Gwyn A. Williams (1925–1995)

Author of When Was Wales?: A History of the Welsh

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About the Author

Gwyn A. Williams was a Marxist historian, and Professor of History at the University of York (1965-74) and at Cardiff University (1974-85). He died in 1995.

Includes the names: Gwyn A.Williams, Gwyn A. Williams, Gwyn Alfred Williams, Gwyn Williams; Editor And Translator

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(wel) Peidiwch â chymysgu Gwyn Alf Williams (1925–1995), hanesydd Prifysgol Caerdydd, fan hyn, gyda J. Gwynn Williams (1924–2017), hanesydd Prifysgol Bangor, https://cym.librarything.com/author/wi...

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Works by Gwyn A. Williams

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When Was Wales?: A History of the Welsh (1979) 106 copies, 2 reviews

Excalibur: The Search for Arthur (1994) 43 copies

Artisans and sans-culottes; popular movements in France and Britain during the French Revolution (1968) 40 copies

Proletarian order: Antonio Gramsci, factory councils and the origins of Italian communism, 1911-1921 (1975) 35 copies

The Merthyr Rising (1978) 31 copies, 1 review

Madoc: The Making of a Myth (Oxford Paperbacks) (1979) 29 copies

Goya and the impossible revolution (1976) 18 copies

Welsh in Their History (1982) 14 copies

Medieval London: From commune to capital, (1970) 14 copies

The Search for Beulah Land: The Welsh and the Atlantic Revolution (1980) 12 copies

Fishers of Men (1996) 3 copies

Peace & power : Henry Richard: a radical for our time 1 copy

Welsh wizard and British empire : Dr. John Dee and a Welsh identity (1980) 1 copy

Struggles for an Alternative Globalization: An Ethnography of Counterpower in Southern France (2012) 1 copy

Welsh Wizard and the British Empire: Dr.John Dee and a Welsh Identity (1980) 1 copy

The Making of a Unitarian : David Ivon Jones 1883-1924 1 copy

Artisans and Sans-Culottes. (1981) 1 copy

Proletarian Order, Antonio Gramsci, Factory Councils and the Origins of Italian Communism, 1911-1921 1 copy

Excalibur The Search for Arthur 1 copy

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Associated Works

Banner Bright (1973) — Introduction — 33 copies

Wales Through the Ages Volume 1 (1959) — Contributor — 11 copies

Wales Through the Ages - Vol. II Modern Wales (1960) — Contributor — 6 copies

Cof cenedl V (1990) — Contributor — 2 copies

Welsh history review, vol. 10, no. 3, June 1981 (1981) — Contributor — 2 copies

The bulletin of the board of celtic studies, volume XXVII, part IV, May 1978 (1978) — Contributor — 1 copy

Welsh history review, vol. 1, no. 2, 1961 (1961) — Contributor — 1 copy

Welsh history review, vol. 3, no. 4, December 1967 (1967) — Contributor — 1 copy

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Legal name: Williams, Gwyn Alfred
Other names: Gwyn Alf
Birthdate: 1925-09-30
Date of death: 1995-11-16
Gender: male
Education: University College of Wales, Aberystwyth
Occupations: historian
Organizations: University College, Cardiff
York University (professor of modern history)
Nationality: Wales
Birthplace: Dowlais, Wales, UK
Place of death: Caerdydd, Cymru
Disambiguation notice: Peidiwch â chymysgu Gwyn Alf Williams (1925–1995), hanesydd Prifysgol Caerdydd, fan hyn, gyda J. Gwynn Williams (1924–2017), hanesydd Prifysgol Bangor, https://cym.librarything.com/author/wi...
Associated Place (for map): Dowlais, Wales, UK

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Gwendydd 1,083 reviews

When Was Wales? by Gwyn A. Williams

Very anti-imperialist and anti-English. Argues that the Welsh always have and always must create their Welsh identity, but fears that the Welsh will stop doing this and will cease to be Welsh. Beautifully and passionately written, but a lot of the historiography is questionable.

Jul 9, 20071 other review

librarianbryan 295 reviews

Merthyr Rising by Gwyn A. Williams