Offa versus the Welsh
Offa versus the Welsh By David Hill British Archaeology, Issue 56 (December 2000) Introduction: Conflict between the medieval English and Welsh kingdoms was traditionally…
Harlech Castle in Wales to get upgrades
Harlech Castle in northern Wales will soon be receiving new interpretation, presentation and visitor facilities, following the acquisition of the town’s Castle Hotel…
The Bangor Pontifical Project celebrates first anniversary
The Bangor Pontifical Project, launched one year ago by Bangor University and Bangor Cathedral in Wales, has just reached its first significant milestone.…
Finding Traces of the Princes of Gwynedd
Open Days have been organised in the Welsh village of Abergwyngregyn to show findings made during digging into the medieval history of the…
Bangor University commemorates medieval historian J. E. Lloyd
A historian who changed the face of modern Welsh history is to be commemorated with a biennial Public Lecture in his name at…
Sealing the Fate of the Newport Ship
The Newport Ship is at the heart of a new collaboration that gets underway this week between the University of Wales Trinity Saint…
Urth Noe e Tat: The Question of Fosterage in High Medieval Wales
Urth Noe e Tat: The Question of Fosterage in High Medieval Wales By Katharine Anderson North American Journal of Welsh Studies, Vol.4:1 (Winter…
Instrumental Music in Medieval Wales
Instrumental Music in Medieval Wales By Sally Harper North American Journal of Welsh Studies, Vol. 4:1 (2004) Introduction: A late medieval manor house…
‘Castles of Communities’: medieval town defences in England; Wales and Gascony
This paper introduces the findings of a research project exploring the phenomenon of town defences in the later medieval period.
Medieval Hall in Wales to be preserved, turned into holiday home
A medieval hall house is set to become a holiday rental home, after funding was provided to restore the property. The National Heritage…
Volunteers needed for Oystermouth Castle
Roger Parmiter, Chair of the Friends of Oystermouth Castle in Wales, is looking for volunteers to play a part in safeguarding their local…
Mishandled vessels: heaving drinks and hurling insults in medieval Welsh literature and law
Medieval men and women took their insults much more seriously than perhaps we do, and often comments or gestures, whether unintentional or calculated, could spark a violent blood feud.
From footnotes to narrative: Welsh noblewomen in the thirteenth century
The women studied include the mothers, wives and daughters of the native Welsh rulers of Gwynedd as well as noblewomen from northern Powys, Cydewain, Ceredigion, and so on.
Mutilation as Cultural Commerce and Criticism: the Transmission, Practice, and Meaning of Castration and Blinding in Medieval Wales
Mutilation as Cultural Commerce and Criticism: the Transmission, Practice, and Meaning of Castration and Blinding in Medieval Wales By Lizabeth Johnson Istoria: An…
The Common Fields of the Coastlands of Gwent
The Common Fields of the Coastlands of Gwent Sylvester, Dorothy Agricultural History Review, Volume 6 part 1 (1958) Abstract The development of agriculture…
An Early Reference to the Welsh Cattle Trade
An Early Reference to the Welsh Cattle Trade Finberg, H. P. R. Agricultural History Review, Volume 2 (1954) Abstract How old is the…
Dirty Magic: Seiðr, Science, and the Parturating Man in Medieval Norse and Welsh Literature
Dirty Magic: Seiðr, Science, and the Parturating Man in Medieval Norse and Welsh Literature Higley, Sarah Lynn Essays in Medieval Studies, vol. 11…
The Vikings in Wales
The Vikings in Wales By Henry Loyn Dorothea Coke memorial lecture, 1976 Published for University College London by the Viking Society for Northern Research…
Civilizing the Natives: State Formation and the Tudor Monarchy, c.1400-1603
From the 12th to the 17th centuries, however, the English monarchy adapted and exploited the theory in its dealings with the neighbouring Christian peoples of the British Isles, denigrating the Irish, Scots, and Welsh as primitive savages and barbarians
Chepstow Castle
Chepstow Castle The castle is high on a cliff above the River Wye, as it guards one of the main river crossings from…
What’s in a name? Britons, Angles, ethnicity and material culture from the fourth to seventh centuries
The emergence of various ‘ethnically’ based polities in early medieval Britain has long been a source of debate and confusion. I explore how ethnic self-identity is constructed and how the identities of the former Roman citizens of Britain changed.
Counselling the Prince: Advice and Counsel in Thirteenth-Century Welsh Society
Counselling the Prince: Advice and Counsel in Thirteenth-Century Welsh Society By Kathryn Hurlok History: The Journal of the Historical Association, Vol: 94:313 (2009)…
The political function of ‘early Christian’ inscriptions in Wales
The political function of ‘early Christian’ inscriptions in Wales By Hilbert Chiu Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association, Vol. 2 (2006) Abstract:…
Medieval Welsh Noblewomen: The Case of Margaret of Bromfield
Medieval Welsh Noblewomen: The Case of Margaret of Bromfield By Gwenyth Richards Eras, Vol. 3 (2002) Abstract: This paper presents the case of Margaret of…