J Beverley Smith (60 results)

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Paperback. Condition: New. The publication of Cronica Walliae in 2002 provided for the first time ever a printed text of a scholarly work found in manuscripts of the sixteenth century. Its author, the antiquary Humphrey Llwyd, born in Denbigh about 1527, graduated at Oxford University and entered the service of the earl of Arundel. He twice served as a Member of Parliament and, as member for Denbigh in 1569, is accredited with facilitating the passage of the bill for translating the Bible and Book of Common Prayer into Welsh. He died in Denbigh in 1568, and his monument stands in the parish church of Llanfachrell.Cronica Walliae is Humphrey Llwyd's most substantial work and is based upon the medieval Welsh chronicle Brut y Tywysogyon, a narrative of the kings and princes of Wales from the death of Cadwaladr Fendigaid to Llywelyn ap Gruffudd. It was used by David Powel in his preparation of his Historie of Cambria (1584), and its study today makes possible a better appreciation of the contribution of two scholars who, between them, laid the foundations for modern Welsh historical writing on the medieval period. No manuscript survived in Llwyd's own handwriting, and the present edition is based upon NLW Llanstephan 177, with variant readings from BL Cotton Caligula Avi.…

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Condition: New. Based on the medieval Welsh chronicle Brut y Tywysogion, this essay is the first attempt to provide a history in English of the lives and acts of the kings and princes of Wales from Cadwaladr to Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, the last native Welsh prince. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 400. . 2017. Reprint. Paperback. . . . . …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Hbk, vi, 201 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. A clean unmarked copy in fine condition, dust wrapper also in fine condition. Cyflwr fel newydd. Contents : Ieuan Gwynedd Jones / Glanmor Williams -- Victoria and Victorian Wales / John Davies -- Irish immigration and the Catholic "Welsh District," 1840-1850 / Paul O'Leary -- Iaith y Nefoedd mewn Cymdeithas Ddiwydiannol / Sian Rhiannon Williams -- Ritualism, railwaymen and the poor / Christopher B. Turner -- Voices from the void / Russell Davies -- Tom Ellis versus Lloyd George / Kenneth O. Morgan -- Amateurs and professionals in the cultures of Wales / Peter Stead -- A tidal wave of impatience / Neil Evans -- The rise of labour / Deian Hopkin -- A bibliography of the writings of Ieuan Gwynedd Jones, 1958-1987 / Philip Henry Jones. [Social history - Political history - Industrial history - Wales 1840-1922] q1252 / m13274.…

Condition: New. Based on the medieval Welsh chronicle Brut y Tywysogion, this essay is the first attempt to provide a history in English of the lives and acts of the kings and princes of Wales from Cadwaladr to Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, the last native Welsh prince. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 400. . 2017. Reprint. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 2nd Edition. 2nd impression 1974. Fine copy. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Internally the pages are immaculately clean and complete.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Hbk, 452p., frontispiece port of TJP, maps. Previous owner's name on ffep o/w a clean unmarked copy in very good condition. [Social history Medieval, 500-1500 - Social history Medieval, 500-1500 - Wales History - Social conditions - Social history Medieval - Wales Social conditions] k52 / m9842.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Essays in Honour of Ieuan Gwynedd Jones, signed by him on title page with inscription - 'For Duncan with my very best wishes Ieuan'. VG in VG unclipped D/J that is lightly sunned to spine and edges. Please contact me direct for more information and accurate shipping costs.…

