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Llywelyn Ab Y Moel
Llywelyn ab y Moel (died 1440) was a Welsh-language poet and rebel, and father of the poet Owain ap Llywelyn ab y Moel. Life Llywelyn was raised in Llanwnnog, a village in Arwystli, Powys. He was also connected through his maternal relatives to the parish of Meifod. He fought in the revolt of Owain Glyndŵr, and then lived as a rebel outlaw. His poetry contains attacks on the English, and descriptions of life as an outlaw. However, after the failure of Glyndŵr's rebellion, Llywelyn appears to have changed his allegiance; Sir William ap Thomas is later attested as his patron. Later in his life, Llywelyn became religious, and was ultimately buried at Strata Marcella. Works In his early career, Llywelyn studied under a poet named Rhys ap Dafydd ab Iorwerth. Llywelyn is noted for his bardic debate between himself and Rhys Goch Eryri on the nature and origin of the poetic muse, or awen. He also wrote many poems addressed to Guto'r Glyn Guto'r Glyn (c. 1412 – c. 1493) was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strata Marcella
The Abbey of Strata Marcella () was a medieval Cistercian monastery situated at Ystrad Marchell (''Strata Marcella'' being the Latinised form of the Welsh name) on the west bank of the River Severn near Welshpool, Powys, Wales. Founding The abbey lay within the diocese of St Asaph, and the abbey church was dedicated to the Virgin Mary. It was founded in 1170 by Owain Cyfeiliog Prince of Kingdom of Powys, Powys, as a daughter house of the Abbey at Whitland. Within two years the Abbey had moved a short distance to the present site but excavations have found no evidence of any early structures before construction in stone started in 1190 so it is likely the earliest buildings were simple wooden structures. Building work continued until the early 13th century, by which time Strata Marcella had become the largest Cistercian Abbey in Wales. Its nave was 200 feet long. It was monks from Strata Marcella who went to the Vale of Llangollen in 1200 to found the Abbey of Valle Crucis Abbey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owain Ap Llywelyn Ab Y Moel
Owain ap Llywelyn ab y Moel (fl. 1470–1500) was a Welsh language poet from Powys. The son of poet and rebel Llywelyn ab y Moel, twenty six of Owain ap Llywelyn ab y Moel's cywydd The cywydd (; plural ) is one of the most important metrical forms in traditional Welsh poetry ( cerdd dafod). There are a variety of forms of the cywydd, but the word on its own is generally used to refer to the ("long-lined couplet") as it is ...au are extant. An English translation of Owain ap Llywelyn ab y Moel's ode (number 11), in praise of Cadwaladr ap Gruffudd o Fachelldref, is given aWelsh-Border Surnames from 'ab Edmond'where it is entitled "Bardic Poem". And for Fachelldref, see Bacheldre. Bibliography *Eurys Rolant (ed.), ''Gwaith Owain ap Llywelyn ab y Moel'' (Cardiff, 1984). The standard edition of Owain's poetry. Welsh-language poets People from Powys 15th-century Welsh poets {{Wales-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welsh Language
Welsh ( or ) is a Celtic languages, Celtic language of the Brittonic languages, Brittonic subgroup that is native to the Welsh people. Welsh is spoken natively in Wales by about 18% of the population, by some in England, and in (the Welsh colony in Chubut Province, Argentina). It is spoken by smaller numbers of people in Canada and the United States descended from Welsh immigrants, within their households (especially in Nova Scotia). Historically, it has also been known in English as "British", "Cambrian", "Cambric" and "Cymric". The Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 gave the Welsh language official status in Wales. Welsh and English are ''de jure'' official languages of the Senedd (the Welsh parliament), with Welsh being the only ''de jure'' official language in any part of the United Kingdom, with English being merely ''de facto'' official. According to the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census, the Welsh-speaking population of Wales aged three or older was 538,300 ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Llanwnnog
