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Showing 1 to 20 of 53 for “"DA Prydain Fawr"”.
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An Archaeological Study of Mining in the Early Modern Period and an 18th Century Mining Community Within the Vicinity of the Cistercian Abbey of Strata Florida
… centred on the Cistercian Abbey of Strata Florida, Wales. The outcome of the research concluded there were more mine workings than had been previously thought, with a total of 19 mines and 22 trials recorded. Archaeological excavations revealed evidence that mining had taken place in the Early …
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Invention? Geoffrey of Monmouth and the Nature of De Gestis Britonum
Geoffrey of Monmouth has long been credited with inventing the bulk of British history, and more especially the Arthurian legend, through his composition of De Gestis Britonum, also known as Historia Regum Britonum. Because so little of the text can be corroborated by other sources, Geoffrey is, …
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A Sense of Place; How Museums in Wales Represent Going Back To Our Roots And Sharing Our History Through Food.
… study shows the ways in which food heritage has adapted through locality, historical and colonial impact and the ways in which Welsh museums have represented that change and to what extent. It dissects the sense of national belonging explored between heritage sites and the significance of …
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John de Cherleton, first lord Charlton of Powys: a biography
John de Cherleton was born sometime in the late thirteenth century into a family based in Charlton in Shropshire. We have few details of the de Cherleton family before this time, but it is known that John and his brothers were to rise from relative obscurity to become influential and powerful men, …
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Founts of Knowledge: An Archaeological Ethnography of Four Sacred Wellsprings in Glamorgan, Wales
… 2005). Supplementing sparse archaeological data with ethnographic methods is found to be interpretively generative, although AELS may be a more effective contributor to more intensive archaeological research.
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To What Extent are Nornour's Roman Votive Finds Indicative of Roman Religious Activity on the Isles of Scilly?
… archaeology on Nornour, one of the present-day Eastern Isles, off the eastern end of St Martin’s. Excavations uncovered the largest quantity of Roman period votive artefacts yet recorded west of Exeter, situated in and around a cluster of houses of Bronze Age origin. Four previous …
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The Royal Nunneries in the Landscape of Anglo-Saxon Wessex 871–1066
… particular reference to evidence given in Domesday Book, enabling comparison of the wealth held by the nunneries. The political landscape is explored in Chapter 2. Here the importance of the nunneries as a royal status symbol is explored, as well as the importance of kin group allegiances to …
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‘Arabic Astrology’ in Early Medieval England? A Re-Examination of Prognostics and Planetary Knowledge in Three Winchester Manuscripts, c. 1023-1060
… range from lists of ‘lucky’ or ‘unlucky’ calendar days to weather omens to prescribed activities according to the lunar cycle. Some scholars have questioned whether certain prognostics have their origins in ‘Arabic astrology’, thereby suggesting an earlier dating for the revival of horoscopic …
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‘Holyest Erth of England?’ Glastonbury Abbey: Saints, Sanctity and Pilgrimage
… regions, some of whom play a role in the foundation narratives of the abbey. Secondly, St Dunstan who represents a period of intense monastic reform in the late tenth century, and is symbolic of the call to holiness of life through a monastic vocation. Thirdly, there are two saints who feature …
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Bardic echoes: reconstructing ancient Celtic music, towards an ethnomusicology; or, an interdisciplinary study of Celtic musical identity
This paper aims to begin a reconstruction of the music played in the ancient Celtic cultural horizon, from its inception in the Bronze Age to its zenith in the Iron Age, until its amalgamation into the Roman Empire, drawing from sources both earlier and later. The question is considered from a …
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Monastic development and dissolution in Wales : Continuity or change for Uchelwyr? A case study of Strata Florida's Blaenaeron Grange.
… granges of the Cistercian abbey of Strata Florida, namely Blaenaeron grange. Through this case study the thesis accomplishes two things: it identifies elements of continuity in land use and occupancy despite the change from monastic to secular lordship, and at the same time, determines the …
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The search for San Ffraid.
… if any, of San Ffraid, St Brigid of Kildare, and St Birgitta of Sweden; the likelihood of one San Ffraid in the south and another in the north; and the inclusion of the goddess Brigid in the portrait of San Ffraid.
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The female saints of Cornwall.
… and holy wells, many of which I visited. Secondary evidence relating to these saints has also been considered, including the work of both modern scholars and earlier sources. Although much work has been carried out on the saints of Cornwall, little has been done to establish any parallels …
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A Commentary on Chapters 39 - 46 of 'De Vita Iulii Agricolae' by Cornelius Tacitus
Julius Agricola was the Roman Governor of Britain 77 -84 AD. He completed the conquest of the province, finally defeating the Caledonian tribes in the far north of Scotland at the Battle of Mons Graupius, in the process achieving a reputation for efficiency and sound command. His son-in-law was the …
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Shakespeare's Portrayal of the Celtic Nations of Scotland and Wales and the Changing View of Ancient Britain
… from being in the hands of the ‘Welsh harridan’ Elizabeth I to the more cosmopolitan Scottish James VI/I, and this was also the time when the ancient British myths were no longer taken as the verbatim source for British history, with a preference for seeing the civilising influence of …
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1290 A.D or 1307 A.D? When? Why? And by Whom? Was a Medieval Charter Granted to the Township of Laugharne, West Wales
… lords of the manor, but the document is undated and unsigned, albeit there is a wax seal and a list of local earls and nobles appended as witnesses. Therefore, the central question addressed by this dissertation is when, why and by whom was the charter granted? The situation is complicated …
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The Augustinian canons in the Diocese of Worcester and their relation to secular and ecclesiastical powers in the Later Middle Ages
… its expansion into England, and the specific foundations of the monasteries in Worcester diocese. It also describes the wider monastic situation in Worcester, surveying the monasteries of other orders in the diocese. Chapters two and three explore and analyze the interactions between the canons …
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Benefit or Burden: Providing Access and Engagement with Wales’s Garden and Park Heritage
In this dissertation I aim to chart the development and practice of garden landscape visiting, from a pastime for the cognoscenti to an essential element of national heritage tourism that has helped in saving and cherishing places of cultural importance, while promoting public health and wellbeing. …
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