From the Enlightenment to the reviwal of Eisteddfodd

Question 1

Consequences of the Acts of Union (1536, 1543)

Answer 1

-Gentry left for London
-no patronage for poets
-Welsh a non official language

Question 1

Acts of Union:

Answer 1

1536, 1543

Question 2

First book to be published in Welsh:

Answer 2

Yn Y Llyvyr hwnn
(religious text)

Question 3

Translation of the Bible to Welsh:

Answer 3

1567

Question 4

What did the first translation of the Bible include & who was it written by?

Answer 4

-archaic language
-Book of Common Prayer & New Testament
-William Salesbury

Question 5

Who firstly translated the whole Bible?

Answer 5

William Morgan (1588)
-standarised language based on the language of the poets

Question 6

Revised Bible of….. by….

Answer 6

1620, by Dr John Davies

Question 7

What helped to preserve the Welsh language?

Answer 7

Church (chappel)

Question 8

Most proliphic poet of the 17th century:

Answer 8

Huw Morys, used cynghanedd

Question 9

Political & religious text that’s a conversation between an eagle, a dove and a raven:

Answer 9

“Llyfr y Tri Aderyn”
-by Morgan Llwyd

Question 10

What do the birds (aderyn) symbolize in “Llyfr y Tri Aderyn” by Morgan Llwyd?

Answer 10

-eagle (goverment & Oliver Cromwell)
-dove (Puritan saints)
-raven (Church of England)

Question 11

two most proliphic poets of the 17th century:

Answer 11

1. Huw Morys
2. Hen Benillion
3. Morgan Llwyd (“Llyfr y Tri Aderyn”)

Question 12

(18th c.) Who was critical of the new interest in folk lit?

Answer 12

Goronwy Owen -an Enlightenment man, personal poems, elegy for his daughter

Question 13

Who’s connected to the Methodist reival?

Answer 13

William Williams

Question 14

What’s William Williams also called?

Answer 14

Williams Pantycelyn from Pantycelyn

Question 15

What was William Williams known for?

Answer 15

one of the msot significant Welsh writers, 1000 hymns, most in Welsh, Christ>worldly things

Question 16

Whose hymn is sung at rugby matches?

Answer 16

William Williams wrote it

Question 17

Who wrote hymns, love songs (vivid), had great knowledge of the Bible?

Answer 17

Ann Griffiths

Question 18

Who’s credited for neo-druidism

Answer 18

Iolo Morgannwg

Question 19

What did Iolo Morgannwg create?

Answer 19

Druid Gorsedd assembly
(later on it became a part of the Eisteddfod)

Question 20

What’s the controversy of Iolo Morgannwg?

Answer 20

-forgeries
-made up a runic system

Question 21

What’s the runic system Iolo Morgannwg made up?

Answer 21

Coelbren y Beirdd

Question 22

When & Where was the first Eisteddfod (in its present form)?

Answer 22

Aberdane 1860

Question 23

What did Iolo Morgannwg advocate for?

Answer 23

Welsh National Library, folk museum