Gorhoffedd Hywel ab Owain Gwynedd information

"Gorhoffedd Hywel ab Owain Gwynedd", sometimes known in English as "Hywel's Boast",^[1]^[2]^[3] has historically been considered a poem by the mid-12th-century prince, warrior and poet Hywel ab Owain Gwynedd. However, some scholars now believe it to be two quite separate poems by Hywel which have become fused together in the process of manuscript transmission. It is his best-known work.^[4] In the first half the poet expresses his love of his native Gwynedd – its scenery, its men and women – and boasts of his own prowess in defending them; in the second he praises several Welsh ladies and tells us how many of them are sexual conquests of his. According to the writer Gwyn Williams, "The sharpness and clarity of the North Wales landscape has never been so well caught in words, nor have tenderness and humour been better mingled in the expression of love".^[5]

^ Lofmark, Carl (1989). Bards and Heroes. Felinferch: Llanerch. p. 79. ISBN 0-947992-34-0. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
^ Ford 1999, p. 208.
^ Jones, Nerys Ann (2006). "Hywel ab Owain Gwynedd". In Koch, John T. (ed.). Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia. Volume 3. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO. p. 945. ISBN 978-1-85109-440-0. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
^ Fisher, Deborah (2010). Royal Wales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-7083-2214-7. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
^ Williams 1953, p. 83.

[1] Lofmark, Carl (1989). Bards and Heroes. Felinferch: Llanerch. p. 79. ISBN 0-947992-34-0. Retrieved 17 July 2022.

[FOOTNOTEFord1999208-2] Ford 1999, p. 208.

[3] Jones, Nerys Ann (2006). "Hywel ab Owain Gwynedd". In Koch, John T. (ed.). Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia. Volume 3. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO. p. 945. ISBN 978-1-85109-440-0. Retrieved 17 July 2022.

[4] Fisher, Deborah (2010). Royal Wales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-7083-2214-7. Retrieved 24 July 2022.

[FOOTNOTEWilliams195383-5] Williams 1953, p. 83.