Welsh King and His Court

A comprehensive series of 24 papers, collected from a conference on Welsh law held at Greynog in 1993, which focus on the organisation and function of the itinerant medieval Welsh court and the ways in which governmental offices developed from household positions. Drawing on a wide range of legal, historical and literary texts, the contributors examine such varied subjects as the household priest, medics and medicine, court poetry, hunting, food, drink and clothing, laws, manuscripts and customs. Welsh extracts are accompanied by English translations.