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Author : Stewart Williams
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Stewart Williams' Glamorgan Historian written by Stewart Williams and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stewart Williams
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Stewart Williams' Glamorgan Historian written by Stewart Williams and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales
Publisher : RCAHMW
ISBN 13 : 0117007544
Total Pages : 499 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (17 download)
Download or read book An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Glamorgan 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 499 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.
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)
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 in Wales
ISBN 13 : 1871184223
Total Pages : 572 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (711 download)
Download or read book An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Glamorgan: Volume III - Part 1b: Medieval Secular Monuments the Later Castles from 1217 to the present 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 2000 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forty-three castles and fortified sites here described were founded or given their most significant fabric after 1217. They include tower-houses, strong houses, possible castles, and twenty masonry castles ranging from the great Clare works at Caerphilly and Morlais to the small modestly fortified sites at Barry and Weobley, and the exceptional fortified priory at Ewenny. The density and variety of the medieval fortifications in Glamorgan are unrivalled, and their study is enriched by an exceptional range of works on the history and records of a historic county formed by merging the lordships of Glamorgan and Gower. Part la described the early castles and traced their role in the Norman conquest and settlement of the fertile southern lowlands down to 1217, when the Clares inherited Glamorgan. In that year the Welsh had expelled the English from Gower and remained unconquered in the Glamorgan uplands. Gower was soon lost again, and under two redoubtable Clare lords the Glamorgan uplands were appropriated in the mid-13th century and secured in a notable programme of castle works. The castle-building of Earl Richard de Clare (1243-62) and his son, Gilbert, the 'Red Earl' (1263-95), as they achieved this 'second conquest of Glamorgan', foreshadowed the later campaigns of Edward I against Gwynedd. At Caerphilly, above all, Earl Gilbert's castle deserves comparison with the great Edwardian works; it introduced defensive features later to be adopted by King Edward's Savoyard master masons. Gower sites considered include the impressive masonry castles at Oystermouth and Penrice. A notable ornately arcaded domestic range at Swansea is the only surviving vestige of the chief castle of Gower, which is tentatively described from a variety of records. AH the illustrated descriptions incorporate detailed historical accounts. The introductory survey outlines the later descent of Glamorgan and Gower to the end of the 15th century, and along with the sectional preambles it provides general discussion of the sites.
Author : Mike Hall
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752485938
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (524 download)
Download or read book Cardiff Book of Days written by Mike Hall and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2012-02-29 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking you through the year day by day, The Cardiff Book of Days contains a quirky, eccentric, amusing or important event or fact from different periods of history, many of which had a major impact on the religious and political history of Britain as a whole. Ideal for dipping into, this addictive little book will keep you entertained and informed. Featuring hundreds of snippets of information gleaned from the vaults of Cardiff’s archives, it will delight residents and visitors alike.
Author : John Garner
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195361415
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)
Download or read book The Company Town written by John Garner and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1992-10-01 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Built by industrialists whose early businesses contributed to the escalation of the Industrial Revolution, company towns flourished in countries that embraced capitalism and open-market trading. In many instances, the company town came to symbolize the wrecking of the environment, especially in places associated with extractive industries such as mining and lumber milling. Some resident industrialists, however, took a genuine interest in the welfare of their work forces, and in a number of instances hired architects to provide a model environment. Overtaken by time, these towns were either abandoned or caught up in suburban growth. The most thorough-going and only international assessment of the company town, this collection of essays by specialists and authorities of each region offers a balanced account of architectural and social history and provides a better understanding of the architectural and urban experiences of the early industrial age.
Author : Lucy Andrew
Publisher : University of Wales Press
ISBN 13 : 1783160373
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (831 download)
Download or read book Crime Fiction in the City written by Lucy Andrew and published by University of Wales Press. This book was released on 2013-04-30 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crime Fiction in the City: Capital Crimes expands upon previous studies of the urban space and crime by reflecting on the treatment of the capital city, a repository of authority, national identity and culture, within crime fiction. This wide-ranging collection looks at capital cities across Europe, from the more traditional centres of power - Paris, Rome and London - to Europe's most northern capital, Stockholm, and also considers the newly devolved capitals, Dublin, Edinburgh and Cardiff. The texts under consideration span the nineteenth-century city mysteries to contemporary populist crime fiction. The collection opens with a reflective essay by Ian Rankin and aims to inaugurate a dialogue between Anglophone and European crime writing; to explore the marginalised works of Irish and Welsh writers alongside established European crime writers and to interrogate the relationship between fact and fiction, creativity and criticism, within the crime genre.
