERS AND STAFF LIST OF ECCLESIASTICAL PARISHES, WITH INCIDENCE OF MONUMENTS LIST OF CIVIL PARISHES, WITH INCIDENCE OF MONUMENTS ABBREVIATED TITLES OF REFERENCES PRESENTATION OF MATERIAL CONVERSION TABLES, METRIC TO IMPERIAL INVENTORY. PART ii: THE IRON AGE AND THE ROMAN OCCUPATION Introductory Note The Physical Background Communications. Iron Age and Roman Hill-forts and Settlements. Iron Age Hill-forts and Related Structures Unenclosed Hut Settlements Roman Remains Forts Other Military Works Roads Civil Sites Appendix: The Glamorgan section of Iter XII and the site of Bomium NAMES OF PLACES IN GLAMORGAN GLOSSARY INDEX OF GRID REFERENCES GENERAL INDEX MAP OF CIVIL PARISHES
Author :Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales Publisher :Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales ISBN 13 :0113000359 Total Pages :414 pages Book Rating :4.1/5 (13 download)
Book Synopsis An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Glamorgan: Volume III: Medieval secular monuments. The early castles - from the Norman Conquest to 1217 by : Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales
Download or read book An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Glamorgan: Volume III: Medieval secular monuments. The early castles - from the Norman Conquest to 1217 written by Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales and published by Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. This book was released on 1991 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifty-seven castles founded in Glamorgan by 1217 are here described. These include mottes. castle-ringworks, and presumed Welsh earthworks, all without masonry, as well as sixteen masonry castles ranging from well known sites at Cardiff, Coity, and Ogmore, to the Welsh stone castle now identified at Plas Baglan. Later defensive monuments will be described in part lb. Glamorgan castles occur in unrivalled density, their study enriched by an exceptional range of works on local history and records. County borders embrace the lordships ot'Gower and Glamorgan. Most castles lie in the fertile lowlands where Norman rule was imposed. Welsh independence endured in the uplands until the mid-13th-century conquests of the Clare lords. When they inherited Glamorgan in 1217 Norman rule had survived unbroken in the lowlands from the late-11th century, if not in Gower. Profusely illustrated descriptions incorporate comprehensive historical accounts. The Introductory Survey and Sectional Preambles discuss the evidence, illustrated by maps and diagrams. Significant conclusions emerge: William the Conqueror founded Cardiff in 1081; Glacial drift provides a determinant for the segregation of mottes and castle-ringworks; Roman roads, forts, and river crossings influenced Norman settlement; Early Masonry Castles, rare in Wales, were numerous in Glamorgan. Castle of the lords of Glamorgan are of particular interest, especially Newcastle, which might be attributed to Henry II. These lords included King John (1189-1216) and leading magnates of the realm: Rufus's favourite, Robert Fitzhamon (1093-1107); Robert, earl of Gloucester, base son of Henry I (fa. 1J13-47); and later, the great Clare earls (1217-1314) and Edward II's favourite, Hugh Despenser (1317-26). Content Map of sites treated in this Part (la) of Volume IIII Chairman's Preface Report, with a List of Monuments selected by the Commissioners as most worthy of preservation List of Commissioners and Staff Authorship and Compilation Presentation of Material Introductory Survey I The Division of the material; Parts la and lb Explained II The Geographical Background III The Historical Background (1072-1217) IV The Early Castles Discussed Inventory of the Early Castles Section MO: Mottes without Masonry Section CR: Castle-Ringworks without Masonry Section UW: Unclassified, probably Welsh Castles Section VE: Vanished Early Castles Section MM: Masonry Castles Built Over Mottes Section MR: Masonry Castles built over Castle-ringworks Section EM: Early Masonry Castles Abbreviated Titles of References Map and List of Ecclesiastical Parishes, with incidence of Monuments Map and List of Civil Parishes, with incidence of Monuments Index of National Grid References for sites treated in Part la Glossary: General Glossary: Welsh Terms and Place-name Elements List of Figures, including maps and photographs General Index Alphabetical List of sites treated in Part 1 b of Volume III Map of sites treated in Part lb of Volume III
Author :Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales Publisher :Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales ISBN 13 :0117005908 Total Pages :144 pages Book Rating :4.1/5 (17 download)
Book Synopsis An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Glamorgan: Pre-Norman. pt. 1. The Stone and Bronze Ages. pt. 2. The Iron and and the Roamn occupation. pt. 3. The early Christian period by : Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales
Download or read book An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Glamorgan: Pre-Norman. pt. 1. The Stone and Bronze Ages. pt. 2. The Iron and and the Roamn occupation. pt. 3. The early Christian period written by Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales and published by Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. This book was released on 1975-12-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume, the first of those for Glamorgan, the Commission has dealt with the pre-Norman remains of the county; the accepted monuments total some 800, and the staff concerned have examined 1030 sites during the course of the work. At the same time, the investigation of later remains has proceeded.
