Crefydd a Chymdeithas: Astudiaethau ar Hanes y Ffydd Brotestannaidd yng Nghymru c.1559-1750.

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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.

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'...the collection offers valuable insights into the efforts of the Anglican Church to convert the Welsh to Protestantism along with the subsequent development of Puritanism and Methodism...very few [other works] have covered such a broad section of the early modern period. In this respect it makes [the proposal] an original contribution, in addition to the originality of many of the individual chapters.' 'The scarcity of material in Welsh on the early history of Puritanism and Dissent in Wales in particular makes this work especially useful.' Reader's reportA"Familiar names such as John Penry, Lewis Bayly, Huw Lewys, Morris Kyffin, William Morgan and Howell Harris are given fresh treatment in essays that are based on solid and thorough research on which the author offers careful but penetrating evaluation. Though most of the essays have been published previously, their publication here in a single volume is to be welcomed for the breadth of information and wealth of insight they bring to a highly significant period in the social and religious history of Wales.A"Robert Pope, Welsh History Review 24 Part 1

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John Gwynfor Jones is Professor of Welsh History at the School of History and Archaeology, Cardiff University. He has published widely on sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Welsh social, political and cultural history. His recent publications include Beirdd yr Uchelwyr a'r Gymdeithas yng Nghymru c.1536-1640 and Conflict, Continuity and Change: Essays and Studies (1999).