The Welsh King and His Court
Editor(s) Thomas Charles-Edwards,Morfydd E. Owen,Paul Russell
Language: English
Genre(s): Welsh Interest
- April 2002 · 700 pages ·234x156mm
- · Hardback - 9780708316276
This work provides texts, translations and thematic discussions of the laws of Court in the medieval Welsh law books. These detailed books provide evidence on the royal households of early-medieval Europe.
' ... The editors, the organizers of the seminar series, the Board of Celtic Studies and the University Press are all to be Congratulated on the production of a volume which is rich in content and handsome in form ...' (Legal History 2002) '...a massive compendium of essays filled with meticulous discourse of the Welsh royal household...The Welsh King and His Court is a scholarly text that combines deep thought with multi-level analysis of historical politics. An intriguing and recommended historical study.' Bookwatch '...a major contribution...' English Historical Review
Author(s): Thomas Charles-Edwards
Thomas Charles-Edwards is a professorial fellow at Jesus College at the University of Oxford. He has written a number of works on Welsh medieval history.Author(s): Morfydd E. Owen
Dr Morfydd E. Owen is a retired academic whose current major study is connected with medieval Welsh medical texts, and is also involved in the study of major medieval prose.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.