Wales and the Britons, 350-1064

The appearance of the first volume in the seminal 'Oxford History of Wales' is to be warmly welcomed ... Professor Thomas Charles-Edwards has produced a remarkably full and detailed picture of early medieval Wales.

Autorentext
Thomas Charles-Edwards was Jesus Professor of Celtic and Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford from 1997 until 2011. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, an Honorary Member of the Royal Irish Academy, a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales, and a Fellow of the British Academy.

Klappentext
The most detailed history of the Welsh from Late-Roman Britain to the eve of the Norman Conquest. Integrates the history of religion, language, and literature with the history of events.

Inhalt
Introduction: The Lands of the Britons
A. After Rome
1: Britain, 350-550
2: The Britons and their Languages
3: Inscriptions
4: The Britons and the Irish, 350-800
5: From Pelagius to Gildas
6: Rome and the Britons, 400-664
B. Early Welsh Society
7: Charters and Laws
8: Lords, Food-Renders, and Peasants
9: Kinship and Status
10: Kingship
C. The Britons and the English, 550-1064
11: The Britons and the Northumbrians, 547-685: The Evidence
12: The Britons, Northumbria, and the rise of Mercia, 550-685
13: The Britons and their neighbours under the Mercian hegemony
14: Two Ninth-Century Writers
15: The Transformation of the Ninth Century
16: The Britons and the Empire of Britain
17: Wales, 950-1064
D. The Welsh Church and Culture
18: The organization of the Welsh Church, 768-106
19: Learning
20: Poets and Story-Tellers
Bibliography
Index

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