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The Law of the Church in Wales
Norman Doe is Professor at the Law School, Cardiff University, as well as Director of the Centre for Law and Religion. He is one of the founding members of Cymdeithas…
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The Legal History of Wales
This book traces the various strands of Wales’s legal history from its beginnings to the present day, identifying and assessing the importance of the native Welsh, Roman and English influences…
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The Literature of Wales
The Literature of Wales provides a concise and informative guide to Welsh literature from the earliest surviving poetry of Taliesin and Aneirin in the sixth century – the oldest attested…
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The Monstrous and the Dead
What is the political function of monstrosity? What is the nature of our political relationship with the dead? Why are the undead so threatening? In The Monstrous and the Dead,…
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The New Poetry in Wales
By evolving new techniques to explore today’s most pressing issues—environmental destruction and the damage inflicted on the third world by global capitalism—contemporary Welsh poets are making some of the most…
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The Novels of José Saramago
Since he won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1998, José Saramago’s prominence amongst English speakers has risen dramatically. In The Novels of José Saramago, David Frier presents a comprehensive…
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The Politics of Literature
In Poland, literature is politics by other means; writers are the real national leadership. The history of post-war Polish literature is also very much the story of opposition to communism….
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The Road to 1789
The subject of the origins of the French Revolution is one of the most important and controversial themes in European history. This fresh critical appraisal begins with a masterly exposition…
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The Welsh Academy English-Welsh Dictionary
This volume represents the most comprehensive English-Welsh dictionary ever compiled. It opens up the immense resources of a language which not only carries a rich cultural heritage but is changing…
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The Welsh Fairy Book
The Welsh Fairy Book is the finest example of Welsh book illustration to have been produced in the ferment of the early twentieth century. Published originally in 1907, the stories…
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The Welsh in London, 1500-2000
This work examines how the Welsh became absorbed into London’s population yet retained aspects of Welsh culture from language to Eisteddfod, through societies. The study begins with the earliest contacts…
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The Welsh King and His Court
Early medieval kingship was exercised in a domestic setting with no divide between the officers of state and the royal household. The Laws of Court in the medieval Welsh lawbooks…