Llygad Gŵr Explained
Llygad Gŵr (fl. 1268 or 1258 – c. 1293,[1]) was a Welsh-language poet in the court of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd.
His surviving works are a sequence of five awdlau for Llywelyn and four poems that praise the dynasty of Powys Fadog.[2]
In his poetry, he envisions Wales as a single united nation with Llywelyn as its head and supreme power: "the true king of Wales". This has been called "the most 'nationalist' poetry in Welsh before the days of Glyn Dwr".[3]
Sources
- s-LLYG-GWR-1268 . Llygad Gŵr . David Myrddin . Lloyd . 1959 . 16 October 2015.
- J. Lloyd-Jones, 'The Court Poets of the Welsh Princes', Proceedings of the British Academy, 1948
- P. I. Lynch, 'Court Poetry, Power and Politics' in The Welsh King and His Court pp. 167–190, edited by T. M. Charles-Edwards, Morfydd E. Owen and Paul Russell, University of Wales Press, Cardiff, 2000.
External links
- Llygad Gŵr, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Notes and References
- Lynch 2000:167
- Lynch 2000:173
- Lloyd 1959
