The Welsh Language Before the Industrial Revolution

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pp. xiv 455.”The first volume in a pioneering series on the social history of the Welsh language deals mainly with the period between the Acts of Union and the Industrial Revolution. The status of the language in matters relating to politics, administration, and law is discussed, as well as its place in the fields of religion, education, and scholarship. New light is shed on Welsh as a spoken language as well as its geographical distribution, and particular attention is paid to the efforts made to raise the status of the language in order to remove the stigma placed upon it by the celebrated “language clause” of 1536.”

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ISBN 070831418x
ISBN13 9780708314180
Number of pages 455
Original Title The Welsh Language Before the Industrial Revolution
Published Date 1997
Book Condition Very Good
Jacket Condition No Dj
Binding Paperback
Size 8vo
Place of Publication Cardiff
Edition First Edition
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pp. xiv 455.”The first volume in a pioneering series on the social history of the Welsh language deals mainly with the period between the Acts of Union and the Industrial Revolution. The status of the language in matters relating to politics, administration, and law is discussed, as well as its place in the fields of religion, education, and scholarship. New light is shed on Welsh as a spoken language as well as its geographical distribution, and particular attention is paid to the efforts made to raise the status of the language in order to remove the stigma placed upon it by the celebrated “language clause” of 1536.”

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Weight 1.1 kg