Bibliography of Welsh history explained

This is a bibliography of published works on the history of Wales. It includes published books (by historians, antiquarians and translators), journals, and educational and academic history-related websites; it does not include self-published works, blogs or user-edited sites. Works may cover aspects of Welsh history inclusively or exclusively (see titles for guidance).

The list's primary purpose is to provide clearly-formatted sources for editors of articles on (or which contain elements of) Welsh history. Wikilinks to authors may provide further bibliographies. A Google Books link may be included, where search terms may yield individual page views or a free e-book.

Mediaeval writers

Anon: Chronicle of the Princes (Brut y Tywysogion) - see 1859
Anon: Annales Cambriae - see 1888
Bede - see online sources
Gerald of Wales - see 1806 and 1868
Gildas - see 1841

18th and 19th centuries

1799 . Cambrian Register . 2 . Williams, Strand, London . - downloadable PDF
Book: Giraldus de Barri . Gerald of Wales . Hoare . Richard . 1806 . The Itinerary of Archbishop Baldwin through Wales, AD 1188 . 2 . William Miller . London .
Book: Fenton, Richard . Richard Fenton . 1811 . A historical tour through Pembrokeshire . Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & co..
Book: Jones, John . 1824 . The History of Wales . J Williams . London.
Book: Giles, John Allen . John Allen Giles. 1841 . The works of Gildas and Nennius from the Latin . James Bohn . London . - downloadable pdf
Book: Lewis, Samuel . Samuel Lewis (publisher) . 1845 . A topographical dictionary of Wales: Abbey to Llandyvrydog . Oxford University . 1 . 3 . - downloadable pdf
Book: Lewis, Samuel . Samuel Lewis (publisher) . 1848 . A topographical dictionary of Wales . S. Lewis & Co. . 2 .
1859 . X . 3 . Archæologia Cambrensis: "Chronicle of the Princes" . - Translated from lost Latin text; in Welsh: Brut y Tywysogion
Book: Dimock . James F. . 1868 . Giraldi Cambrensis opera. Volume 6: Itinerarium Kambriae et Descriptio Kambriae . Longman, Green, Reader, and Dyer . London .
Book: Williams (Ysgafell), Jane . Jane Williams (Ysgafell) . 1869 . A History of Wales: Derived from Authentic Sources . Longmans, Green & Co. . London .
Book: Wilson, John Marius . John Marius Wilson . 1872 . Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales . A. Fullarton & Co. .
Book: Phillips, John Roland . 1874 . Memoirs of the Civil War in Wales and the Marches . Longmans, Green, & Co .
Book: Laws, Edward . 1888 . The History of Little England Beyond Wales . George Bell . London . - written from the perspective of Little England beyond Wales, i.e. Pembrokeshire and southwest Carmarthenshire, but includes wider areas
Book: Phillimore, Egerton . Egerton Phillimore . Phillimore . Egerton . 1888 . Y Cymmrodor . IX . The Annales Cambriae and Old Welsh Genealogies, from Harleian MS. 3859 . https://books.google.com/books?id=aFMrAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA141 . Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion.
Book: Phillimore, Egerton . Egerton Phillimore . Phillimore . Egerton . 1891 . Y Cymmrodor . XI . Note (a) to The Settlement of Brittany . https://books.google.com/books?id=M35QO0vor-EC&pg=PA97 . . 1892 . London.
Book: Meyer, Kuno . Kuno Meyer . Evans . E. Vincent . 1896 . Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion . I . Session 1895–1896 . Early Relations Between Gael and Brython . https://books.google.com/books?id=m1kJAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA4-PA55 . Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion . London.

