Geraint H. Jenkins Books
Geraint Huw Jenkins is a distinguished historian whose scholarship focuses on Welsh history. His academic career included a professorship at Aberystwyth University and leadership at the University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies. As a long-serving professor of Welsh history, his expertise has shaped the understanding of Wales's past. His retirement was marked with an emeritus title, underscoring his lasting contributions to the field.
Bard of Liberty
- 288 pages
- 11 hours of reading
This is the first full-scale study of the political radicalism of Iolo Morganwg, the renowned Welsh romantic whose colourful life as a Glamorgan stonemason, poet, writer, political activist and humanitarian made him one of the founders of modern Wales.
A Concise History of Wales
- 360 pages
- 13 hours of reading
This volume presents an accessible account of Wales from Neanderthal times to the present. Geraint Jenkins explores the emergence of Wales as a nation, and its changing identities and values. This beautifully illustrated guide will appeal to students, general readers, and travellers to Wales.
A Rattleskull Genius
- 512 pages
- 18 hours of reading
Better known by the bardic name of Iolo Morganwg, Edward Williams was one of history's great fantasists. The legacy he left behind was a cottage filled to the ceiling with manuscripts. This volume provides a re-evaluation of the diverse interests of Iolo Morganwg and the extent to which his ideas and writings shaped the Welsh cultural tradition.
From the dawn of civilisation, this south-western peninsula of Wales has provided a landing stage for migrating people sailing up the western shores of Europe. Through the Neolithic, Bronze and Celtic ages, they brought with them new materials, new crafts, new ideas and a desire to market and exchange. -- Welsh Books Council