Elis Gruffydd and Welsh Identity in the Sixteenth Century

Elis Gruffydd and Welsh Identity in the Sixteenth Century

In 1552, Welsh soldier and chronicler Elis Gruffydd (c.1490-c.1552) completed a 2500-folio manuscript, which is little known and rarely studied. Its obscurity belies its importance. This document can tell us much about Welsh opposition to Tudor policies in the British Isles, an often-overlooked subj...

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Main Author: Riley-Adams, Ann Dobbs
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses 01-01-2018
Subjects:
British & Irish literature
British and Irish literature
History
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Summary:In 1552, Welsh soldier and chronicler Elis Gruffydd (c.1490-c.1552) completed a 2500-folio manuscript, which is little known and rarely studied. Its obscurity belies its importance. This document can tell us much about Welsh opposition to Tudor policies in the British Isles, an often-overlooked subject; his experience as Europe transitioned from the Middle Ages to the Early Modern era; and writing as a form of resistance, a subject receiving little scholarly attention prior to the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
ISBN:0438188888
9780438188884