Literary Culture in the Medieval Welsh Marches - Networks, Places, Politics

This volume explores the literary and political culture of the medieval Welsh Marches, with particular focus on Hereford, Ludlow, and Ynysforgan. It examines texts in French, Welsh, English, and Latin to situate the March within wider literary networks.

About the author

Matt Lampitt gained his PhD in the French Department at King's College London in 2019, and was a Junior Research Fellow at St John's College, Cambridge, 2019-2023. He is currently a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Bristol, working on the ERC Advanced Grant/UKRI project Mapping the March: Medieval Wales and England, c. 1282-1550.

Summary

This volume explores the literary and political culture of the medieval Welsh Marches, with particular focus on Hereford, Ludlow, and Ynysforgan. It examines texts in French, Welsh, English, and Latin to situate the March within wider literary networks.

Product details

• Authors: Matthew Siôn Lampitt, Matthew Sion (Research Associate Lampitt
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.08.2025
• EAN: 9780192846662
• ISBN: 978-0-19-284666-2
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Oxford Studies in Medieval Literature and Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Classical linguistics / literary studies; History, European History, English, HISTORY / General, Latin, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, Medieval History, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, c 1000 CE to c 1500, c 500 to c 1000 CE, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form, Wales / Cymru