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Owain Glyndŵr's Peacocks: Fourteenth Century Designed Landscapes at Sycharth and Glyndyfrdwy

Owain Glyndŵr's Peacocks: Fourteenth Century Designed Landscapes at Sycharth and Glyndyfrdwy Elements of extensive and sophisticated fourteenth century designed landscapes can be recognised around Owain Glyndŵr's residences at Sycharth and Glyndyfrdwy. A contemporary poem describing the Sycharth landscape aids in its reconstruction and the existence of a park at Glyndyfrdwy is attested to by a notice of the destruction of its lodge. These places existed within a complex colonial landscape made up of both shired land and marcher lordships, the latter characterised by a profusion of parks and forests. Features comparable to those seen at Sycharth and Glyndyfrdwy can be identified across this area, at the seats of county gentry and Welsh barons, as well as those of English lords. Examination of these and other places helps assess Sycharth and Glyndyfrdwy in terms of the ways in which they manifested aspects of Glyndŵr's peculiar position in border society in the years leading up to his proclamation as Prince of Wales in 1400. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Landscapes Taylor & Francis

Owain Glyndŵr's Peacocks: Fourteenth Century Designed Landscapes at Sycharth and Glyndyfrdwy

Wiles, John
Landscapes , Volume 17 (1): 22 – Jan 2, 2016
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Taylor & Francis
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© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group
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2040-8153
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1466-2035
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10.1080/14662035.2016.1169036
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Abstract

Elements of extensive and sophisticated fourteenth century designed landscapes can be recognised around Owain Glyndŵr's residences at Sycharth and Glyndyfrdwy. A contemporary poem describing the Sycharth landscape aids in its reconstruction and the existence of a park at Glyndyfrdwy is attested to by a notice of the destruction of its lodge. These places existed within a complex colonial landscape made up of both shired land and marcher lordships, the latter characterised by a profusion of parks and forests. Features comparable to those seen at Sycharth and Glyndyfrdwy can be identified across this area, at the seats of county gentry and Welsh barons, as well as those of English lords. Examination of these and other places helps assess Sycharth and Glyndyfrdwy in terms of the ways in which they manifested aspects of Glyndŵr's peculiar position in border society in the years leading up to his proclamation as Prince of Wales in 1400.

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Landscapes – Taylor & Francis

Published: Jan 2, 2016

Keywords: medieval designed landscapes; Owain Glyndŵr; medieval status; phenomenology; fishponds

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