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A History of Wales or Hanes Cymru (Welsh language equivalent) is a book on the History of Wales by the Welsh historian, John Davies. The book was first published in both Welsh and English in 1990 and has since been renewed in more recent versions.
John Davies, FLSW (25 April 1938 – 16 February 2015) was a Welsh historian, and a television and radio broadcaster. He attended university at Cardiff and Cambridge and taught Welsh at Aberystwyth. He wrote a number of books on Welsh history, including A History of Wales (Hanes Cymru in Welsh).
John Davies (c. 1567 – 1644) was one of the leading scholars of the late Renaissance in Wales. He wrote a Welsh grammar and dictionary. He was also a translator and editor and an ordained minister of the Church of England .
John David Edward Davies KStJ (born 6 February 1953) is a retired Welsh Anglican bishop and former solicitor. From 2008 he was the Bishop of Swansea and Brecon in the Church in Wales. On 6 September 2017, he was also elected Archbishop of Wales; he continued in his role as diocesan bishop. He retired from both offices with effect from 2 May 2021.
Originally king of Gwynedd, by 1057 he was the ruler of Wales and had annexed parts of England around the border. He ruled Wales with no internal battles. [2] His territories were again divided into the traditional kingdoms. [3] Historian John Davies stated that Gruffydd was, "the only Welsh king ever to rule over the entire territory of Wales ...
According to historian John Davies, this arrangement was the origin of the belief that the county had been annexed by England rather than remaining part of Wales. Davies disagrees, and says, "Monmouthshire was no less Welsh in language and sentiment than any other eastern county". [ 12 ]
Davies, John (1990). A History of Wales. London: Penguin Books. Gabb, Gerald (1987) The Life and Times of the Swansea and Mumbles Railway Cowbridge: D. Brown and Sons. Gabb, Gerald (2007). Swansea and its History. Volume I. Swansea: Gerald Gabb. ISBN 0-9527151-2-0. Gabb, Gerald (2019). Swansea and its History. Volume II: The Riverside Town.
The album contains hundreds of items pertaining to the life and death of John Davies, the majority of which are letters, books, proposals, church records, sermons, poetry and music. [4] [20] The collection was provided to the National Library of Wales by Mr J. Davies Jones, Beulah, Cardiganshire, a descendant of John Davies, in 1933. [21]