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Williams, Gruffydd Aled, “More than ‘skimble-skamble stuff’: the medieval Welsh poetry associated with Owain Glyndŵr [Sir John Rhŷs Memorial Lecture]”, Proceedings of the British Academy 181 (2010/2011, 2012): 1–33.
abstract:
In Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1, Hotspur refers to the partiality of Owain Glyndŵr (Glendower) for prophecies, which he characterises dismissively as ‘skimble-skamble stuff’. Whilst there is a virtual scholarly consensus that Glyndŵr inspired prophecies and utilised them, no verse prophecies certainly dateable to the revolt have survived, and the poetry surveyed in the lecture consists of eulogies by high-status poets, all but one of them composed before the outbreak of the revolt in 1400. Though used as a source by the historians J. E. Lloyd and R. R. Davies in their volumes on Glyndŵr, this corpus of poems is for the first time examined in detail in English as a discrete group, one that now includes a unique poem – a hybrid displaying elements of eulogy and of vaticination – composed during the revolt and restored to the canon of Glyndŵr poems since the two historians wrote. The poems, some of which are of Scottish interest – they reflect Glyndŵr's participation in Richard II's invasion of Scotland in 1385 – are examined in historical context and in relation to medieval Welsh poetic convention. Drawing on R. R. Davies' perception of post-Conquest Wales as an English colony, insights derived from modern postcolonial criticism are applied to the depiction of Owain in some of the poems, revealing their value in charting his evolution from a seemingly conformist ‘colonial mimic’ to the leader of a national revolt.
Clancy, Thomas Owen, “Gaelic in medieval Scotland: advent and expansion [The Sir John Rhys Memorial Lecture, 2009]”, Proceedings of the British Academy 167 (2011): 349–392.
Meid, Wolfgang, “Celtic origins, the western and the eastern Celts [Sir John Rhŷs Memorial Lecture]”, Proceedings of the British Academy 154 (2007): 177–199.
comments: Sir John Rhŷs Memorial Lectures
Kelly, Fergus, “Thinking in threes: the triad in early Irish literature [Sir John Rhŷs Memorial Lecture]”, Proceedings of the British Academy 125 (2004): 1–18.
comments: Sir John Rhŷs Memorial Lectures
Griffiths, Ralph A., “After Glyn Dŵr: an age of reconciliation? [Sir John Rhŷs Memorial Lecture]”, Proceedings of the British Academy 117 (2001): 139–164.
abstract:
During the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, following Edward I's final conquest, the inhabitants of the whole of Wales were adjusting to the fact that they were a cosmopolitan people of diverse origins. Their communities were interleaved, in varying measure, with migrants from England and Ireland, France and the Low Countries, and from elsewhere in Wales, and this process was unlikely to be reversed. In particular, contacts between English and Welsh multiplied, and relationships between them deepened. The revolt of Owain Glyn Dŵr in the first decade of the fifteenth century, the most serious of the challenges that faced the unsteady Lancastrian king, Henry IV, threatened for a time to disrupt this process. The gradual defeat of Glyn Dŵr's supporters and allies in the decade after 1406 posed large and pressing questions: how to ensure security for the English kingdom in the west thenceforward; how to restore peace and stability to the commonwealth; and how to achieve reconciliation among the peoples of Wales and with the king's subjects in England. This chapter examines the aftermath of Glyn Dŵr's revolt, particularly the relationship between English and Welsh in the borderland.
Evans, D. Ellis, “John Ellis Caerwyn Williams 1912–1999”, Proceedings of the British Academy 111 (2001): 697–716.
Thomson, Derick S., “Scottish Gaelic traditional songs from the 16th to the 18th century [Sir John Rhŷs Memorial Lecture]”, Proceedings of the British Academy 105 (1999): 93–114.
British Academy: <link>
Gruffydd, R. Geraint, “Wales’s second grammarian: Dafydd Ddu of Hiraddug [Sir John Rhŷs Memorial Lecture]”, Proceedings of the British Academy 90 (1995): 1–28.
British Academy: <link>
Bodmer, Walter F., “The genetics of Celtic populations [Sir John Rhŷs Memorial Lecture]”, Proceedings of the British Academy 82 (1992): 37–57.
Harvie, Christopher, “The folk and the Gwerin: the myth and the reality of popular culture in 19th-century Scotland and Wales [Sir John Rhŷs Memorial Lecture]”, Proceedings of the British Academy 80 (1991): 19–48.
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Evans, D. Simon, “The Welsh and the Irish before the Normans – contact or impact [Sir John Rhŷs Memorial Lecture]”, Proceedings of the British Academy 75 (1989): 143–161.
Williams, J. E. Caerwyn, “Thomas Parry 1904–1985”, Proceedings of the British Academy 73 (1987): 567–599.
Jope, E. M., “Celtic art: expressiveness and communication through 2500 years [Sir John Rhŷs Memorial Lecture]”, Proceedings of the British Academy 73 (1987): 97–123.
