"Urban Culture in Medieval Wales" is a collection of articles that examine towns and urban life as part of the cultural fabric of late-medieval Wales. Though medieval Welsh towns were small relative to those in England and Europe, they had a significant impact on a largely rural economy. As the sites of political and cultural tension between English and Welsh, the towns were also responsible for the growth of national identity and a distinctive urban culture in Wales. The chapters in the book draw on the evidence of local records and literature in order to bring to light a neglected aspect of medieval Welsh history.
Author(s): Helen Fulton (ed.)
Publisher: University of Wales Press
Year: 2012
Language: English
Pages: 350
City: Cardiff
Acknowledgement
List of Maps, Figures and Tables
Notes on Contributors
Introduction: The Impact of Urbanization in Medieval Wales / Helen Fulton
1. Who Were the Townsfolk of Medieval Wales? / Ralph A. Griffiths
2. In Search of an Urban Identity: Aspects of Urban Society in Late Medieval Wales / Llinos B. Smith
3. The townscape, 1400–1600 / Richard Suggett
4. Towns in Medieval Welsh Poetry / Dafydd Johnston
5. Social Conflict in Welsh Towns c. 1280–1530 / Spencer Dimmock
6. Anglo-Welsh Towns of the Early Fourteenth Century: A Survey of Urban Origins, Property-Holding and Ethnicity / Matthew Frank Stevens
7. The Townswomen of Wales: Singlewomen, Work and Service, c. 1300 – c. 1550 / Deborah Youngs
8. Castle and Town in Medieval Wales / Dylan Foster Evans
9. The City of Chester in Gruffudd ap Maredudd’s 'Awdl i'r Grog o Gaer' / Catherine McKenna
10. Fairs, Feast-Days and Carnival in Medieval Wales: Some Poetic Evidence / Helen Fulton
11. Entertainment and Recreation in the Towns of Early Wales / David Klausner
12. The Welsh Diaspora in Early Tudor English Towns / Peter Fleming
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