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Joan, Lady of Wales: Power and Politics of King John’s Daughter

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The history of women in medieval Wales before the English conquest of 1282 is largely shrouded in mystery. This first-ever account of Joan or Siwan, wife of Llywelyn the Great, interweaves details of her life and relationships with gendered re-assessment of Anglo-Welsh politics by highlighting her involvement in affairs and events that have previously gone unrecorded.

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Bu cryn gyfrinachedd ynghylch hanes gwragedd yng Nghymru yn ystod y canol oesoedd cyn concwest 1282. Mae’r gyfrol hon am Siwan (Joan), gwraig Llywelyn Fawr, yn plethu manylion am ei bywyd a’i pherthynas ag eraill, gydag ailasesiad o safle’r ferch mewn gwleidyddiaeth, ac yn uwcholeuo ei hymwneud hi yn nigwyddiadau’r cyfnod, materion na chofnodwyd hyd yma.
The history of women in medieval Wales before the English conquest of 1282 is largely shrouded in mystery. This first-ever account of Joan or Siwan, wife of Llywelyn the Great, interweaves details of her life and relationships with gendered re-assessment of Anglo-Welsh politics by highlighting her involvement in affairs and events that have previously gone unrecorded.

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English