Llanwnnog (also spelt Llanwnog) is a village in Powys, Wales. It is located one-and-a half miles north of Caersws in the Community (Wales), community of the same name, on the B4568 road. The Ordnance Survey spell the name with a single 'n'. Buildings Llanwnog's parish church is St. Gwynnog's church. The antiquarian Elias Owen (priest), Elias Owen was curate here from 1871 to 1875, and in 1873, the church's rood screen was restored by J W Poundley and D Walker. Llanwnnog National School, built in 1850, was designed by the architect Thomas Penson. Notable people Llywelyn ab y Moel (died 1440), a poet and rebel in Owain Glyndŵr's War of Welsh independence, Uprising, was raised in the Llanwnnog area. The family of Oliver Mathews (the first historian of Caersws and Shrewsbury) had "settled for many generations at Park in the parish of Llanwnog", and according to historian Richard Williams, Mathews may have been born there. Daniel Price (priest), Daniel Price, dean of St Asaph fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arwystli
Arwystli was a cantref in mid Wales in the Middle Ages, located in the headland of the River Severn. It was chiefly associated with the Kingdom of Powys, but was heavily disputed between Powys, Gwynedd, and the Norman Marcher Lords for hundreds of years, and was the scene of many skirmishes between those groups. Like many other cantrefs and subdivisions, it was divided up by the Laws in Wales Acts in the 16th century. Early history During the Roman era Arwystli formed part of the territory of the Ordovices, the Celtic tribe that controlled much of northern Wales. It is unclear when it formed as a distinct unit, but the name itself derives from the personal name ''Arwystl'', borne by a disciple of Dubricius. The first reference to Arwystli occurs in the 11th-century ''Domesday Book'', where it appears as the "hundred of Arvester". Though the cantref mostly consisted of inarable moorland, it did contain some valuable farmland in the river valleys and offered strategic access be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Powys
Powys ( , ) is a Principal areas of Wales, county and Preserved counties of Wales, preserved county in Wales. It borders Gwynedd, Denbighshire, and Wrexham County Borough, Wrexham to the north; the English Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial counties of Shropshire and Herefordshire to the east; Monmouthshire, Blaenau Gwent, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough, Merthyr Tydfil, Caerphilly County Borough, Caerphilly, Rhondda Cynon Taf, and Neath Port Talbot to the south; and Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion to the west. The largest settlement is Newtown, Powys, Newtown, and the administrative centre is Llandrindod Wells. Powys is the largest and most sparsely populated county in Wales, having an area of and a population of in . While largely rural, its towns include Welshpool in the north-east, Newtown in the north-centre, Llandrindod Wells in the south-centre, Brecon in the south, Ystradgynlais in the far south-west, and Machynlleth in the far west. The Welsh language can be spok ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meifod
Meifod, formerly also written Meivod (), is a small village, Community (Wales), community and Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom, electoral ward north-west of Welshpool in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales, on the A495 road and located in the valley of the River Vyrnwy. The River Banwy has a confluence with the Vyrnwy approximately to the west of the village. The village itself had a population of 317. The community includes the village of Bwlch-y-cibau and the hamlet of Allt-y-Main. History Although the Mediolanum (Whitchurch), Mediolanum of the Antonine Itinerary has since been identified as Whitchurch, Shropshire, Whitchurch in Shropshire, Meifod is sometimes identified as the Mediolanum among the Ordovices described in Claudius Ptolemy, Ptolemy's ''Geography (Ptolemy), Geography'',Williams, Robert"A History of the Parish of Llanfyllin" in ''Collections Historical & Archaeological Relating to Montgomeryshire'', Vol. III, p. 59 J. Russell Smith (London), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owain Glyndŵr
