A Short History of Wales
- Pages
- about 98
- Category
- History
- Language
- English
- Reading time
- 1.8 h at 250 wpm
From the opening
THIS little book is meant for those who have never read any Welsh history
before. It is not taken for granted that the reader knows either Latin
or Welsh.
A fuller outline may be read in The Story of Wales, in the “Story of
the Nations” series; and a still fuller one in The Welsh People of Rhys
and Brynmor Jones. Of fairly small and cheap books in various periods I
may mention Rhys’ Celtic Britain, Owen Rhoscomyl’s Flame Bearers of
Welsh History, Henry Owen’s Gerald the Welshman, Bradley’s Owen
Glendower, Newell’s Welsh Church, and Rees Protestant Non-conformity
in Wales. More elaborate and expensive books are Seebohm’s Village
Community and Tribal System in Wales, Clark’s Medieval Military
Architecture, Morris’ Welsh Wars of Edward I., Southall’s Wales and
Her Language. In writing local history, A. N. Palmer’s History of
Wrexham and companion volumes are models.
If you turn to a library, you will find much information about Wales in
Social England, the Dictionary of National Biography, the
publications of the Cymmrodorion and other societies. You will find
articles of great value and interest over the names of F. H. Haverfield,
J. W. Willis-Bund, Egerton Phillimore, the Honourable Mrs Bulkeley Owen
(Gwenrhian Gwynedd), Henry Owen, the late David Lewis, T. F. Tout, J.
E. Lloyd, D. Lleufer Thomas, W. Llywelyn Williams, J. Arthur Price, J. H.
Davies, J. Ballinger, Edward Owen, Hubert Hall, Hugh Williams, R. A.
Roberts, A. W. Wade-Evans, E. A. Lewis. These are only a few out of the
many who are now working in the rich and unexplored field of Welsh
history. I put down the names only of those I had to consult in writing
a small book like this.
The sources are mostly in Latin or Welsh. Many volumes of chronicles,
charters, and historical poems have been published by the Government, by
the Corporation of Cardiff, by J. Gwenogvryn Evans, by H. de Grey Birch,
and others.
A short sample. Read the whole book
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