John Gwynfor Jones is Professor of Welsh History at the School of History and Archaeology, Cardiff University. He has published widely on sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Welsh social, political and cultural history. His recent publications include Beirdd yr Uchelwyr a'r Gymdeithas yng Nghymru c.1536-1640 and Conflict, Continuity and Change: Essays and Studies (1999).

This collection offers valuable insights into the efforts of the Anglican Church to convert the Welsh to Protestantism along with the subsequent development of Puritanism and Methodismvery few [other works] have covered such a broad section of the early modern period. In this respect it makes [the proposal] an original contribution, in addition to the originality of many of the individual chapters.' 'The scarcity of material in Welsh on the early history of Puritanism and Dissent in Wales in particular makes this work especially useful.'