Jarman, A. O. H., “Llyfr Du Caerfyrddin: The Black Book of Carmarthen [Sir John Rhŷs Memorial Lecture]”, Proceedings of the British Academy 71 (1985): 333–356.
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Williams, Glanmor, “Religion and Welsh literature in the Age of the Reformation [Sir John Rhŷs Memorial Lecture]”, Proceedings of the British Academy 69 (1983): 371–408.
Mac Eoin, Gearóid, “The dating of Middle Irish texts [Sir John Rhŷs Memorial Lecture 1981]”, Proceedings of the British Academy 68 (1982): 109–137.
Series: Sir John Rhŷs Memorial Lectures. The article was also published as an offprint in 1983.
Mac Cana, Proinsias, “Regnum and sacerdotium: notes on Irish tradition [Sir John Rhŷs Memorial Lecture]”, Proceedings of the British Academy 65 (1979): 443–479.
Evans, D. Ellis, “The labyrinth of continental Celtic [Sir John Rhŷs Memorial Lecture 1977]”, Proceedings of the British Academy 65 (1979): 497–538.
comments: Series: Sir John Rhŷs Memorial Lectures
Hughes, Kathleen, “The Welsh Latin chronicles: Annales Cambriae and related texts [Sir John Rhŷs memorial lecture]”, Proceedings of the British Academy 59 (1973): 233–258.
Jackson, Kenneth H., “Nora Kershaw Chadwick 1891–1972”, Proceedings of the British Academy 58 (1972): 537–549.
Williams, J. E. Caerwyn, “The court poet in medieval Ireland”, Proceedings of the British Academy 57 (1971 [issued 1973]): 85–135.
Thomson, R. L., “The study of Manx Gaelic [Sir John Rhŷs Memorial Lecture 1969]”, Proceedings of the British Academy 55 (1969 [issued 1971]): 177–210.
Foster, Idris, “Sir Ifor Williams 1881–1965”, Proceedings of the British Academy 53 (1967): 361–378.
Jones, Thomas [ed.], “The Black Book of Carmarthen ‘Stanzas of the graves’”, Proceedings of the British Academy 53 (1967): 97–137.
Chadwick, Nora K., “The colonization of Brittany from Celtic Britain”, Proceedings of the British Academy 51 (1965): 235–299.
Ó Cuív, Brian, “Literary creation and Irish historical tradition [Sir John Rhŷs Memorial Lecture]”, Proceedings of the British Academy 49 (1963): 233–262.
Parry, Thomas, “The Welsh metrical treatise attributed to Einion Offeiriad [Sir John Rhŷs Memorial Lecture]”, Proceedings of the British Academy 47 (1961): 177–195.
Edwards, J. Goronwy, “Sir John Edward Lloyd 1861–1947”, Proceedings of the British Academy 41 (1955): 319–327.
Daniel, Glyn Edmund, “Who are the Welsh? [Sir John Rhŷs Memorial Lecture]”, Proceedings of the British Academy 40 (1954): 145–167.
Bell, H. Idris, “Welsh literary renascence of the twentieth century [Sir John Rhŷs Memorial Lecture]”, Proceedings of the British Academy 39 (1953): 139–161.
Jackson, Kenneth H., “Common Gaelic: the evolution of the Gaelic languages [The Sir John Rhys Memorial Lecture]”, Proceedings of the British Academy 37 (1951): 71–97.
Foster, Idris, “The book of the anchorite [Sir John Rhŷs Memorial Lecture, 29 March 1950]”, Proceedings of the British Academy 36 (1950): 197–226.
Lloyd-Jones, John, “The court poets of the Welsh princes [Sir John Rhŷs memorial lecture 1948]”, Proceedings of the British Academy 34 (1948): 167–197.
comments: Series: Sir John Rhŷs Memorial Lectures
de Navarro, J. M., “Hector Munro Chadwick 1870–1947”, Proceedings of the British Academy 33 (1947): 307–330.
Dillon, Myles, “The archaism of Irish tradition [Sir John Rhŷs Memorial Lecture]”, Proceedings of the British Academy 33 (1947): 245–264.
Edwards, J. Goronwy, “Edward I’s castle-building in Wales [Sir John Rhŷs Memorial Lecture, 1944]”, Proceedings of the British Academy 32 (1946): 15–81.
Parry-Williams, T. H., “Welsh poetic diction [Sir John Rhŷs Memorial Lecture]”, Proceedings of the British Academy 32 (1946): 243–276.
Delargy, J. H., “The Gaelic story-teller: with some notes on Gaelic folk-tales [Sir John Rhŷs Memorial Lecture]”, Proceedings of the British Academy 31 (1945): 177–221.
Binchy, D. A., “The linguistic and historical value of the Irish law tracts [Sir John Rhŷs Memorial Lecture]”, Proceedings of the British Academy 29 (1943): 195–227.
