Vita Griffini Filii Conani
The Medieval Latin Life of Gruffudd Ap Cynan
Editor(s) Paul Russell
Language: English
Genre(s): Welsh Interest
- January 2012 · 256 pages ·234x156mm
- · Hardback - 9780708318935
A critical edition, with facing English translation, of the Latin Life of Gruffudd ap Cynan. It has long been recognized that the surviving Welsh text is a translation of an original Latin Life of Gruffudd ap Cynan, and it has always been assumed that the original Latin life had been lost.
'By uncovering the lost Latin text of the Life of Gruffudd ap Cynan, Paul Russell has performed a great service to scholars of medieval Welsh history and literature and, although this is the fifth book about Gruffudd to be published in less than 100 years, it will doubtlessly ensure the continued importance of this intriguing dynast for some time to come.'David E. Thornton, Bilkent University, Cambrian Medieval Celtic Studies
Author(s): Paul Russell
Paul Russell is a Professor of Celtic studies at the University of Cambridge, specialising in Celtic philology and early Welsh orthography.