St David of Wales: Cult, Church and Nation

Richard Sharpe FBA (1954-2020) Professor of Diplomatic in the University of Oxford, and President of the Surtees Society from 2002, was one of Britain's most eminent manuscript scholars with over 200 publications before he died. He left unfinished his study of the early deeds of the great Benedictine abbey of St Mary in York, which has been completed in his memory by the society.

• The figure of David - Jonathan M WoodingTransition and survival: St Davids and St Davids Cathedral - J. Wyn EvansThe geography of the cult of St David: a study of dedication patterns in the medieval diocese - Heather JamesSt Davids adn a new link with the Hiberno-Norse world - Mark RedknapWhich text is Rhygyfarch's Life of St David? - Richard SharpeRhygyfarch's Life of St David - John Reuben DaviesSome observations on the `Nero', `Digby', and `Vespian' recensions of Vita S. David - John Reuben DaviesArmes Prydain Fawr and St David - Graham IsaacThe cult of St Non: rape, sanctity and motherhood in Welsh and Breton hagiography - Jane CartwrightThe cults of SS. Nonne and Divi in Brittany - Bernard TanguySt David in the liturgy: a review of sources - Daniel HuwsThe office of St David in Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, ms. lat. 17294 - Owain Tudor EdwardsA triad of texts about St David - David R. HowlettThe relics of St David: the historical evidence - Fred CowleyAMS radiocarbon dating of bones from St Davids cathedral - Thomas HighamShrine and counter-shrine in 1920s and 1930s Dewisland? - John Morgan-GuyThe archbishoprics of St Davids and the bishops of Clas Cynidr - John Reuben DaviesThe dynasty of Deheubarth and the church of St Davids - Huw PryceThe statutes of St Davids Cathedral 1224-1259 - Julia BarrowThe crisis of the sixteenth century - Glanmor WilliamsThe diocese of St Davids in the early nineteenth century: a reappraisal - Nigel Yates

St David of Wales is among those rare books that one can call epoch-making: it is a médaille d'or contribution to the history of Welsh Christianity. Seldom does one read an account of Wales's past as rich, substantial, comprehensive and satisfying as this one. [...] For decades to come, St David of Wales will be the first call for anyone seeking information on St David's life and cult, and on the history of the cathedral and diocese that bear his name.