Renewal and Reformation

• Part 1 Rebellion and recovery - the twilight of medieval Wales, 1415-1536: the Glyndwr rebellion and its aftermath; principality and march - government and law; getting and spending - the Welsh economy; the bonds of society; the Church and religion; learning and the arts; war abroad and turmoil at home, 1415-1461; the Yorkist era, 1461-1483; to Bosworth and beyond, 1483-1497; the Tudor dynasty installed, 1485-1536. Part 2 Wales reoriented and reformed, 1536-1642: the assimilation of England and Wales; the reformation - change and change-about, 1527-1558; the reformation secured, 1558-1603; Elizabethan government and politics; defence, recruitment and piracy, 1558-1635; economic activity and change, 1536-1642; social history, 1540-1642 - rich and poor move further apart; education and culture; identity and diaspora; the early Stuart regime, 1603-1642.

This book offers the first comprehensive assessment of the two centuries of Welsh history that followed the defeat of Owain Glyn Dwr's rebellion in 1415.