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Geraint H. Jenkins

    Geraint Huw Jenkins is een vooraanstaand historicus wiens wetenschap zich richt op de Welshe geschiedenis. Zijn academische carrière omvatte een hoogleraarschap aan de Aberystwyth University en het leiderschap van het Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies van de University of Wales. Als langdurig professor in de Welshe geschiedenis heeft zijn expertise de kijk op het verleden van Wales gevormd. Zijn pensionering werd gemarkeerd met een emeritusstatus, wat zijn blijvende bijdragen aan het vakgebied onderstreept.

    Digymar Iolo Morganwg, Y
    Compact Wales: Pembrokeshire - Its Present and Its past Explored
    A Rattleskull Genius
    A Concise History of Wales
    Bard of Liberty
    Rhondda Revisited
    • Bard of Liberty

      • 288bladzijden
      • 11 uur lezen
      4,0(1)Tarief

      This is the first full-scale study of the political radicalism of Iolo Morganwg, the renowned Welsh romantic whose colourful life as a Glamorgan stonemason, poet, writer, political activist and humanitarian made him one of the founders of modern Wales.

      Bard of Liberty
    • A Concise History of Wales

      • 360bladzijden
      • 13 uur lezen
      3,7(75)Tarief

      This volume presents an accessible account of Wales from Neanderthal times to the present. Geraint Jenkins explores the emergence of Wales as a nation, and its changing identities and values. This beautifully illustrated guide will appeal to students, general readers, and travellers to Wales.

      A Concise History of Wales
    • A Rattleskull Genius

      • 512bladzijden
      • 18 uur lezen

      Better known by the bardic name of Iolo Morganwg, Edward Williams was one of history's great fantasists. The legacy he left behind was a cottage filled to the ceiling with manuscripts. This volume provides a re-evaluation of the diverse interests of Iolo Morganwg and the extent to which his ideas and writings shaped the Welsh cultural tradition.

      A Rattleskull Genius
    • From the dawn of civilisation, this south-western peninsula of Wales has provided a landing stage for migrating people sailing up the western shores of Europe. Through the Neolithic, Bronze and Celtic ages, they brought with them new materials, new crafts, new ideas and a desire to market and exchange. -- Welsh Books Council

      Compact Wales: Pembrokeshire - Its Present and Its past Explored