Welsh traitors in a Scottish chronicle: Dafydd ap Gruffudd, Penwyn and the transmission of national memory

Foster Evans, Dylan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5348-4609 2018. Welsh traitors in a Scottish chronicle: Dafydd ap Gruffudd, Penwyn and the transmission of national memory. Studia Celtica 52 (1) , pp. 137-155. 10.16922/SC.52.8

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Abstract

The focus of this article is the capture and execution of Dafydd ap Gruffudd of Gwynedd in 1283. Various texts found in medieval and Early Modern manuscripts (including a notable example from Scotland) show a continuing interest in these events, including the identification of an individual blamed for Dafydd's betrayal. The article will consider the veracity of these texts and also the repeated tendency to relate Dafydd's execution to the events of the Glyndŵr rebellion of the early fifteenth century. It will argue that poetry that lies outside the 'mainstream' bardic tradition played a crucial role in the transmission and reinterpretation of national memory.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Welsh
Additional Information:	Released with a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives License (CC BY-NC-ND)
Publisher:	University of Wales Press
ISSN:	0081-6353
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	1 February 2019
Date of Acceptance:	7 December 2018
Last Modified:	26 Nov 2024 01:30
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/119115

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