This volume constitutes the first interdisciplinary collection of essays in English to explore the development and transmission of the legend of St Ursula in... Læs mere
This work examines the principles of administrative law, as well as practice and procedure in the Administrative Court, from a distinctly Welsh perspective.
Un o gyfrolau mwyaf dadleuol yr ugeinfed ganrif yw Williams Pantycelyn gan Saunders Lewis, ac ymhlith yr astudiaethau beirniadol mwyaf cynhyrfus i ymddangos erioed yn y Gymraeg.... Læs mere
This fourth volume in the county history of Gwent/Monmouthshire deals with the explosion of industrial development from 1780 to the... Læs mere
The book challenges narrow readings of evolution as 'social Darwinism' by looking at evolutionary theory through the interrelated perspectives of science, North American naturalist literature, and popular journalism.
"Theatre in Madrid and Barcelona, 1892-1936" is an account of a period of momentous transformation in Spanish cultural history. It provides detailed analysis of the artistic, political and linguistic contexts of Spanish and Catalan theatre before the Spanish Civil War.
This work looks at the impact of five "archetypal" figures on literature and culture of the 1790s in Britain. The figures covered are: Tewdrig, the hermit-king; Vortigen, the Dark-Age traitor, the Polish General Kosciusko; Iolo Morganwg; and the Jacobin demagogue John Thelwall.
Although studies of gender in medieval culture have tended to focus on femininity, the study of medieval masculinities has developed greatly over the last few... Læs mere
The contents of this text on social policy, crime and punishment include: crime in the South Wales police district; researching the child victims; justice and responsibility; and race relations in prisons.
Focuses on the subject of 'melancholy madness' in Spain. This work demonstrates that the subject of melancholy in the Spanish Golden Age... Læs mere