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An examination of the portrayal of one of the most important uprisings in the middle ages in subsequent history writing.
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The revolt of Owain Glyndwr (1400-c.1415) was a remarkable event in both English and Welsh contexts, and as such was narrated by a number of chroniclers, including Adam Usk, John Capgrave, Thomas Walsingham and Edward Halle. They offer a range of perspectives on the events, as well as portrayals of the main characters (especially, of course, Glyndwr himself), the communities involved, and Wales.BR> This book studies the representations of the revolt in English chronicles, from 1400 up to1580. It focuses on the narrative strategies employed, offers a new reading of the texts as literary constructs, and explores the information they present. Alicia Marchant is a Research Associate in the ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions at the University of Western Australia.
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1. Alicia Marchant has enriched our understanding of chronicles-both the techniques used in them and the role they play in their societies-and of English views of Glyndwr and his rebellion as attitudes developed over time. . . . She has provided a work that should be of interest to scholars working on any set of chronicles as well as to those interested more specifically in the literature and history of medieval England or Wales. SPECULUM
2. Not only highlights the enduring impact of the Glyndwr revolt on historical writing in late medieval and early modern England but reveals in unprecedented depth how the accounts of the revolt were constructed in the works under consideration. SEHEPUNKTE Alicia Marchant has enriched our understanding of chronicles-both the techniques used in them and the role they play in their societies-and of English views of Glyndwr and his rebellion as attitudes developed over time. . . . She has provided a work that should be of interest to scholars working on any set of chronicles as well as to those interested more specifically in the literature and history of medieval England or Wales. SPECULUM
3. (A) valuable addition to a considerable body of scholarship on both medieval English chronicles and the Welsh rebellion. SIXTEENTH CENTURY JOURNAL Not only highlights the enduring impact of the Glyndwr revolt on historical writing in late medieval and early modern England but reveals in unprecedented depth how the accounts of the revolt were constructed in the works under consideration. SEHEPUNKTE Alicia Marchant has enriched our understanding of chronicles-both the techniques used in them and the role they play in their societies-and of English views of Glyndwr and his rebellion as attitudes developed over time. . . . She has provided a work that should be of interest to scholars working on any set of chronicles as well as to those interested more specifically in the literature and history of medieval England or Wales. SPECULUM
