Thomas Matthews's Welsh Records in Paris
Thomas Matthews's Welsh Records in Paris: A Study in Selected Welsh Medieval Records
Dylan Rees
J. Gwynfor Jones
Copyright Date: 2010
Edition: 1
Published by: University of Wales Press
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Thomas Matthews's Welsh Records in Paris
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This book is the first republication since 1910 of this important work by Thomas Matthews. It contains a series of documents and background information which provide a fascinating glimpse into selected aspects of Wales’ rich medieval history.

eISBN: 978-0-7083-2302-1
Subjects: History
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  1. Front Matter
    Front Matter (pp. i-iv)
  2. Table of Contents
    Table of Contents (pp. v-vi)
  3. List of Illustrations
    List of Illustrations (pp. vii-viii)
  4. Preface
    Preface (pp. ix-x)
  5. Acknowledgements
    Acknowledgements (pp. xi-xiv)
    Dylan Rees and J. Gwynfor Jones
  6. An Introduction to Thomas Matthews: The Man in his Time
    An Introduction to Thomas Matthews: The Man in his Time (pp. 1-22)
    Dylan Rees

    With the centenary of the publication ofWelsh Records in Paris(1910), it is fitting that this important work, which has never been reprinted but which is routinely used by historians researching into medieval Wales, is once again available to those who share Thomas Matthews’s interest in this aspect of our nation’s past. Copies of the original are nowadays rarely seen on the open market and when available are usually secured through the antiquarian book trade where they can command premium prices. They can still be accessed, however, in our more established reference and university libraries.¹ If at times the...

  7. Thomas Matthews the Historian
    Thomas Matthews the Historian (pp. 23-40)
    J. Gwynfor Jones

    The closing years of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries saw the dawn of a new age in the literary and historical development of the Welsh nation.¹ It revealed the emergence of a new generation of scholars intent on strengthening a sense ofWelsh national conciousness, which led to the establishment of national institutions such as the University ofWales (1893) and the National Library (1907) which promoted historical scholarship in Wales, most of it devoted to the nation’s medieval past. It was an exciting period when Welsh literature, antiquity and history formed an essential part of a rich cultural revival.² In...

  8. Notes
    Notes (pp. 41-48)
  9. Illustrations
    Illustrations (pp. 49-54)
  10. Appendix: List of Thomas Matthews’s Published and Unpublished Works
    Appendix: List of Thomas Matthews’s Published and Unpublished Works (pp. 55-56)
  11. Welsh Records in Paris, 1910
    • Middle Matter
      Middle Matter (pp. i-vi)
    • Table of Contents
      Table of Contents (pp. vii-x)
    • PREFACE.
      PREFACE. (pp. xi-xii)
    • FACSIMILES.
      FACSIMILES. (pp. xiii-xiii)
    • ERRATA.
      ERRATA. (pp. xiv-xiv)
    • Introduction
      Introduction (pp. xv-xl)

      There is a certain amount of difficulty in deciding the year during which Llywelyn issued this letter forming an alliance with Philip Augustus. The choice lies between A.D. 1212 and A.D. 1216; but a definite decision can only be made with some hesitation.

      In the year 1212, Pope Innocent, as the result of his interdict against King John, called upon Philip Augustus to make war upon John in order to reduce him to the ‘subjection of the Holy Church.’ At the same time the Pope absolved the Welsh princes from their oaths to John and removed the interdict from Wales....

    • Documents
      Documents (pp. 1-54)

      Excellentissimo domino suo Philippo, Dei gracia, illustri Francorum regi, Loelinus princeps Norwallie fidelis suus, salutem et tam devotum quam debitum fidelitatis et reverentie famula-tum, quid retribuam excellentie nobilitatis vestre pro singulari honore et dono inpreciabili, quo vos, rex Fran-corum, imo princeps regum terre, me fidelem vestrum non tam munifice quam magnifice prevenientes, litteras vestras, sigillo aureo impressas, in testimonium federis regni Francorum et Norwallie principatus, michi, militi vestro delegastis, quas ego in armatiis ecclesiasticis, tanquam sacrosanctas relliquias conservari facio, ut sint memoriale perpetuum et testimonium inviolabile quod ego et heredes mei, vobis vestrisque heredibus insepar-abiliter adherentes, vestris amicis amici erimus...

    • TRANSLATIONS.
      TRANSLATIONS. (pp. 55-100)

      To our most excellent lord Philip, by the grace of God, the illustrious King of the French, Liy-welyn, Prince of North Wales, his friend, sends greeting and such devotion as the debt of fealty and respectful service, which I will repay the excellency of your nobility, on account of the singular and priceless gifts, which you, King of the French, even prince of that country of kings, outstripping me, your friend, not more munificently than magnificently, have sent me by your knight, your letters, impressed by your golden seal in witness of the alliance of the kingdom of the French...

    • APPENDIX.
      APPENDIX. (pp. 101-122)
    • NOTES.
      NOTES. (pp. 123-132)
    • INDEX.
      INDEX. (pp. 133-138)
  12. SUBSCRIBERS.
    SUBSCRIBERS. (pp. 139-144)