![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In doing so, she can more fully account for the cultural (and even political) significance of narrative memories of Glyndwr than would have been possible in a more "purely historical" approach. Thus, in her study she shows how folklore and history commingle, how history becomes folklore and folklore becomes history. What Elissa Henken brings that is new to this quest are the training and research methods of a folklorist in addition to the demanding methodology of the historian. Those who are not specialists will perhaps remember this Owain as Shakespeare's Glendower, but historians have long sought to get at the "real" Glyndwr behind this biased image. In this recent book on the extraordinary late medieval hero Owain Glyndwr, she has extended her research to one of the most significant culture heroes in all Welsh secular history, and she has once again produced a work that will point the direction for further research for many years to come. For over a decade, scholars interested in the early history, hagiography and folklore of Wales have recognized Elissa Henken's books on Welsh saints' lives as the definitive treatments of their subject. ![]()
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