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket. First Edition. Llywelyn ap Gruffydd: Tywysog Cymru by J. Beverley Smith is a landmark scholarly biography of the last native Prince of Wales and the first Welsh ruler to formally bear the title Tywysog Cymru. Drawing on extensive medieval sources, Smith examines Llywelyn's life, his efforts to unite Wales under a single principality, and his complex political and military struggle with the English Crown during the thirteenth century. The book also provides a detailed study of the politics, diplomacy, and society of medieval Wales, placing Llywelyn's achievements and eventual downfall in their wider historical context. Widely regarded as the definitive Welsh-language study of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, it is an essential work for anyone interested in Welsh history and the medieval period. First Edition.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Humphrey Llwyd (1527-68) was a prominent Welsh cartographer, and antiquary, as well as a Member of Parliament. Cronica Walliae is by far his most important and biggest extant work, but though he completed it in 1559, he never published it. This edition presents Llwyd's achievement in its fullest state, using extant manuscripts to reproduce Llwyd's original as faithfully as possible. The book marks the first attempt by anyone to tell the story in English of Welsh history through its kings and princes, from Cadwaladr to Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, the last native Welsh prince. Even though it wasn't published in Llwyd's lifetime, it was nonetheless influential and served as the basis for much subsequent writing on Welsh history.…

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HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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Hardback. Condition: New. This is a new edition of the first full-length English-language study of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd (c.1225 - 82), prince of Wales. In this scholarly and lucid book, J. Beverley Smith offers an in-depth assessment not only of Llywelyn, but of the age in which he lived. Llywelyn ap Gruffudd: Prince of Wales is an outstanding work by an author with a perceptive knowledge of the complexities of his subject. This examination of the triumphs and subsequent reverses of a ruler of exceptional vision and vigour is a substantial contribution to our understanding of the nature of Welsh politics and the complexities of Anglo-Welsh relations. The author takes thirteenth-century Wales as a backdrop against which he analyses the relationship between a sense of nationhood and the practical realities of creating a structure to embrace a unified principality of Wales held under the aegis of the English Crown.…

Condition: Very Good. 8vo.,pp. xvi,664, hardcover, gilt, b/w maps and tables; a very good copy, in a very good unclipped pictorial dust-jacket.

Condition: New. Based on the medieval Welsh chronicle Brut y Tywysogion, this essay is the first attempt to provide a history in English of the lives and acts of the kings and princes of Wales from Cadwaladr to Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, the last native Welsh prince.

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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. 1st 1988. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper. 11 Essays in Honour of Ieuan Gwynedd Jones. B/w photos. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched.

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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. Llywelyn ap Gruffydd (c. 122382) was the last prince of an independent Wales before its conquest by Edward I of England. Here J. Beverly Smith offers an in-depth assessment not only of Llywelyn but of the age in which he lived. With thirteenth century Wales as his backdrop, Smith sheds much-needed light on the triumphs and setbacks of this ruler of exceptional vision and vigor, while simultaneously contributing to our understanding of the nature of Welsh politics and the complexities of Anglo-Welsh relations. This is an English-language study of Llywelyn ap Gruffud (c.1225 - 82), prince of Wales. The author takes thirteenth-century Wales as a backdrop against which to analyse the nature of Welsh politics and the complexities of the Anglo-Welsh relations. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. In glossy grey boards with bright gilt titles on spine. In an unclipped decorated dustjacket. The dustjacket has a couple of small chips to the corners and a few internal strengthening 'repairs' with archive tape, but is complete. The dustjacket is lettered in white on a red block to the spine and front cover and the pattern of little dragons all over shows some light fading in an 'L' shape to the front/back where a smaller 8vo sized book has obviously been sitting next to it on a shelf. The d/j spine is bright and clear. There is some VERY light 'bumping' to the head/tail of the spine o/w the covers are Fine. There is a former owner's name at the top of the front free endpaper. (xiv) + 201 pages, including a List of Subscribers at the end. Illustrated in b/w. Internally No Marks or foxing. The book is a Very Clean, Tight and Bright copy. " This collection of historical Essays explores various themes of Politics and Society in Nineteenth Century Wales - Welsh Attitudes to Queen Victoria; Some Social Aspects of Catholicism; The Chapels and the Church; Cultural Developments and Social Problems; The contrasts between Lloyd-George and Tom Ellis; A Detailed Exploration of the Cardiff General Strike of 1911; and The Rise of the Labour Party in Llanelli. 11 Scholars have contributed to this volume presented to Ieuan Gwynedd Jones, the Eminent Welsh Historian." . One of the Articles in in WELSH - the rest is in English. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall.…

Condition: New. . 2014. New edition. Hardcover. . . . .