J. Wyn Evans & Jonathan M Wooding 
St David of Wales: Cult, Church and Nation [PDF ebook] 

All aspects of the cult of St David, patron saint of Wales, are examined in this wide-ranging volume.


The cult of St David has been an enduring symbol of Welsh identity across more than a millennium. This volume, published to commemorate the fourteenth centenary of the death of the saint, traces the evidence for the cult of St David through archaeological, historical, hagiographical, liturgical, and toponymic evidence, and considers the role of the cult and church of St David in the history of Welsh society, politics, and landscape. The collection includesa new edition and translation of the
Life of St David by Rhygyfarch, based on the text in British Library Ms. Cotton Vespasian A.xiv, as well as new evidence concerning the relics of the saint enshrined in St Davids Cathedral.


J. WYN EVANS is the Dean of St Davids Cathedral. JONATHAN M. WOODING is Director of the Centre for the Study of Religion in Celtic Societies at University of Wales Lampeter.


Contributors: JULIA BARROW, JANE CARTWRIGHT, FRED COWLEY, JOHN REUBEN DAVIES, OWAIN TUDOR EDWARDS, J. WYN EVANS, G.R. ISAAC, DANIEL HUWS, DAVID HOWLETT, T.F.G. HIGHAM, HEATHER JAMES, JOHN MORGAN-GUY, L.D.M NOKES, HUW PRYCE, C. BRONK RAMSEY, MARK REDKNAP, RICHARD SHARPE, BERNARD TANGUY, +GLANMOR WILLIAMS, JONATHAN M. WOODING, W.N. YATES.

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The figure of David – Jonathan M Wooding

Transition and survival: St Davids and St Davids Cathedral – J. Wyn Evans

The geography of the cult of St David: a study of dedication patterns in the medieval diocese – Heather James

St Davids adn a new link with the Hiberno-Norse world – Mark Redknap

Which text is Rhygyfarch’s
Life of St David? – Richard Sharpe

Rhygyfarch’s
Life of St David – John Reuben Davies

Some observations on the `Nero’, `Digby’, and `Vespian’ recensions of
Vita S. David – John Reuben Davies

Armes Prydain Fawr and St David – Graham Isaac

The cult of St Non: rape, sanctity and motherhood in Welsh and Breton hagiography – Jane Cartwright

The cults of SS. Nonne and Divi in Brittany – Bernard Tanguy

St David in the liturgy: a review of sources – Daniel Huws

The office of St David in Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, ms. lat. 17294 – Owain Tudor Edwards

A triad of texts about St David – David R. Howlett

The relics of St David: the historical evidence – Fred Cowley

AMS radiocarbon dating of bones from St Davids cathedral – Thomas Higham

Shrine and counter-shrine in 1920s and 1930s Dewisland? – John Morgan-Guy

The archbishoprics of St Davids and the bishops of
Clas Cynidr – John Reuben Davies

The dynasty of Deheubarth and the church of St Davids – Huw Pryce

The statutes of St Davids Cathedral 1224-1259 – Julia Barrow

The crisis of the sixteenth century – Glanmor Williams

The diocese of St Davids in the early nineteenth century: a reappraisal – Nigel Yates

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Richard Sharpe FBA (1954-2020) Professor of Diplomatic in the University of Oxford, and President of the Surtees Society from 2002, was one of Britain’s most eminent manuscript scholars with over 200 publications before he died. He left unfinished his study of the early deeds of the great Benedictine abbey of St Mary in York, which has been completed in his memory by the society.