John Gwynfor Jones – författare

This title brings together in one volume 12 essays (many previously published in Welsh journals) relating to the growth of Protestantism in Wales, from its introduction in the sixteenth century to the Methodist revival two centuries later. Full consideration is given to some of Wales' most prominent individuals during this period, including William Morgan, Maurice Kyffin, John Penry and Lewis Bayly. A variety of sources, including some literary and poetic, are used to further the debate, and the articles are arranged chronologically.

Comprises an introduction to the background of "The Dialogue", written in 1594 by George Owen of Henllys, north Pembrokeshire.

A volume about John Penry and his contribution to the growth of Puritanism in England in the Sixteenth Century.

This stimulating and comprehensive study of the period between the establishment of the new Tudor administrative framework and the outbreak of the Civil War offers a well-grounded and fascinating survey of the attitudes, opinions and responses of the gentry to the political and religious circumstances in which they lived.The book discusses the ways in which the gentry, thrust into positions of prominence in the context of the Tudor state, interpreted that status and authority they enjoyed and the power entrusted to them. It surveys the influence which the concept of the ‘island empire’ had on attitudes to public roles and duties, and traces the extent to which loyalties to the Crown and to kindred groupings affected the image projected by the gentry in their political, religious and domestic roles. The book is given an added dimension by a consideration of gentry attitudes in Wales in the context of the humanist ideas current in Europe.This is a mature study based on a wide range of primary and secondary sources, material from which has been successfully integrated into the text. It offers an insight into the perceptions and assumptions of an élite culture at a crucial time in that culture’s development.

This volume examines some key issues in the social history of Wales in the Tudor period, and is written by a number of acknowledged experts on Tudor Wales. These fascinating studies will be indispensable to all students of Tudor History.

In this volume four explanatory chapters are followed by seven sections of annotated sources. These deal with aspects of Tudor government of Wales providing analysis with documentation of the Acts of Union 1534-1543, the effectiveness of regional and local government, matters of law and disorder, defence, Welsh "apprenticeship" in Parliament, the impact of the Reformation on Wales and Welsh culture, the social concerns and interests of the gentry class, and the testimony provided in the writings of contemporary poets. The text gives evidence about the elements of strength and weakness in Tudor rule in Wales and its impact on the Welsh sense of national identity.

A thorough examination of the role of Tudor government and its personnel in an essentially Welsh context, and an analysis of the impact of the Acts of Union on the mechanics of local government in Caernarfonshire. This is important because it adds another dimension to historians' knowledge and understanding of the manner in which local gentry, in collaboration with regional institutions, sought to maintain peace and security in the generations after the Acts of Union. The theme is particularly interesting in view of current researches into the character and principal features of community life in early modern England and Wales and because the Carnarfonshire Quarter Sessions records are the only sources of their kind that have survived for the Welsh counties in that period. They reflect the activities of the justices of the peace and other county officers in one county which formed part of the Old Principality of North Wales. The gentry were required to maintain law and order as servants of the central Tudor administration and were supervised, on the varying degrees of efficiency, by the Council in the Marshes based on Ludlow. It was a period which saw significant social, economic, religious, and cultural changes, some of them attributed to the Tudor Settlement of Wales (1536-43) when the office of magistrate was itnroduced into Wales. The volume is based on an examination of this country's social structure, with particular reference to leading members of the emerging county families who were responsible for administering law and order, the changing personnel of the magistracy, the framework and conduct of administration in Quarter Sessions (the pivot of county government), legal and administration duties. In the last chapter there is a discussion of concepts of the "ordered society" as interpreted in contemporary sources - including Welsh strict-metre verse - which emphasized the "role" of the "Governor" in its early modern context in Welsh society.