The Welsh Language Before the Industrial Revolution

• Author(s): Geraint H. Jenkins,
• Publisher: University of Wales Press
• Pages: 455
• ISBN_10: 070831418X
  ISBN_13: 9780708314180
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Foreign Language Study / Celtic Languages , History / Social History , Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General ,

Description:... The Welsh language is the oldest living European language. This volume surveys the social history of the language in modern times. Its political status is considered, together with the use of Welsh in the courts, and in religion, education and scholarship. The promotion of the status of Welsh is also discussed, to counteract the stigma attached to it by the language clause of 1536.