Did This Woman Add a Female Touch to the Mabinogion? ; Experts Clash Over Theory of Female Author for Famous Text
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THE Mabinogion - regarded as the most important text in Welsh literature - has helped spawn everything from King Arthur to Lord of the Rings.
And the medieval masterpiece, which was first translated by Lady Charlotte Guest, is widely thought to have been written by a man, perhaps a monk.See the full content of this document
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Did This Woman Add a Female Touch to the Mabinogion? ; Experts Clash Over Theory of Female Author for Famous Text
But now academic Andrew Breeze has published a controversial new book arguing the most important parts of the tome were written by a woman.
He names her as the very well-connected Gwenllian. Born in 1097, she was the daughter of Gruff...See the full content of this document
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