Llywelyn ap Gruffudd by J. Beverley Smith - 9781783160068

Llywelyn ap GruffuddPrince of Wales\nAuthor(s): J. Beverley Smith\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Wales Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: University of Wales Press\nISBN-13: 9781783160068, 978-1783160068\nSynopsis\nThis is a new edition of the first full-length English-language study of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd (c.[tel], prince of Wales. In this scholarly and lucid book, J. Beverley Smith offers an in-depth assessment not only of Llywelyn, but of the age in which he lived. Llywelyn ap Gruffudd: Prince of Wales is an outstanding work by an author with a perceptive knowledge of the complexities of his subject. This examination of the triumphs and subsequent reverses of a ruler of exceptional vision and vigour is a substantial contribution to our understanding of the nature of Welsh politics and the complexities of Anglo-Welsh relations. The author takes thirteenth-century Wales as a backdrop against which he analyses the relationship between a sense of nationhood and the practica.