The History of Wales, from the Earliest Times, to Its Final Incorporation with the Kingdom of England: With Notices of Its Physical Geography, and Min
The History of Wales, from the Earliest Times, to Its Final Incorporation with the Kingdom of England: With Notices of Its Physical Geography, and Min

Author: B. B. Woodward

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2019-01-21

Total Pages: 620

ISBN-13: 9780365259695

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Excerpt from The History of Wales, From the Earliest Times, to Its Final Incorporation With the Kingdom of England: With Notices of Its Physical Geography, and Mineral Wealth, and of the Religion and Literature, Laws, Customs, Manners, and Arts of the Welsh The sketch of the Physical Topography and Geology of the country, which is prefixed; the chapters on the Literature and the Religion, the Laws and the Social Condition, of the Kymry at different periods, which are intercalated at intervals and the concluding observations on the present condition and the future prospects of the Welsh; distinguish this (it is hoped, with advantage) from every other History of Wales. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Writing a Small Nation's Past
Writing a Small Nation's Past

Author: Neil Evans

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-02-17

Total Pages: 406

ISBN-13: 1134786611

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This is the first volume to examine how the history of Wales was written in a period that saw the emergence of professional historiography, largely focused on the nation, across Europe and in the United States. It thus sets Wales in the context of recent work on national history writing in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and, more particularly, offers a Welsh perspective on the ways in which history was written in small, mainly stateless, nations. The comparative dimension is fundamental to the volume's aim, highlighting what was distinctive about Welsh historical writing and showing how the Welsh experience mirrors and illuminates broader historiographical developments. The book begins with an introduction that uses the concept of historical culture as a way of exploring the different strands of historiography covered in the collection, providing orientation to the chapters that follow. These are divided into four sections: 'Contexts and Backgrounds', 'Amateurs and Popularizers', 'Creating Academic Disciplines', and 'Comparative Perspectives'. All these themes are then drawn together in the conclusion to examine how far Welsh historians exemplify widespread trends in the writing of national history, and thereby point-up common themes that emerge from the volume and clarify its broader significance for students of historiography.