{"product_id":"humphrey-llwyd-the-breviary-of-britain-with-selections-from-the-history-of-cambria-paperback","title":"The Breviary of Britain, with selections from The History of Cambria - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHumphrey Llwyd\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePhilip Schwyzer\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eDavid Powel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHumphrey Llwyd's \u003cem\u003eBreviary of Britain\u003c\/em\u003e (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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe volume also includes relevant illustrative selections of David Powel's \u003cem\u003eHistory of Cambria\u003c\/em\u003e (1584). Based on Llwyd's own translation of the medieval Welsh chronicle \u003cem\u003eBrut y Tywysogyon\u003c\/em\u003e, Powel's \u003cem\u003eHistory \u003c\/em\u003ewas an important source for Spenser's \u003cem\u003eFaerie Queene\u003c\/em\u003e and Drayton's \u003cem\u003ePoly-Olbion\u003c\/em\u003e, and remained the standard history of medieval Wales until the nineteenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 220\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.46 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47521411825885,"sku":"9780947623937","price":69.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/dNOlmgcuo-9780947623937.webp?v=1784200342","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/humphrey-llwyd-the-breviary-of-britain-with-selections-from-the-history-of-cambria-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}