Author : Geraint H. Jenkins
Publisher : University of Wales Press
ISBN 13 : 0708325009
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)
Download or read book Bard of Liberty written by Geraint H. Jenkins and published by University of Wales Press. This book was released on 2012-07-15 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first full-scale study of the political radicalism of Iolo Morganwg, the renowned Welsh romantic whose colourful life as a Glamorgan stonemason, poet, writer, political activist and humanitarian made him one of the founders of modern Wales. This path-breaking volume offers a vivid portrait of a natural contrarian who tilted against the forces of the establishment for the whole of his adult life. Known as the ‘Bard of Liberty’ or the ’little republican bard’, he moved in highly-politicized circles, embraced republicanism, founded the Gorsedd of the Bards of the Isle of Britain, threw in his lot with Unitarians, promoted a sense of cultural nationalism, and supported the anti-slave trade campaign and the anti-war movement during years of war, oppression and cruelty.
Author : Ffion Mair Jones
Publisher : University of Wales Press
ISBN 13 : 1783164077
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (831 download)
Download or read book 'The Bard is a Very Singular Character' written by Ffion Mair Jones and published by University of Wales Press. This book was released on 2010-06-14 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A cunning and successful literary forger, Iolo Morganwg has been a controversial figure within Welsh literary tradition and history ever since his death in 1826. During his lifetime, however, he was largely a figure on the margins of Welsh literary society, who found the task of getting his work into the coveted sphere of print culture a gargantuan one. This book examines how he dealt with the frustrations of his marginality – writing sardonic remarks in the margins of books published by his contemporaries, and submerging himself in a mound of scrap paper on which he wrote numerous drafts of poems and conducted original work on the Welsh language.
Author : Richard Daniel Altick
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674807310
Total Pages : 580 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (73 download)
Download or read book The Shows of London written by Richard Daniel Altick and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1978 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History of London entertainment from 1600 to the end of the 1850's.
Author : Eurwyn Wiliam
Publisher : University of Wales Press
ISBN 13 : 1837720401
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (377 download)
Download or read book Man, Myth and Museum written by Eurwyn Wiliam and published by University of Wales Press. This book was released on 2023-07-15 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book to critically examine the professional work of the pioneer of open-air museums in Britain and the self-proclaimed founder of the Welsh Folk Museum at St. Fagans, and a major figure in Welsh cultural life. This book places Peate’s life in the context of Welsh history and assesses his impact on helping to create a particular view of Welsh culture, placing great emphasis on the importance of the Welsh-speaking rural craftsman and ignoring the contribution of industry to Welsh life. It makes extensive use of quotation, synopsis and translation, for the first time giving non-Welsh speakers access to his Welsh-language publications about museums and folk life.
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)
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.
Author : Russell Davies
Publisher : University of Wales Press
ISBN 13 : 1783162392
Total Pages : 608 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (831 download)
Download or read book People, Places and Passions written by Russell Davies and published by University of Wales Press. This book was released on 2015-06-15 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It takes a different view of the history of Wales, examining a panorama of different emotions and experiences – laughter, happiness, fear, anger, adventure, lust, loneliness, anxiety – to give an entertaining and exciting new history to Wales. a wide range of sources are used to present the ambitions and anxieties which drove and destroyed Welsh people The book’s literary style and the fact that it follows earlier successful studies by the author should ensure an audience.
Author : Kenneth Lunn
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135172064
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (351 download)
Download or read book Race and Labour in Twentieth-Century Britain written by Kenneth Lunn and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-08-16 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays was put together with a view to furthering the study of the history of immigration into Britain. Naturally enough, a good deal of attention in recent years has been directed at 'race relations' in Britain from the 1960s onwards. As Peter Fryer's study, Staying Power (1984), has shown, there is a rich and important history of black settlement before these years and its significance in shaping responses towards more recent migrants has still to be adequately evaluated. We are constantly being reminded of the legacy of empire and its importance in terms of influencing current policy and attitudes.
Author : Stephen Hughes
Publisher : Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales
ISBN 13 : 1871184320
Total Pages : 373 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (711 download)
Download or read book Copperopolis: Landscapes of the Early Industrial Period in Swansea written by Stephen Hughes and published by Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. This book was released on 2008-12-18 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dadansoddiad darluniadol o dirlun diwydiannol ardal Abertawe yn adlewyrchu dylanwad hanes a datblygiad y diwydiant copr ar fywyd cymdeithasol ac economaidd, addysgol a chrefyddol y fro yn ystod y 18fed a'r 19eg ganrif. Dros 300 o luniau du-a-gwyn. -- Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru
Author : Chris Evans
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN 13 : 1421439115
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (214 download)
Download or read book Swansea Copper written by Chris Evans and published by Johns Hopkins University Press. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This insightful book will be of interest to anyone concerned with the historical roots of globalization and the Industrial Revolution as a global phenomenon.
