St David of Wales: Cult, Church and Nation

J. Wyn Evans, Jonathan M. Wooding

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

The figure of David - Jonathan M WoodingTransition and survival: St Davids and St Davids Cathedral - J. Wyn EvansThe geography of the cult of St David: a study of dedication patterns in the medieval diocese - Heather JamesSt Davids adn a new link with the Hiberno-Norse world - Mark RedknapWhich text is Rhygyfarch's Life of St David? - Richard SharpeRhygyfarch's Life of St David - John Reuben DaviesSome observations on the `Nero', `Digby', and `Vespian' recensions of Vita S. David - John Reuben DaviesArmes Prydain Fawr and St David - Graham IsaacThe cult of St Non: rape, sanctity and motherhood in Welsh and Breton hagiography - Jane CartwrightThe cults of SS. Nonne and Divi in Brittany - Bernard TanguySt David in the liturgy: a review of sources - Daniel HuwsThe office of St David in Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, ms. lat. 17294 - Owain Tudor EdwardsA triad of texts about St David - David R. HowlettThe relics of St David: the historical evidence - Fred CowleyAMS radiocarbon dating of bones from St Davids cathedral - Thomas HighamShrine and counter-shrine in 1920s and 1930s Dewisland? - John Morgan-GuyThe archbishoprics of St Davids and the bishops of Clas Cynidr - John Reuben DaviesThe dynasty of Deheubarth and the church of St Davids - Huw PryceThe statutes of St Davids Cathedral 1224-1259 - Julia BarrowThe crisis of the sixteenth century - Glanmor WilliamsThe diocese of St Davids in the early nineteenth century: a reappraisal - Nigel Yates