Owain ap Gruffydd (28 May 135420 September 1415), commonly known as Owain Glyndŵr (Glyn Dŵr, , anglicised as Owen Glendower) was a Welsh people, Welsh leader, soldier and military commander in the Wales in the late Middle Ages, late Middle Ages, who led a Glyndŵr rebellion, 15-year-long Welsh revolt with the aim of ending Kingdom of England, English rule in Wales. He was an educated lawyer, forming the first Welsh parliament under his rule, and was the last native-born Welshman to claim the title Prince of Wales. During the year 1400, Glyndŵr, a Welsh soldier and Glyndyfrdwy, Lord of Glyndyfrdwy had a dispute with a neighbouring Peerage of England, English Lord, the event which spiraled into a national revolt pitted common Welsh countrymen and nobles against the English military. In response to the rebellion, discriminatory Penal laws against the Welsh, penal laws were implemented against the Welsh people; this deepened civil unrest and significantly increased support for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Ap Thomas
Sir William ap Thomas (died 1445) was a Wales, Welsh nobleman, politician, knight, and courtier. He was a member of the Welsh peers and baronets, Welsh gentry family that came to be known as the Herbert (surname), Herbert family through his son William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke (died 1469), William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke (8th creation) and is the agnatic ancestor, via an illegitimate descendant of the 1st Earl of the 8th creation, of the current Herbert family of the Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, and also of the Herbert Earl of Carnarvon. William ap Thomas purchased the manor and lordship of Raglan (including the castle at Raglan, Monmouthshire, Raglan) in 1430 for 1000 marks from his step-son, James Berkeley (1394-1463), Knt., 6th Lord Berkeley, son of William's wife, Elizabeth Bluet, and her second husband, Sir James Berkeley (1353-1405). No children came of the William ap Thomas and Elizabeth Bluet marriage. The castle was greatly expanded by William and his so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhys Goch Eryri
:''Distinguish from Rhys Goch ap Rhicert and Rhys Goch Glyndyfrdwy (fl. 1460)'' Rhys Goch Eryri (or Rhys ab Dafydd) (fl. 1385 – 1448), was a 15th-century bard who lived at Hafod Garegog, near Beddgelert in North Wales. He was acquainted with Dafydd Nanmor, who lived in neighbouring Nantmor, and it is possible that Rhys Goch was a teacher to him. One of his poems urges a fox to kill Dafydd Nanmor's peacock. About 30 of his poems on various subjects are preserved. He was reputed to be a friend and strong supporter of Owain Glyndŵr, though no poetry to him has survived. George Borrow, in his book Wild Wales, reports that Festiniog was his birthplace : According to tradition Rhys Goch spent his whole life in Eryri (Snowdonia Snowdonia, or Eryri (), is a mountainous region and National parks of the United Kingdom, national park in North Wales. It contains all 15 mountains in Wales Welsh 3000s, over 3000 feet high, including the country's highest, Snowdon (), which i ...), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Awen
''Awen'' is a Welsh language, Welsh, Cornish language, Cornish and Breton language, Breton word for "Artistic inspiration, inspiration" (and typically poetic inspiration). In Welsh mythology, is the inspiration of the poets, or bards; its personification, is the inspirational muse of creative artists in general. The inspired individual (often a poet or a :wikt:soothsayer, soothsayer) is an . In current usage, is sometimes ascribed to musicians and poets. also occurs as a female given name. The word appears in the third stanza of , the national anthem of Wales. Etymology ''Awen'' derives from the Indo-European root ''*-uel'', meaning 'to blow', and has the same root as the word ''awel'' meaning 'breeze' in Welsh and 'wind' or 'gale' in Cornish.Dr Ken George, ''Gerlyver Meur'', Kesva an Taves Kernewek (Cornwall) 1993, p81. Historical attestation The first recorded attestation of the word occurs in Nennius's ''Historia Brittonum'', a Latin text of c. 796, based in part on e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guto'r Glyn
Guto'r Glyn (c. 1412 – c. 1493) was a Welsh language poet and soldier of the era of the ''Beirdd yr Uchelwyr'' ("Poets of the Nobility") or ''Cywyddwyr'' ("cywydd-men"), the itinerant professional poets of the later Middle Ages. He is considered one of the greatest exponents, if not the greatest, of the tradition of "praise-poetry", verse addressed to a noble patron.The Poetry of Guto'r Glyn , University of Wales Biography Guto is associated with the Ceiriog Valley, in the modern |
