Cynddelw Brydydd Mawr
Cynddelw Brydydd Mawr ap Trahaearn (c. He was the most prominent Welsh poet of the 12th century, noted for his archaising and bombastic style and proud conservatism. He was also likely the teacher of Prydydd y Moch, one of the most important Welsh poets of the thirteenth century.
Cynddelw Brydydd Mawr
- Name
- Cynddelw Brydydd Mawr
- Birth Name
- Cynddelw ap Trahaearn
- Birthplace
- Llanfihangel-yng-Ngwynfa, Mechain, Powys
- Died
- c. 1195
- Occupation
- Bard
- Movement
- Poets of the Princes
- Born
- 1155
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Cynddelw Brydydd Mawr ap Trahaearn (c. He was the most prominent Welsh poet of the 12th century, noted for his archaising and bombastic style and proud conservatism. He was also likely the teacher of Prydydd y Moch, one of the most important Welsh poets of the thirteenth century.
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• Name — Cynddelw Brydydd Mawr • Birth Name — Cynddelw ap Trahaearn • Birthplace — Llanfihangel-yng-Ngwynfa, Mechain, Powys • Died — c. 1195 • Resting Place —?Strata Marcella, Mechain, Southern Powys • Occupation — Bard • Language — Middle Welsh • Period — Gogynfeirdd • Genres — * Panegyric • hymns • love poetry • elegy • satire • Movement — Poets of the Princes • Children — * Dygynnelw ap Cynddelw • Llywarch ap Cynddelw • Years Active — c. 1155c. 1195
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Cynddelw's date of birth is unknown, but a pair of lines in his marwysgafn (death-bed poem) may refer to the name of his home parish: As Cynddelw began his career in Powys, this suggests he was born in Llanfihangel-yng-Ngwynfa, then a part of the cantref of Mechain in the Kingdom of Powys.
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- 1.Jones, Parry Owen, 1991, p=xxviii
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- University of Wales Press. Gwaith Cynddelw Brydydd Mawr. 1. 1991. 9780708310861.
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