Internet Archive: <link>
Lewis, Henry, “The sentence in Welsh [Sir John Rhŷs Memorial Lecture]”, Proceedings of the British Academy 28 (1942): 259–280.
Jacobsthal, Paul, “Imagery in early Celtic art [Sir John Rhŷs Memorial Lecture]”, Proceedings of the British Academy 27 (1941): 301–320.
Bosch-Gimpera, Pedro, “Two Celtic waves in Spain [Sir John Rhŷs Memorial Lecture, 1939]”, Proceedings of the British Academy 26 (1940): 25–148.
Fox, Cyril, “The boundary line of Cymru [Sir John Rhŷs Memorial Lecture]”, Proceedings of the British Academy 26 (1940): 275–300.
Bergin, Osborn, “The native Irish grammarian [Sir John Rhŷs Memorial Lecture 1938]”, Proceedings of the British Academy 24 (1938): 205–235.
Vendryes, Joseph, “La position linguistique du celtique [Sir John Rhŷs Memorial Lecture]”, Proceedings of the British Academy 23 (1937): 333–346.
de Navarro, J. M., “A survey of research on an early phase of Celtic culture [Sir John Rhŷs Memorial Lecture]”, Proceedings of the British Academy 22 (1936): 297–341.
OʼRahilly, Thomas F., “The Goidels and their predecessors [Sir John Rhŷs Memorial Lecture]”, Proceedings of the British Academy 21 (1935): 323–372.
Hamel, A. G. van, “Aspects of Celtic mythology”, Proceedings of the British Academy 20 (1934): 207–248.
Internet Archive: <link>
Begins “Read 14 November 1934
Some scholars look upon a myth as an article of faith of pagan times. Others take it as an expression of the early religious mind in a symbolic form. However, neither dogmatism nor speculation belongs to the primitive properties of religion. Their influence, great though it may become in the course of evolution, is not in any degree underrated if precedence is given to an altogether different aspect of mythology, which is of a practical and, therefore, a more primitive character. Myths have an essential bearing upon the execution of the earliest religious functions, that is, upon the ritual intended for the obtaining of a gift or favour from a superior power. Where a god is worshipped, the myth is there to remind him of what he has done or allowed on a previous occasion. [...]”
Williams, Ifor, “The poems of Llywarch Hen [Sir John Rhŷs Memorial Lecture]”, Proceedings of the British Academy 18 (1932): 269–302.
Fleure, H. J., “Archaeology and folk tradition [Sir John Rhŷs Memorial Lecture]”, Proceedings of the British Academy 17 (1931): 3–24.
Lot, Ferdinand, “Bretons et Anglais aux Ve et VIe siècles [Sir John Rhŷs Memorial Lecture]”, Proceedings of the British Academy 16 (1930): 327–344.
Wheeler, Mortimer, “Wales and archaeology [Sir John Rhŷs Memorial Lecture]”, Proceedings of the British Academy 15 (1929): 319–340.
Allen, Philip Schuyler, F. M. Stenton, and R. I. Best, “Charles Plummer, 1851–1927”, Proceedings of the British Academy 15 (1929): 463–476.
Lloyd, John Edward, “The Welsh chronicles [Sir John Rhŷs Memorial Lecture]”, Proceedings of the British Academy 14 (1928): 369–391.
Flower, Robin, “Ireland and medieval Europe [Sir John Rhŷs Memorial Lecture]”, Proceedings of the British Academy 13 (1927): 271–303.
Fraser, John, “Linguistic evidence and archaeological and ethnological facts [Sir John Rhŷs Memorial Lecture]”, Proceedings of the British Academy 12 (1926): 257–272.
Plummer, Charles, “On the colophons and marginalia of Irish scribes”, Proceedings of the British Academy 12 (1926): 11–44.
Morris-Jones, John, “Sir John Rhŷs [Sir John Rhŷs Memorial Lecture]”, Proceedings of the British Academy 11 (1924–1925): 187–212.
Singer, Charles J., “Early English magic and medicine”, Proceedings of the British Academy 9 (1920): 341–374.
Rhŷs, John, “The Celtic inscriptions of Cisalpine Gaul”, Proceedings of the British Academy 6 (1913–1914): 23–112.
Rhŷs, John, “Gleanings in the Italian field of Celtic epigraphy”, Proceedings of the British Academy 6 (1913–1914): 315–370.
Rhŷs, John, “The Celtic inscriptions of Gaul: additions and corrections”, Proceedings of the British Academy 5 (1911–1912): 261–360.
Internet Archive – offprint: <link>
Rhŷs, John, “The Celtic inscriptions of France and Italy”, Proceedings of the British Academy 2 (1905–1906): 273–373.
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Rhŷs, John, “Celtae and Galli”, Proceedings of the British Academy 2 (1905–1906): 71–134.
HathiTrust: <link>
Rhŷs, John, “Studies in early Irish history”, Proceedings of the British Academy 1 (1903–1904): 21–80.
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