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Book Owain Glyndwr

    Book Details:
  • Author : Terry Breverton
  • Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
  • Release : 2009-05-15
  • ISBN : 1445608766
  • Pages : 368 pages

Download or read book Owain Glyndwr written by Terry Breverton and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2009-05-15 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first ever full-scale biography of the last native Prince of Wales who fought to maintain an independent Wales.

Book Owain Glyndwr   Prince of Wales

Download or read book Owain Glyndwr Prince of Wales written by R.R. Davies and published by Y Lolfa. This book was released on 2013-09-03 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the Owain GlyndAur (Glyn DAur) rebellion written by the foremost scholar in this field, Rees Davies. A new translation by Gerald Morgan of his popular Welsh-language account of the rebellion. A masterful study of the life and legacy of Glyn DAur, whose revolt against the English rule of Wales in the early 15th century ensured his status as a national hero.

Book Owain Glyndwr

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  • Author : Peter Gordon Williams
  • Publisher : Ylolfa
  • Release : 2011
  • ISBN : 9781847713636
  • Pages : 208 pages

Download or read book Owain Glyndwr written by Peter Gordon Williams and published by Ylolfa. This book was released on 2011 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compelling historical novel. The people of Wales acknowledge but one man who can claim the title 'The Last Prince of Wales'; his name is Owain Glyn Dwr and this is his story.

Book Memoirs of Owen Glendower   Owain Glyndwr

Download or read book Memoirs of Owen Glendower Owain Glyndwr written by Thomas Thomas (rector of Aberporth, Wales.) and published by . This book was released on 1822 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Owain Glyndwr

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  • Author : Michael Livingston
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2013
  • ISBN : 9780859898843
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Owain Glyndwr written by Michael Livingston and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ovid's rarely studied Ibis is an elegiac companion-piece to the Tristia and Ex Ponto written after his banishment to the Black Sea in AD 8. Modelled on a poem of the same name by the Hellenistic poet Callimachus, Ibis stands out as an artistically contrived explosion of vitriol against an unnamed enemy who is characterised in terms of the Egyptian bird with its unprepossessing habits. Based in a tradition of curse-ritual, it is the most difficult of Ovid's poems to penetrate. Robinson Ellis's edition remains an indispensable - if typically eccentric - platform for the study of the poem's obscurities. Indeed Ellis deserves the primary credit for bringing Ibis back from obscurity into the light of day.This reissue of Ellis's 1881 edition includes a new introduction by Gareth Williams setting the edition in the context of earlier and later developments in scholarship. Ellis's edition not only made a significant contribution to research into the Ibis, it is an important representative of a particular vein of scholarship prevalent in nineteenth-century Latin study.

Book National Redeemer

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  • Author : Elissa R. Henken
  • Publisher : Cornell University Press
  • Release : 1996
  • ISBN : 9780801483493
  • Pages : 268 pages

Download or read book National Redeemer written by Elissa R. Henken and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this lively interdisciplinary study, Elissa R. Henken combines the tools of the historian and the folklorist to explore the development of a powerful, polysemous cultural symbol. Owain Glyndwr, called Owen Glendower by Shakespeare, led the last major armed rebellion of the Welsh against the English in the early fifteenth century. He has become an important symbol of modern Welsh nationalism. Henken examines the roles Glyndwr played both in his own lifetime and in subsequent centuries.

Book The Last Days of Owain Glynd  r

Download or read book The Last Days of Owain Glynd r written by Gruffydd Aled Williams and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This impressive book reveals surprising new facts about the man who still fires the Welsh imagination, Owain Glyndwr, through rigorous assessment of evidence in contemporary manuscripts and printed sources. Color photos.

Book Owain Glyndwr  Prince of Wales

Download or read book Owain Glyndwr Prince of Wales written by Ian Skidmore and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Last King of Wales

Download or read book The Last King of Wales written by Michael Davies and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2011-11-30 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gruffudd ap Llywelyn was Wales' greatest king. Ambitious and battle-sure, he succeeded in doing what no Welsh king before him was capable of: he ruled all Wales as a united and independent state. He went further by turning the Viking threat to his realm into a powerful weapon and conquering border land that had been in English hands for centuries. Having emerged as a war leader, Gruffudd also proved to be much more: a patron of the arts and church, with the trappings of a king who was respected and feared on the European stage. His eventual murder at the hands of his own men narrowed the country's political ambitions and left Wales in chaos on the eve of the arrival of the Normans. Those who betrayed Gruffudd were the forebears of the famous princes who would dominate Wales until the Edwardian Conquest, meaning that the former king left no one to tell of his glory. As a result, 1,000 years after his birth, the would-be nation builder is all but forgotten. Here, Sean and Michael Davies reveal the king in all his glory, telling for the first time the story of one of Wales' greatest figures and exploring the full implications of Gruffudd's rule. For, without Gruffudd, the fate of King Harold and the outcome of the Battle of Hastings would have been very different...

