The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion
Author: Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (London, England)
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Published: 1978
Total Pages: 600
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (London, England)
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Published: 1978
Total Pages: 600
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Robin Gwyndaf
Publisher: National Museum Wales
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9780720003260
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Contains over 60 Welsh folktales with an extended introduction and a guide to Welsh pronunciation and language.
Author: Iorwerth Cyfeiliog Peate
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Published: 1948
Total Pages: 82
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Lisa Lewis
Publisher: University of Wales Press
Published: 2018-05-15
Total Pages: 318
ISBN-13: 1786832437
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book uses ideas from performance studies to examine Welsh culture as performance. Focusing on three aspects central to the investigation – notions of people, memory and place, all of which are central to definitions of Welsh cultural performance – the book explores these aspects in relation to specific case studies taken from the museum, from heritage, festival, and theatre.
Author: Emma Lile
Publisher: National Museum Wales
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 84
ISBN-13: 9780720004748
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An illustrated volume tracing the history of dance in the lives of the Welsh people from early to present times, the result of research carried out to coincide with a folk-dance exhibition at Sain Ffagan Folk Museum, 1997-98, including notes and bibliography. 24 colour and 24 black-and-white photographs, 1 diagram and 2 cartoons.
Author: Simon Knell
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-05-22
Total Pages: 504
ISBN-13: 1317723147
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →National Museums is the first book to explore the national museum as a cultural institution in a range of contrasting national contexts. Composed of new studies of countries that rarely make a showing in the English-language studies of museums, this book reveals how these national museums have been used to create a sense of national self, place the nation in the arts, deal with the consequences of political change, remake difficult pasts, and confront those issues of nationalism, ethnicity and multiculturalism which have come to the fore in national politics in recent decades. National Museums combines research from both leading and new researchers in the fields of history, museum studies, cultural studies, sociology, history of art, media studies, science and technology studies, and anthropology. It is an interrogation of the origins, purpose, organisation, politics, narratives and philosophies of national museums.
Author: Jon G. Hughes
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2022-09-20
Total Pages: 437
ISBN-13: 1644114291
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A guide to ancient beliefs including instructions for magic and spellcasting • Describes the arcane rituals, ancient beliefs, and secret rites of the Welsh Marches, including those of the Sin Eaters, Eye Biters, and Spirit Hunters • Shares extracts from ancient texts stored in the archives of the National Museum of Wales, along with many original photographs of related artifacts • Includes a Grimoire of the Welsh Marches, a wide collection of spells and magical workings along with practical instruction on crafting and casting In this collaboration between a Druid and a witchcraft researcher, Jon G. Hughes and Sophie Gallagher describe in intricate detail the arcane rituals, ancient beliefs, and secret rites of the Welsh Marches, the borderlands between Celtic Wales and Anglo-Saxon England--one of the oldest and most significant locations for early witchcraft and a lasting repository for ancient Druidic lore. The authors explore the repressed rituals and practices of sin eaters, those who take upon themselves the sins of a recently deceased person; eye biters, powerful Witches able to cast malevolent curses simply by looking at their victims; and spirit hunters, Witches who gain control of their victim’s spirit. Drawing on their personal access to the archives of the National Museum Wales, as well as the local museums found within the Welsh Marches, the authors share extracts from ancient texts, along with original photographs of related artifacts, such as charm and spell bottles used to ward off evil and “poppets,” wax effigies crafted by Witches to inflict pain and death on a targeted subject. In the second half of the book, the authors present a Grimoire of the Welsh Marches, a wide collection of spells and magical workings along with practical instruction on crafting and casting. Offering a comprehensive look at the earth-based beliefs and practices of primal witchcraft and Druidic lore, the authors show not only how the traditions of the Welsh Marches had a profound influence on the cultural and spiritual history of the British Isles but also how their influence was exported to all corners of the world.
Author: Daibhi O Croinin
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-10-04
Total Pages: 465
ISBN-13: 1317192699
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This impressive survey covers the early history of Ireland from the coming of Christianity to the Norman settlement. Within a broad political framework it explores the nature of Irish society, the spiritual and secular roles of the Church and the extraordinary flowering of Irish culture in the period. Other major themes are Ireland's relations with Britain and continental Europe, the beginnings of Irish feudalism, and the impact of the Viking and Norman invaders. The expanded second edition has been fully updated to take into account the most recent research in the history of Ireland in the early middle ages, including Ireland’s relations with the Later Roman Empire, advances and discoveries in archaeology, and Church Reform in the 11th and 12th centuries. A new opening chapter on early Irish primary sources introduces students to the key written sources that inform our picture of early medieval Ireland, including annals, genealogies and laws. The social, political, religious, legal and institutional background provides the context against which Dáibhí Ó Cróinín describes Ireland’s transformation from a tribal society to a feudal state. It is essential reading for student and specialist alike.
Author: Trevor Herbert
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2022-09-29
Total Pages: 786
ISBN-13: 1009041673
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →From early medieval bards to the bands of the 'Cool Cymru' era, this book looks at Welsh musical practices and traditions, the forces that have influenced and directed them, and the ways in which the idea of Wales as a 'musical nation' has been formed and embedded in popular consciousness in Wales and beyond. Beginning with early medieval descriptions of musical life in Wales, the book provides both an overarching study of Welsh music history and detailed consideration of the ideas, beliefs, practices and institutions that shaped it. Topics include the eisteddfod, the church and the chapel, the influence of the Welsh language and Welsh cultural traditions, the scholarship of the Celtic Revival and the folk song movement, the impacts of industrialization and digitization, and exposure to broader trends in popular culture, including commercial popular music and sport.