The Gwent County History, Volume 3
The Making of Monmouthshire, 1536-1780
Editor(s) Prys Morgan,Madeleine Gray
Language: English
Genre(s): Wales Studies
Series: Gwent County History
- February 2009 · 320 pages
- · Hardback - 9780708321980
A study of the early modern period, from the creation of Monmouthshire by the Act of Union in 1536 to the beginnings of industrialization in the later eighteenth century. It explores the social concerns of this period, including the growth of urbanity and the commercial world, education, poverty and civil war, as well as religion and politics.
Author(s): Prys Morgan
Prys Morgan, D.Phil. FRHistS, FSA, FLSW, DL, is the son of T. J. Morgan, and is Emeritus Professor of History at Swansea University. Among his books are The Eighteenth Century Renaissance and Iolo Morganwg, A Bible for Wales and The University of Wales 1939-1993. A member of many Welsh public bodies, such as the Welsh Arts Council and Cadw, he has been President of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion since 2006, and is a founding fellow of the Learned Society of Wales.Author(s): Madeleine Gray
Madeleine Gray is Professor Emerita of Ecclesiastical History at the University of South Wales.