'Y gr a gyll y goron': poetry and politics in fifteenth-century Wales

长期以来，《贵族诗人》(Beirdd Yr Uchelwyr)的证词一直被认为是后征服威尔士社会、文化和政治史的宝贵来源。这一项目旨在全面研究从格林·都铎叛乱失败到亨利·都铎登基英国王位这几十年间威尔士政治和专业诗歌的相互关系。它将解决以下研究问题：巴拉迪亚诗歌作为历史来源的可信度有多高？关于中世纪晚期威尔士的政治文化，这些材料能告诉我们什么？诗人们是如何用修辞和话语来处理当时的重大历史事件的？威尔士领导人在多大程度上利用诗歌表演作为政治戏剧的场所和政治沟通的工具？虽然在这些主题上都有一些优秀的作品，但发表的批评往往采取的形式要么是对单个全集或文本样本进行更详细的研究，要么是早就应该进行的专著长度的重新评估。

The testimony of 'the poets of the nobility' (beirdd yr uchelwyr) has long been recognised as aninvaluable source for the social, cultural, and political history of post-conquest Wales. This projectaims to provide a comprehensive study of the interrelationship of Welsh politics and professionalpoetry in the decades between the collapse of the Glyn Dwr rebellion and the accession of HenryTudor to the English throne. It will address the following research questions: how credible is thebardic poetry as an historical source? What can this material tell us about the political culture of latemedieval Wales? How did the poets engage rhetorically and discursively with the major historicalevents of the day? To what extent did Welsh leaders make use of poetic performance as a site ofpolitical theatre and as a vehicle for political communication? While some excellent work has beendone on each of these topics, published criticism has tended to take the form either of general surveysor of more detailed studies of a single oeuvre or sample of texts, and a monograph-length reappraisalis by now long overdue.