- England, they
found necessary patronage with the next
social level, the
uchelwyr, or
landed gentry. The
shift led
creatively to
innovation – the development...
-
Medieval Welsh literature is the
literature written in the
Welsh language during the
Middle Ages. This
includes material starting from the 5th century...
- m****cripts,
including early texts of the
Cyfraith Hywel and by
Beirdd yr
Uchelwyr (the
Poets of the Nobility). The m****cripts in
other languages include...
-
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...
- 1493) was a
Welsh language poet and
soldier of the era of the
Beirdd yr
Uchelwyr ("Poets of the Nobility") or
Cywyddwyr ("cywydd-men"), the
itinerant professional...
- 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...
- the free Welsh,
including both the
pedigreed aristocracy (boneddigion or
uchelwyr) and the
yeomen together; the
Welsh serfs (taeogion, ailltion, or bileiniaid);...
-
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...
- 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...
- intention.
Rather than
coercing the
Welsh to obedience, it may have led many
uchelwyr (Welsh nobles) to
resort to arms.
Meanwhile Welsh labourers,
students and...
