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A catalogue of the manuscripts relating to Wales in the British Museum; (Part III) Charters and Rolls

A catalogue of the manuscripts relating to Wales in the British Museum; (Part III) Charters and Rolls

Owen, Edward

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General SociologyBritish History

ISBN10: 9354151221
ISBN13: 9789354151224
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Sep 7 2020
Pages: 546
Weight: 2.75
Height: 1.10 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
A catalogue that unlocks Wales' documentary past. Ancient documents speak to us. Part III of Edward Owen's authoritative catalogue lays out the charters and rolls that illuminate medieval Wales, indexing the core of the welsh manuscripts collection within the British Museum archives. Equal parts inventory and interpretive guide, it functions as a medieval charters anthology and a practical historical document catalog for anyone navigating primary sources. Entries are arranged with the discipline of nineteenth-century scholarship, giving readable descriptions that make the holdings discoverable for modern research without sacrificing the exactness scholars expect. As a doorway into wales archival records, Owen's entries offer careful signposts for tracking land grants, charters of privilege and institutional acts that shaped communities. For students and independent scholars it stands as a clear manuscript research reference and a dependable academic library resource; family historians will recognise its practical value as a genealogy sourcebook wales when tracing pedigrees back through deeds and rolls. Produced in the context of nineteenth-century british history scholarship, the work preserves access to essential welsh historical sources and points the reader towards related british library manuscripts now catalogued across national collections. Antiquarians, local historians and those working in legal or place-name studies will find pathways through the material; the catalogue remains a standard medieval studies reference for research into administration, landholding and regional identity. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure. Accessible and exacting, this edition satisfies casual readers curious about regional history and the demands of classic-literature collectors alike, restoring a direct route into the documents that shaped Wales' past. Handy in the reading room or on a scholar's shelf, it makes the documentary voices of Welsh courts, churches and communities accessible for both casual perusal and deep enquiry.

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