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Medieval Welsh literature is the
literature written in the
Welsh language during the
Middle Ages. This
includes material starting from the 5th century...
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raising of
children (known as maeth) was
common practice amongst the
Welsh uchelwyr (high born) of the
Middle Ages. It is
recorded amongst farm
families until...
- Only a few of them were
widely used by the
professional poets (Beirdd yr
Uchelwyr), and the use of some of the more
complicated ones is
confined to occasional...
- England, they
found necessary patronage with the next
social level, the
uchelwyr, or
landed gentry. The
shift led
creatively to
innovation – the development...
- of Wales. Each
cantref had its own court,
which was an ****embly of the
uchelwyr, the main
landowners of the cantref. This
would be
presided over by the...
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Welsh law. Each
cantref had its own court,
which was an ****embly of the
uchelwyr, the main
landowners of the cantref. This
would be
presided over by the...
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contributed to
various volumes in that
series and in the
Cyfres Beirdd yr
Uchelwyr series.
These include:
Gwaith Meilyr Brydydd a'i
ddisgynyddion (1994) Gwaith...
- the free Welsh,
including both the
pedigreed aristocracy (boneddigion or
uchelwyr) and the
yeomen together; the
Welsh serfs (taeogion, ailltion, or bileiniaid);...
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travelled to
south east Wales,
where he sang the
bardic praises of the
Uchelwyr or
leading families, the Gams, Havards,
Vaughans and Herberts, enjoying...
- Glyn Cothi,
among the
greatest of the
Poets of the
Nobility (Beirdd yr
Uchelwyr),
which contains 106 poems. The m****cript is
decorated with many illustrations...
