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Book SynopsisHow did the Welsh travel beyond their geographical borders in the Middle Ages? What did they do, what did they take with them in their baggage, and what did they bring back? This book seeks for the first time to capture the medieval Welsh on the move, and core to its purpose is the exploration of identity within and outside the Welsh territories - particularly since `Welsh' may have become a fluid term to describe a stranger, often pejoratively. The contributors also seek to explore the nature of `Welsh history' as a discipline. How can a consideration of the Welsh abroad draw upon wider paradigms of nationhood, diaspora and colonisation; economic migration; gender relations; and the pursuit of educational, religious and cultural opportunities? Is there anything specifically `Welsh' about the experiences of medieval migrants and correspondents? And what can the medieval experience of Welsh people exploring the then known world contribute to the longer-term history of emigration and exchange? Examining archaeological, historical and literary evidence together, this book enables a better understanding of the ways in which people from Wales interacted with and understood their near and distant neighbours.
Table of ContentsIntroduction - Welsh Diaspora History: reinstating the premodern, Patricia Skinner PART I WALES AND THE NEIGHBOURS 1. Moving from Wales and the west in fifth-century: isotope evidence for eastward migration in Britain, Janet Kay 2. Emma d'Audley and the clash of laws in thirteenth-century Northern Powys, Emma Cavell 3. Migration and Identity: the movement of Welsh secular clergy in England in the fifteenth century. Rhun Emlyn 4. `A vice common in Wales': Abduction, Prejudice and the Search for Justice in the Regional and Central Courts of Early Tudor Society, Deborah Youngs PART II: WALES, EUROPE AND THE WORLD 5. Welsh pilgrims and crusaders in the Middle Ages, Kathryn Hurlock 6. Welsh-French diplomacy in the Middle Ages, Gideon Brough 7. Documents relevant to Wales before the Edwardian Conquest in the Vatican Archives, Bryn Jones 8. Wales and the Wider World: the Soldiers' Perspective, Adam Chapman 9. The Mixed Jury in Wales: A Preliminary Inquiry into Ethno-Religious Administration and Conflict Resolution in the Medieval World, c. 1100-1350 C.E.. Michael Hill
