Medieval Welsh Genealogy by Ben Guy
First in-depth investigation of the genealogies of medieval Wales, bringing out their full significance. Genealogy was a central element of life in medieval Wales. It was the force that held society together and the framework for all political action. For these reasons, genealogical writing in medieval Wales, as elsewhere in Europe, became a fundamental tool for representing and manipulating perceptions of the socio-political order across historical and literary time. From its beginnings within an early medieval Insular genre of genealogical writing, Welsh genealogy developed across the Middle Ages as a unique and pervasive phenomenon. This book provides the first integrated study of and comprehensive introduction to genealogy in medieval Wales, setting it in the context of genealogical writing from Ireland, England and beyond and tracing its evolution from the eighth to the sixteenth century. The three most important collections of secular genealogies are carefully analysed and their composition is considered in relation to medieval Welsh politics. Particular attention is devoted to the pedigrees of the kings and princes of Gwynedd, which were subject to many intricate alterations over time. The book also includes fresh critical editions of the most significant extant collections of secular genealogy.-
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Literacy and Identity in Early Medieval Ireland
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Gildas's De Excidio Britonum and the early British Church
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Storytelling in Gaelic from AD 700 to the Present
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Early Monasteries in Cornwall
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Saint Germanus of Auxerre and the End of Roman Britain
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Columbanus: Studies on the Latin Writings
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New Perspectives on Medieval Scotland, 1093-1286
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Saint Patrick
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Medieval Powys
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There is no doubt that Medieval Welsh Genealogy is a major scholarly achievement[...] This is a book for historians of insular Britain and Ireland, for manuscript historians, and for anyone interested in genealogy as a means of making sense of a political and social order. Here is scholarship of the highest order, detailed, rigorous, suggestive, and rich in possibility. [...] Guy's Medieval Welsh Genealogy will undoubtedly stand as one of the great reference books of medieval Welsh scholarship.
Dr BEN GUY is a Junior Research Fellow at Robinson College, Cambridge.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781837653911 |
| ISBN 10 | 1837653917 |
| Title | Medieval Welsh Genealogy |
| Author | Ben Guy |
| Series | Studies In Celtic History |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Boydell Press |
| Year published | 2026-08-11 |
| Number of pages | 546 |
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