A History of Christianity in Wales

Awdur(on) David Jones,Barry Lewis,Madeleine Gray,D. Densil Morgan

Iaith: Saesneg

Dosbarthiad(au): Religion

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Am y llyfr

Christianity, in its Catholic, Protestant and Nonconformist forms, has played an enormous role in the history of Wales and in the defining and shaping of Welsh identity over the past two thousand years. Biblical place names, an urban and rural landscape littered with churches, chapels, crosses and sacred sites, a bardic and literary tradition deeply imbued with Christian themes in both the Welsh and English languages, and the songs sung by tens of thousands of rugby supporters at the national stadium in Cardiff, all hint at a Christian presence that was once universal. Yet for many in contemporary Wales, the story of the development of Christianity in their country remains little known. While the history of Christianity in Wales has been a subject of perennial interest for Welsh historians, much of their work has been highly specialised and not always accessible to a general audience. Standing on the shoulders of some of Wales’s finest historians, this is the first single-volume history of Welsh Christianity from its origins in Roman Britain to the present day. Drawing on the expertise of four leading historians of the Welsh Christian tradition, this volume is specifically designed for the general reader, and those beginning their exploration of Wales’s Christian past.

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Foreword
Rowan Williams

Preface
David Ceri Jones

Chapter 1. Roman Beginnings, c.AD 1–c.AD 400
Barry J. Lewis

Chapter 2. The Age of Conversion, c.400-c.600
Barry J. Lewis

Chapter 3. The Definition of Christian Wales, c.600-c.800
Barry J. Lewis

Chapter 4. Vikings to Normans, c.800-c.1070
Barry J. Lewis

Chapter 5. The Age of Definition and Hierarchy, c.1066-c.1200
Madeleine Gray

Chapter 6. Conquest and Apocalypse, c.1200-c.1420
Madeleine Gray

Chapter 7. Y Ganrif Aur: Christianity in Late Medieval Wales, c.1420-c.1530
Madeleine Gray

Chapter 8. Reformation Wales, 1530-1603
David Ceri Jones

Chapter 9. Securing a Protestant Wales, 1603-1760
David Ceri Jones

Chapter 10. Building a Nonconformist nation, 1760-1890
D. Densil Morgan

Chapter 11. Adapting to a Secular Wales, 1890-2020
D. Densil Morgan & David Ceri Jones

A Guide to Further Reading

Index

Cyflwyno'r Awdur(on)

Awdur(on): David Jones

Mae'r Dr David Ceri Jones yn Ddarlithydd mewn Hanes ym Mhrifysgol Aberystwyth, ac yn ordinand yn yr Eglwys yng Nghymru. Derbyniodd y Dr Boyd Stanley Schlenther ei PhD o Brifysgol Caeredin ac roedd yn Ddarllenydd mewn Hanes tan ei ymddeoliad. Dr Eryn Mant White yn Uwch Ddarlithydd mewn Hanes Cymru ym Mhrifysgol Aberystwyth.

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Awdur(on): D. Densil Morgan

Mae D. Densil Morgan yn Athro yn yr Ysgol Diwinyddiaeth, Astudiaethau Crefyddol ac Astudiaethau Islamaidd, ym Mhrifysgol Cymru y Drindod Dewi Sant.

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