by swanseahistory | May 12, 2021 | Modern History, Public History, Welsh History
One of Swansea’s least well-known monuments stands in the city’s Maritime Quarter. Formerly the site of the docks that facilitated much of the industrial activity upon which Swansea thrived in the nineteenth century and first half of the twentieth, this quarter was...
by swanseahistory | Mar 26, 2021 | Events, Research, Welsh History
Professor Martin Johnes recently gave an online talk for the genealogy website FindmyPast about using the census to understand the history of the Welsh language. Drawing upon his research into the role of education in the decline of Welsh in the late 19th century,...
by swanseahistory | Mar 8, 2021 | Medieval History, Welsh History
In this short video, you can watch Dr Emma Cavell discuss the impact of the Black Death on Wales. Dr Cavell is a historian of the central Middle Ages with a particular interest in questions of gender. Her current research concentrates on Jewish men and women and the...
by swanseahistory | Mar 5, 2021 | British History, Medieval History, Publications, Welsh History
Matthew Stevens, The Economy of Medieval Wales, 1067-1536 (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2019). ISBN: 9781786834843. £24.99. Dr Matthew Stevens’ book, The Economy of Medieval Wales, 1067-1536 has been attracting some glowing reviews recently. The book...
