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The most detailed history of the Welsh from Late-Roman Britain to the eve of the Norman Conquest. Integrates the history of religion, language, and literature with the history of events.
List of contents
- Introduction: The Lands of the Britons
- A. After Rome
- 1: Britain, 350-550
- 2: The Britons and their Languages
- 3: Inscriptions
- 4: The Britons and the Irish, 350-800
- 5: From Pelagius to Gildas
- 6: Rome and the Britons, 400-664
- B. Early Welsh Society
- 7: Charters and Laws
- 8: Lords, Food-Renders, and Peasants
- 9: Kinship and Status
- 10: Kingship
- C. The Britons and the English, 550-1064
- 11: The Britons and the Northumbrians, 547-685: The Evidence
- 12: The Britons, Northumbria, and the rise of Mercia, 550-685
- 13: The Britons and their neighbours under the Mercian hegemony
- 14: Two Ninth-Century Writers
- 15: The Transformation of the Ninth Century
- 16: The Britons and the Empire of Britain
- 17: Wales, 950-1064
- D. The Welsh Church and Culture
- 18: The organization of the Welsh Church, 768-106
- 19: Learning
- 20: Poets and Story-Tellers
- Bibliography
- Index
About the author
Thomas Charles-Edwards was Jesus Professor of Celtic and Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford from 1997 until 2011. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, an Honorary Member of the Royal Irish Academy, a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales, and a Fellow of the British Academy.
Summary
The most detailed history of the Welsh from Late-Roman Britain to the eve of the Norman Conquest. Integrates the history of religion, language, and literature with the history of events.
Additional text
The appearance of the first volume in the seminal 'Oxford History of Wales' is to be warmly welcomed ... Professor Thomas Charles-Edwards has produced a remarkably full and detailed picture of early medieval Wales.
