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Early Modern Wales, c.1525–1640 by J. Gwynfor Jones

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By J. Gwynfor Jones

This paintings is meant to check the most tendencies in Wales throughout the century following the Tudor payment of Wales. Emphasis is put on the social constitution, the framework of presidency and management, and the Reformation cost. The Stuart accession and its repercussions also are thought of when it comes to political, monetary and cultural affairs, in addition to the attitudes of the Welsh gentry to a brand new setting at the eve of the Civil struggle. The paintings makes plentiful use of latest resources to ascertain each one element of the political, governmental and spiritual lifetime of Wales.

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The ' u n se aso n ab le ' harvest of 1585, he maintained, yielded little corn, and the following winter destroyed the cattle. " Regardless of Penry's motives, he drew attention to a serious social problem at the time. William Vaughan of Tor-y-coed, Carmarthenshire, who established a colony called 'CambrioI' in Newfoundland hoping to escape from economic hardship in Wales, denounced the destitute condition of Welsh agrarian life in late Tudor days. The country, he said, was 'not half 35 Early Modern Wales stocked' and cornfields were 'so bare of corne that a stranger could think that the earth produced such grain naturally wild' .

Heads ofjunior branches were also highly esteemed for their bounty and applauded as warmly as any senior paterfamilias in the early decades of the seventeenth century. " The problem was acute in England as well . The broadening of gentry interests together with the threat of economic impoverishment involved them in heavy expenditure that led, among all ranks of privileged society, to a marked reduction in hospitality. An increasing number lost prestige in their native regions, especially in the north of England, because they had moved to London where they settled over long periods and sought advancement - the 'younger sort' it was said c.

The second strand to this 'British' theme embraced ancient traditions whereby the gentry claimed, by virtue of their descent from illustrious British or 42 Social and Economic Foundations early Welsh forebears , the right to participate in government, and this claim became more potent after the union of the two Crowns of England and Scotland in 1603. This historic perspective of the British past was converted by contemporary an tiq uaries into reality in the arguments advanced for Welsh recognition in British politics in the early Stuart period.

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