The First Prince of Wales?

Bleddyn ap Cynfyn, 1063-75

Sean Davies

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English

University of Wales Press
15 January 2017

Biography: historical, political & military; History; British & Irish history; Medieval history

Bleddyn ap Cynfyn was a Welsh king who ruled over Gwynedd and Powys in the eleventh century. He was at the heart of the events that forged Britain before, during, and after the Norman Conquest of 1066, one of its most significant historical periods.

The First Prince of Wales? offers important new context for those events through which Bleddyn strove to recreate the kingdom of Wales—though outside pressures and internal intrigues meant his successors would compete, ultimately, to rule only a principality. By exploring Bleddyn’s ambitions, Sean Davies gives a new, wider perspective on one of the most tumultuous and formative periods in English history.

By: Sean Davies
Imprint: University of Wales Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 227g
ISBN: 9781783169368
ISBN 10: 1783169362
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 15 January 2017
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Sean Davies has studied medieval Wales for over two decades, and has published extensively on the subject. He is a former BBC journalist who works as a writer and editor.

Reviews for The First Prince of Wales?: Bleddyn ap Cynfyn, 1063-75

Davies s book provides a fresh, bold, and persuasive account of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn, king of Gwynedd and Powys and with ambitions to rule more widely in Wales. In six succinct and clearly written chapters, he skilfully deploys a range of often difficult sources to reassess the king s place in the turbulent politics of the mid-eleventh century. --Ralph Griffiths, Swansea University