Humphrey Llwyd, The Breviary of Britain with selections from The History of Cambria

Humphrey Llwyd’s Breviary of Britain (1573) is both the first Tudor description of Britain and a passionate and learned defence of Welsh historical traditions. Featuring the first reference in English to the ‘British Empire’, Thomas Twyne’s translation would influence Elizabethan writers from Michael Drayton to John Dee.

The volume also includes relevant illustrative selections of David Powel’s History of Cambria (1584). Based on Llwyd’s own translation of the medieval Welsh chronicle, Brut y Tywysogyon, Powel’s History was an important source for Spenser’s Faerie Queene and Drayton’s Poly-Olbion, and remained the standard history of medieval Wales until the nineteenth century.

Philip Schwyzer is Associate Professor of Renaissance Literature in the Department of English, University of Exeter. He has published extensively on Anglo-Welsh literary relations and visions of British antiquity in the early modern period.

Reviews:

‘These are complex texts, the further study of which will be facilitated, and should be encouraged, by this edition.’ — David N. Parsons, Translation and Literature 21, 2012, 246
‘This modern edition of Humphrey Llwyd is a welcome addition to the scholarship ... Schwyzer's work presents a compelling case for a greater recognition of Llwyd's contributions.’ — Ronald H. Fritze, Sixteenth Century Journal XLIV, 2013, 200

Contents:

i-vi	Front Matter Philip Schwyzer doi:10.2307/j.ctt24hzn2.1	Cite
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vii-vii	Table of Contents Philip Schwyzer doi:10.2307/j.ctt24hzn2.2	Cite
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viii-viii	General Editors’ Foreword Andrew Hadfield, Neil Rhodes doi:10.2307/j.ctt24hzn2.3	Cite
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ix-x	Preface Philip Schwyzer doi:10.2307/j.ctt24hzn2.4	Cite
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1-36	Introduction Philip Schwyzer doi:10.2307/j.ctt24hzn2.5	Cite
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37-142	The Breviary of Britain Philip Schwyzer doi:10.2307/j.ctt24hzn2.6	Cite
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143-144	Glossary of Welsh words Philip Schwyzer doi:10.2307/j.ctt24hzn2.7	Cite
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145-180	The History of Cambria Philip Schwyzer doi:10.2307/j.ctt24hzn2.8	Cite
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181-182	Glossary Philip Schwyzer doi:10.2307/j.ctt24hzn2.9	Cite
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183-190	List of Authors Philip Schwyzer doi:10.2307/j.ctt24hzn2.10	Cite
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191-196	Bibliography Philip Schwyzer doi:10.2307/j.ctt24hzn2.11	Cite
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197-206	Index: The Breviary of Britain Philip Schwyzer doi:10.2307/j.ctt24hzn2.12	Cite
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207-210	Index: the History of Cambria Philip Schwyzer doi:10.2307/j.ctt24hzn2.13	Cite
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