The Valiant Welshman, the Scottish James, and the Formation of Great Britain

Megan Lloyd

Published by Medieval Institute Publications 2019

The Valiant Welshman, the Scottish James, and the Formation of Great Britain

Megan Lloyd

In the series Research in Medieval and Early Modern Culture

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781580443548

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When James VI of Scotland and I of England proclaimed himself King of Great Britain he proposed a merger of parliaments as he had joined two crowns in his own person ascending the throne of England in 1603. For James, the Cambro-Celtic past led to an Anglo-Scottish present, and Wales stood as the ideal.　Although the parliamentary union of Great Britain was not initiated for another 100 years, Parliament’s denial failed to deter James from wanting a Great Britain, and R. A.’s play The Valiant Welshman became part of the public spectacle of unity required to nurture James’s dream. The Valiant Welshman, the Scottish James, and the Formation of Great Britain　considers national, regional and linguistic identity and explores how R.A.’s play promotes Wales, serves King James and reveals what it means to be Welsh and Scots in a newly forming "Great Britain."

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Megan S. Lloyd, King's College, USA.

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"Although written from an English point-of-view, R.A.'s The Valiant Welshman stands as a corrective, not only to this omission, but to the simplistic, stereotyped, and unflattering portraits that characterized early modern English presentations of the Welsh and Wales."
Alison Taufer in: The Medieval Review 19.11.24

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. “Be dumbe you scornefull English”: Caradoc and the Voice of Union Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
2. R. A.’s Valiant Welshmen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
3. Caradoc the Valiant Englishman? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
4. Morgan the Valiant Welshman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
5. What’s in a Name? Wales and James’s Great Britain Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	119
6. R. A.’s Welsh Correction: Th e Valiant Welshman and Jacobean Drama Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
Conclusion: “[W]e [are] in danger of impatient ears” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187

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Language: English
Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications
Audience: Medievalists, historians, literary scholars
Pages
- Main content: 185
Keywords: King James VI and I; Union of Parliaments; Caradoc; Nation forming

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Published: December 3, 2018
ISBN: 9781580443548

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Published: December 3, 2018
ISBN: 9781580443531