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Renaissance and the Eighteenth century Flashcards

1
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Famous poet of the 14th century:

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Iolo Goch

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Iolo Goch was a contemporary of…

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Dafydd ap Gwilym

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What genre did Iolo Goch adapt to new times?

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Praise poetry

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Tradition in Iolo Goch’s poetry (4):

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-cywydd metre
-modes of euology
-vocab
-imagery

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5
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Iolo Goch had ideals of…

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-social responsibility

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Iolo Goch’s views towards the crown

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Ambigious, loyal but resentful

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Compare Iolo Goch and Dafydd ap Gwilym’s views:

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Iolo Goch was more conservative and less radical

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Where’s Iolo Goch from?

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Vale of Clwyd (North-East)

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What powerful person did Iolo Goch address in his poem?

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King Edward III

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What was Iolo Goch concerned about?

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social disintegration, need to preserve the established order

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Cywyddwyr - meaning

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Poets who use the cywydd metre
(Period of Cywyddwyr)

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When was the Period o Cyddwyr and what was it also called?

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1300-1600 (14th -17th)
Poets of the Nobility

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Iolo Goch’s most famous patron:

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Owain Glyndŵr

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What did Owain Glyndŵr do?

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rebelled against the English

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Iolo Goch created one of the first….

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descriptions of noble houses in the late Middle Ages
(detailed materially)

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For whom did Iolo Goch write a house description?

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Owain Glyndŵr

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Device characteristic of all cywyddwyr…

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devide of dream vision

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18
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Where does Iolo Goch use the devide of dream vision?

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“Cricieth Castle”

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Describe “Cricieth Castle”’s story:

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-elegy, the poet appeals to his dead love, opens her grave, scolds her for being silent

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When does Welsh poetry flourish?

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15th century

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Eisteddfod in the 15th century:

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1451 - Eisteddfod at Carmarthen

22
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Largest amount of Medieval Welsh poetry comes from:

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Lewys Glyn Gothi (preserved his work in writing)

23
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Request poem - in Welsh, explain

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Cywydd gofyn, poet asks patron for a gift, social poetry (skills & friendship)

24
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Best poet of the 15th century:

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Tudur Aled -ornamentation, imagery, range of genres

25
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Prophetic poems in Welsh:

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Cywyddau brud

26
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Prophetic poems (Cywyddau brud) used …. imagery:

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Animal symbolism of Geffrey of Monmouth’s Merlin prophecies

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When does prophetic poetry (cywyddau brud) end?

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When Henry Tudor becomes King (1485)

28
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Satire in the 15thc

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Dychan -cursing other poets or not generous nobles
(reduced social standing of satire)

29
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Female poet in the 15thc:

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Gwerful Mechain (sexuality, religious verse)

30
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Poet focused on morality and vanity of all things:

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Siôn Cent

31
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Decline of the bardic order…
(podaj wiek)

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16th century
(harder to make a living)

32
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When & why did the bardic order end?

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-17/18th century
-anglicization, no patronage
-conservatism bardic order VS renaissance

CRAFT GIVEN TO AMATEURS

33
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Welsh language in the Renaissance:

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seen as inferior to Latin & Greek, underwent many changes, adde vocab, linguistic standards

34
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First book ever printed in Welsh:

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Y Lhyvyr Hwnn -basic religious text

35
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…..created a Welsh-English dictionary in 1547

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William Salesbury

36
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What did William Salesbury do?

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Welsh-English dictionary (1547), was a linguist, proverbs, science, law, religion

37
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What type of poetry emerged in the Renaissance?

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Free Metre poetry

38
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Describe free metre poetry

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no cynghanedd, mostly religious / hen benillion

39
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How many meters did the bardic system have

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24

40
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Describe hen benillion

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-folk verse
-simple 4 line stanzas
-harp accompaniament
-female POV
-annonymous, common human experience

41
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Two patriotic societies to promote Welsh culture:

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  1. Cymmrodorion
  2. Gwyneddigon
42
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What was the capital of the Welsh literary life in the 16th century?

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London

43
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Country poets in Welsh:

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Beirdd Gwlad

44
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Who invented the concept of hiraeth?

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Goronwy Owen

45
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Greatest neo-classical poet & priest:

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Goronwy Owen

46
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Book that tried to recreate the nation in a romantic light

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Archeologia Britannica

47
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…..aimed to improve morals by satire on their (Welsh?) sins.

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Ellis Wynne

48
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Work of Ellis Wynne

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“Visions of the Sleeping Bard”

49
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Welsh history from the Tower of Babel to the death of Llywellyn ap Gruffudd:

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“The Mirror of the 1st Ages” -Theophilius Evans

50
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What did Theophilius Evans include in his “Mirror of the 1st Ages”?

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  1. descent from Noah’s grandson (Gomer -Gomeraeg)
  2. link with Troy (through Brutus)
  3. Hengist’s trachery, his daughter Rhonwen

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