About this Book

• This is a short book of interest to general readers.
• Recognising the crucial part played by poetry in sustaining a sense of national community in Wales from the seventh century onwards, this study proceeds to view the history of Wales through the lens of twelve poems that, between them, span almost fifteen hundred years.
• It offers a new way of viewing the Welsh past, showing how some aspects of it are best accessed through the words of its renowned poets.