20th century

Book: Baring-Gould . Sabine . Sabine Baring-Gould . Fisher . John . 1911 . The Lives of the British Saints . The Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion . III . London .
Book: Lloyd, John Edward . John Edward Lloyd . 1912 . A History of Wales from the Earliest Times to the Edwardian Conquest . 2 . Longmans, Green, and Co. . Lloyd history of Wales. .
Book: 1925 . An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire: County of Pembroke . VII . Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales .
Book: Williams, Albert Hughes . 1941 . Prehistoric Times to 1063 . An Introduction to the History of Wales . I . University of Wales Press .
Book: Reid, Alan . 1973 . The castles of Wales . registration . G. Philip . 978-0-540-07052-7.
Book: Laing, Lloyd . Lloyd Laing (archaeologist) . 1975 . The Archaeology of Late Celtic Britain and Ireland, c. 400–1200 AD . Wales and the Isle of Man . Book Club Associates / Methuen & Co. . 1977 . Frome . 978-0-416-65970-2.
Book: Morgan, Kenneth O. . Kenneth O. Morgan . 1981 . Rebirth of a nation: Wales 1880–1980 . Oxford University Press, University of Wales Press . 978-0-19-821736-7 . registration .
Book: Williams, Gwyn A. . Gwyn A. Williams . 1985 . When was Wales?: a history of the Welsh . Black Raven Press . 978-0-85159-003-5.
Book: Cunliffe, Barry . Barry Cunliffe . 1987 . Iron Age communities in Britain . Routledge & Kegan Paul . 2 . 978-1-134-27723-0.
Book: Davies, Rees R. . Rees Davies . 1987 . Conquest, coexistence and change: Wales 1063–1415 . Clarendon Press, University of Wales Press . 978-0-19-821732-9 . 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198208785.001.0001.
Book: Frere, Sheppard Sunderland . Sheppard Frere . 1987 . Britannia: A History of Roman Britain . 3rd, revised . The End of Roman Britain . Routledge & Kegan Paul . London . 978-0-7102-1215-3.
Book: Jenkins, Geraint Huw . Geraint H. Jenkins . 1987 . The foundations of modern Wales, 1642–1780 . Clarendon Press, University of Wales Press . 978-0-19-821734-3.
Book: Williams, Glanmor . Glanmor Williams . 1987 . Recovery, reorientation and reformation: Wales c.1415–1642 . Clarendon Press, University of Wales Press . 978-0-19-821733-6.
Book: Jones . Barri . Barri Jones . Mattingly . David . David Mattingly (author) . 1990 . An Atlas of Roman Britain . The Economy . Blackwell Publishers . 2007 . Cambridge . 978-1-84217-067-0.
Book: Laing . Lloyd . Lloyd Laing (archaeologist) . Laing . Jennifer . 1990 . Celtic Britain and Ireland, c. 200–800: The Myth of the Dark Ages . The non-Romanized zone of Britannia . St. Martin's Press . 1990 . New York . 978-0-312-04767-2.
Book: Walker, David . 1990 . Medieval Wales . Cambridge University Press . 978-0-521-31153-3.
Book: Maund, K. L. . 1991 . Ireland, Wales, and England in the Eleventh Century . Boydell & Brewer Ltd . 978-0-85115-533-3.
Book: Higham, Nicholas . 1992 . Rome, Britain and the Anglo-Saxons: Britain Without Rome . Routledge . London . 978-1-85264-022-4.
Book: Bartrum, Peter . Peter Bartrum . 1993 . A Welsh Classical Dictionary . National Library of Wales . 978-0-7083-0561-4.
Book: Davies, John . John Davies (historian) . 1994 . A History of Wales . Penguin History . 978-0-14-014581-6. - see also 2007 below
Book: Barrett, John C. . 1994 . Fragments from Antiquity
An Archaeology of Social Life in Britain, 2900-1200 BC
. Blackwell . Oxford and Cambridge, Massachusetts . 978-0-631-18954-1 . Bar94.
Book: Lynch, Frances . 1995 . Gwynedd (A guide to ancient and historic Wales series) . HM Stationery Office Books . 978-0-11-701574-6.

21st century

Book: Davies, R. R. . Rees Davies . 2000 . The Age of Conquest: Wales, 1063–1415 . Oxford University Press . Oxford . 978-0-19-820878-5.
Book: Lynch . Frances . Aldhouse-Green . Stephen . Davies . Jeffrey L. . 2000 . Prehistoric Wales . Sutton Publishing . 978-0-7509-2165-7 .
Book: Pettifer, Adrian . August 2000 . Welsh Castles: A Guide by Counties . 1st . . 978-0-85115-778-8 . registration .
Book: 2000 . Roberts . Michael . Clarke . Simone . Women and Gender in Early Modern Wales . University of Wales Press . 978-0-7083-1550-7.
Book: Morgan . Prys . Prys Morgan . Aldhouse-Green . Stephen . Pollard . Joshua . Joshua Pollard . 2001 . History of Wales, 25,000 BC AD 2000 . Wales' Hidden History, Hunter-Gatherer Communities in Wales: The Neolithic . . Stroud, Gloucestershire . 978-0-7524-1983-1.
Book: Remfry, P. M. . 2002 . A Political Chronology of Wales, 1066 to 1282 . SCS Publishing . 978-1-899376-46-9.
Book: Moore, David . 2005 . The Welsh wars of independence: c.410-c.1415 . 2 . Tempus . 978-0-7524-3321-9.
Book: Koch, John T. . 2006 . Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia . ABC-CLIO . 1-5 . 978-1-85109-440-0.
Book: Maund, Kari . 2006 . The Welsh kings: warriors, warlords and princes . Tempus . 3 . 978-0-7524-2973-1.
Book: Davies, John . John Davies (historian) . 2007 . A History of Wales . Penguin History . 978-0-14-028475-1.
Book: Jenkins, Geraint H. . Geraint H. Jenkins . 2007 . A Concise History of Wales . 978-0-521-82367-8 . Cambridge University Press.
Encyclopedia: Davies . John . Jenkins . Nigel . Baines . Menna . Lynch . Peredur I. . 2008 . The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales . 1st . University of Wales Press . Cardiff . 978-0-7083-1953-6.
Book: Davies, John . 2009 . The Making of Wales . The History Press . 2 . 978-0-7524-5241-8.
Book: Williams (Ysgafell), Jane . Jane Williams (Ysgafell) . 2010 . 1st pub. 1869 . A History of Wales: Derived from Authentic Sources . Cambridge University Press . Cambridge . 978-1-108-02085-5 .
Book: Farmer, David . 2011 . The Oxford Dictionary of Saints . Oxford University Press . 978-0-19-959660-7 . 5th., rev.
Book: Charles-Edwards, T. . 2013 . Wales and the Britons, 3501064. 1. Oxford University Press . 978-0-19-821731-2.
Book: Davies, Russell . 2015 . People, Places and Passions:" Pain and Pleasure": A Social History of Wales and the Welsh, 1870–1945 . University of Wales Press . 978-1-78316-237-6.
Book: Allen, Grant . 2016 . Anglo-Saxon Britain . Wentworth Press . 978-1-360-29010-2 .

Online sources

National

Local

Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust
Dyfed Archaeological Trust
Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust
Web site: 2003 . GGAT 72 Overviews . Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust . A Report for Cadw by Edith Evans BA PhD MIFA and Richard Lewis BA.
Gwynedd Archaeological Trust
Web site: 2008 . Iron Age Settlements in Wales: Cadw Defended Enclosures Publication – Hillforts and Hut Groups in North-West Wales . G. H. Smith . Gwynedd Archaeological Trust.