Book Synopsis A Dictionary of British Place-Names by : David Mills
Download or read book A Dictionary of British Place-Names written by David Mills and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-10-21 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This revised edition of the Dictionary of British Place-Names includes over 17,000 engaging and informative entries, tracing the development of the featured place-names from earliest times to the present day. Included place-names range from the familiar to the obscure, among them 'Beer', 'Findlater', 'Broadbottom', and 'Great Snoring'. The A to Z entries are complemented by a detailed introductory essay discussing the chronology and development of English, Irish, Welsh, and Scottish place-names, as well as an extensive bibliography, maps of Britain showing old and new boundaries, and a glossary of common elements in place-names. Also new to this edition is an appendix of recommended web links pointing to relevant online resources, thereby expanding the scope of the dictionary and providing the reader with an opportunity to explore the subject further. Both accessible and up to date, this dictionary is an ideal companion for anybody travelling around the British Isles, as well as for researchers and students with an interest in toponomy, local history, cartography, and lexicography.
Author :Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales Publisher :Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales ISBN 13 :0117005886 Total Pages :193 pages Book Rating :4.1/5 (17 download)
Book Synopsis An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Glamorgan: Volume 1: Pre-Norman Part I the Stone and Bronze Ages by : Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales
Download or read book An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Glamorgan: Volume 1: Pre-Norman Part I the Stone and Bronze Ages written by Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales and published by Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales. This book was released on 1976 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales has a leading national role in developing and promoting understanding of the archaeological, built and maritime heritage of Wales, as the originator, curator and supplier of authoritative information for individual, corporate and governmental decision makers, researchers, and the general public.
Book Synopsis Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics by : James Hastings
Download or read book Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics written by James Hastings and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 924 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book King Arthur written by Chris Barber and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2016-08-31 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the culmination of over thirty years of work and research by the author, who is a King Arthur specialist and bestseller.The book brings new information to light by examining through a jigsaw of connections throughout Dark Age Britain, especially Wales and Cornwall, as King Arthur is revealed to have been a hereditary King of the ancient land of the Silures in South Wales. In this way, Chris Barber has set out to reveal the true identity of King Arthur, whose identity has been obscured by the mists of time and the imaginative embellishments of romantic writers through the ages. After sorting fact from fiction, he not only identifies the Celtic prince who gave rise to the legend of Arthur, but reveals his family background, 6th century inscribed stones bearing his name and those of his contemporaries; locations of his courts, battle sites such as Badon Llongborth and Camlann; the identity of his enemies, the ancient Isle of Avalon and his final resting place.
Book Synopsis Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics by : James Hastings
Download or read book Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics written by James Hastings and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 1846 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units, Medieval and Modern by : Melville Richards
Download or read book Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units, Medieval and Modern written by Melville Richards and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Recollections and Anecdotes of Edward Williams by : Elijah Waring
Download or read book Recollections and Anecdotes of Edward Williams written by Elijah Waring and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