Book The Revolt of Owain Glyn D  r

Download or read book The Revolt of Owain Glyn D r written by R. R. Davies and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1995 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: But Owain himself was not captured; and soon after his death he became a legendary hero among the Welsh people. In more recent times he has come to be regarded as the father of modern Welsh nationalism.

Book Owain Glynd  r  Prince of Wales

Download or read book Owain Glynd r Prince of Wales written by Ian Skidmore and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Rise and Fall of Owain Glyn Dwr

Download or read book The Rise and Fall of Owain Glyn Dwr written by Gideon Brough and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-01-30 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The subject of this compelling biography, Owain Glyn Dwr is one of the great figures of Welsh and military history. Initially a loyal subject of the king of England, he reluctantly took up arms against the Crown he had served. Once committed to rebellion, he proved surprisingly talented at leading rebel troops against a theoretically vastly superior enemy. Gideon Brough reveals that Owain was more than just a warrior: he conceived and implemented a strategy which saw his small, poorly-equipped forces repeatedly defeat Crown troops and bring down the apparatus of governance in Wales. Following these achievements, he held native parliaments and established diplomatic contact with surrounding powers. This led to a treaty with France, after the conclusion of which, he welcomed French forces to Welsh soil to campaign with the rebels. In brief, Owain erected a rebel state and won international recognition, as the book soinsightfully shows. It later reflects on how Owain's foreign support was fractured by the intrigues of exceptionally talented English diplomats at work in the French court and the subsequent creation of an environment which allowed Crown forces to concentrate on defeating the rebellion in Wales. Brough very effectively argues that, although ultimately unsuccessful, Owain emerges from the era as a gifted and honourable leader, giving the Welsh a figure commonly recalled as a hero.

Book Owain Glynd  r  Prince of Wales

Download or read book Owain Glynd r Prince of Wales written by Rhiannon Ifans and published by Ylolfa. This book was released on 2000 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautiful volume to treasure, comprising thirteen stories skillfully depicting the age of Owain Glyndwr by means of a mixture of legend and history.

Book The Rough Guide to Wales

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  • Author : Catherine Le Nevez
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2012-08-16
  • ISBN : 1409359050
  • Pages : 680 pages

Download or read book The Rough Guide to Wales written by Catherine Le Nevez and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-08-16 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rough Guide to Wales is the ultimate travel guide to this ancient and fascinating country with clear, colour maps and extensive coverage of Wales' best attractions and quietest corners. Discover Wales' highlights with superb photography and detailed information on everything from stately castles to wild mountain walks. Find practical advice on what to see and do in Wales, relying on up-to-date descriptions of the best hotels, B&Bs, restaurants and pubs for all budgets. The Rough Guide to Wales includes in-depth coverage of the intriguing history, music, poetry and language of this lyrical land, plus top tips on watching wildlife, the best beaches and the finest steam railways. Explore every corner of this Celtic country, taking part in coasteering and mountain biking, or attending events as diverse as bog snorkelling, Hay-on-Wye's wonderful book festival and the national eisteddfod. Make the most of your holiday with The Rough Guide to Wales.

Book The Story of Wales

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  • Author : Jon Gower
  • Publisher : Random House
  • Release : 2012-02-09
  • ISBN : 1446417107
  • Pages : 388 pages

Download or read book The Story of Wales written by Jon Gower and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-02-09 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Story of Wales is a vibrant portrait of 30,000 years of power, identity and politics. Revisiting major turning points in Welsh history, from its earliest settlements to the present day, Jon Gower re-examines the myths and misconceptions about this glorious country, revealing a people who have reacted with energy and invention to changing times and opportunities. It's a story of political and industrial power, economic and cultural renewal- and a nation of seemingly limitless potential. The Story of Wales is an epic account of Welsh history for a new generation.

Book The Welsh Kings

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  • Author : K. L. Maund
  • Publisher : History Press Limited
  • Release : 2002
  • ISBN : 9780752423210
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book The Welsh Kings written by K. L. Maund and published by History Press Limited. This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Welsh Braveheart

Download or read book The Welsh Braveheart written by Phil Carradice and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2022-04-06 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like William Wallace in Scotland, Owain Glyndwr fought for his country and was only finally defeated by superior numbers and the military genius of Henry V. Yet Glyndwr was not just a freedom fighter. He was the last native-born Prince of Wales, a man who initiated the first Welsh parliament at Machynlleth and proposed an entirely independent Welsh church. Glyndwr also laid plans for two Welsh universities, proposed a return to the far sighted and revolutionary Laws of Hywel Dda and formed a Tripartite Agreement with Henry Percy and Edmund Mortimer. It led to an invasion of England and nearly brought the reign of Henry V to an end. And yet, despite his success and popularity, Glyndwr's rebellion seriously damaged the Welsh economy with towns destroyed and much agricultural land laid to waste. Even so, he was never betrayed by his people, despite a huge reward being offered for his capture. Glyndwr refused at least two offers of pardon from the English crown and remains the supreme champion of the underdog.