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Llywelyn ap Gruffudd: Prince of Wales
J. Beverley Smith
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Description for Llywelyn ap Gruffudd: Prince of Wales
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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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
UNIVERSITY OF WALES PRESS
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
1179g
Number of Pages
680
Place of Publication
Wales, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781783160068
SKU
V9781783160068
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Ref
99-2
About J. Beverley Smith
J. Beverley Smith was Professor of Welsh History in the Department of History and Welsh History at Aberystwyth University.
Reviews for Llywelyn ap Gruffudd: Prince of Wales
Without doubt, this magisterial book ... will long remain indispensable to the study of thirteenth-century Welsh history. It has the further merit of being beautifully produced, as we have come to expect from the University of Wales Press. Archaeologia Cambrensis In this massive, detailed and magisterial study J. Beverley Smith has done Llywelyn ap Gruffudd full justice[...] the book ... Read more