A Tour Throughout South Wales and Monmouthshire

A Tour Throughout South Wales and Monmouthshire
Author: J. T. Barber
Publisher:
Total Pages: 436
Release: 1803
Genre: Gwent (Wales)
ISBN:

An interesting account of the author's tour, includes an adverse report on the standard of food at a local inn (p.123) and a complaint at the cost of being shown around the famous library at Hafod - he refused the offer! (p. 121).

The Fairy-faith in Celtic Countries

The Fairy-faith in Celtic Countries
Author: Walter Yeeling Evans-Wentz
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 570
Release: 1911
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

In this study, which is first of all a folk-lore study, we pursue principally an anthropo-psychological method of interpreting the Celtic belief in fairies, though we do not hesitate now and then to call in the aid of philology; and we make good use of the evidence offered by mythologies, religions, metaphysics, and physical sciences.

Landscapes of Pilgrimage in Medieval Britain

Landscapes of Pilgrimage in Medieval Britain
Author: Martin Locker
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2015-02-28
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1784910775

This book seeks to address the journeying context of pilgrimage within the landscapes of Medieval Britain. Using four case studies, an interdisciplinary methodology developed by the author is applied to four different geographical and cultural areas of Britain to investigate the practicalities of travel along the Medieval road network.

The Cambridge History of Welsh Literature

The Cambridge History of Welsh Literature
Author: Geraint Evans
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 857
Release: 2019-04-18
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1107106761

This book is a comprehensive single-volume history of literature in the two major languages of Wales from post-Roman to post-devolution Britain.