Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgements ix
4. List of Abbreviations xi
5. Map of North-East Wales xii
6. Introduction 1
7. Part 1. Welsh Historical Culture
8. Introduction 23
9. 1 How Was History Written in Wales? 25
10. 2 The Character and Purpose of Welsh Historical Culture 44
11. 3 Connecting Welsh Historical Culture 60
12. 4 Thomas Mostyn: Collections, Historical Writing, and Welsh Identity 78
13. Part 2. Religion
14. Introduction 95
15. 5 The Welshness of the Church of England 97
16. 6 The North-East Welsh Gentry and Their Catholic Neighbours 115
17. 7 Puritanism and the North-East Welsh Gentry, 1640–88 127
18. 8 Sir Thomas Hanmer: Episcopalian Squire or ‘Church-Papist’? 143
19. Part 3. Royalism and Loyalism
20. Introduction 159
21. 9 Loyalty in the Region and the Nation 161
22. 10 Royalism 179
23. 11 North-East Welsh Royalism and Loyalism, 1660–85 196
24. 12 Robert Davies III: Royalism and Loyalism in North-East Wales 209
25. Epilogue 223
26. Bibliography 243
27. Index 261