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…
England against the Celtic fringe : a study in cultural stereotypes
To the Norman and Angevin, the medieval Celt was the true barbarian. This article examines English perceptions of Celts during the High Middle Ages
Citizenship through the perspective of borders and frontiers
Citizenship through the perspective of borders and frontiers By Steven G. Ellis Citizenship in Historical Perspective, edited by Steven G. Ellis, Guðmundur Hálfdanarson and Ann…
New evidence of noble and gentry piety in fifteenth-century England and Wales
New evidence of noble and gentry piety in fifteenth-century England and Wales By Peter D. Clarke Journal of Medieval History, Vol.34:1 (2008) Abstract: There…