Dafydd ap Gwilym, considered to be one of the leading Welsh poets and amongst the great poets of Europe in the Middle Ages.
Tradition has it that he was born at Brogynin, Penrhyn-coch (at the time Llanbadarn Fawr parish), Ceredigion. His father, Gwilym Gam, and mother, Ardudfyl, were both from noble families.
he died in 1350, a possible victim of the Black Death. Tradition says that he was buried within the precinct of the Cistercian Strata Florida Abbey, Ceredigion.
It is believed that about one hundred and seventy of his poems have survived, though many others have been attributed to him over the centuries. His main themes were love and nature.
His best-known works include the following poems:
Morfudd fel yr haul (Morfudd like the sun)
Merched Llanbadarn (The girls of Llanbadarn)
Trafferth mewn tafarn (Trouble in a tavern)
and others.
Tradition has it that he was born at Brogynin, Penrhyn-coch (at the time Llanbadarn Fawr parish), Ceredigion. His father, Gwilym Gam, and mother, Ardudfyl, were both from noble families.
he died in 1350, a possible victim of the Black Death. Tradition says that he was buried within the precinct of the Cistercian Strata Florida Abbey, Ceredigion.
It is believed that about one hundred and seventy of his poems have survived, though many others have been attributed to him over the centuries. His main themes were love and nature.
His best-known works include the following poems:
Morfudd fel yr haul (Morfudd like the sun)
Merched Llanbadarn (The girls of Llanbadarn)
Trafferth mewn tafarn (Trouble in a tavern)
and others.
Dafydd ap Gwilym, considered to be one of the leading Welsh poets and amongst the great poets of Europe in the Middle Ages.
Tradition has it that he was born at Brogynin, Penrhyn-coch (at the time Llanbadarn Fawr parish), Ceredigion. His father, Gwilym Gam, and mother, Ardudfyl, were both from noble families.
he died in 1350, a possible victim of the Black Death. Tradition says that he was buried within the precinct of the Cistercian Strata Florida Abbey, Ceredigion.
It is believed that about one hundred and seventy of his poems have survived, though many others have been attributed to him over the centuries. His main themes were love and nature.
His best-known works include the following poems:
Morfudd fel yr haul (Morfudd like the sun)
Merched Llanbadarn (The girls of Llanbadarn)
Trafferth mewn tafarn (Trouble in a tavern)
and others.
Tradition has it that he was born at Brogynin, Penrhyn-coch (at the time Llanbadarn Fawr parish), Ceredigion. His father, Gwilym Gam, and mother, Ardudfyl, were both from noble families.
he died in 1350, a possible victim of the Black Death. Tradition says that he was buried within the precinct of the Cistercian Strata Florida Abbey, Ceredigion.
It is believed that about one hundred and seventy of his poems have survived, though many others have been attributed to him over the centuries. His main themes were love and nature.
His best-known works include the following poems:
Morfudd fel yr haul (Morfudd like the sun)
Merched Llanbadarn (The girls of Llanbadarn)
Trafferth mewn tafarn (Trouble in a tavern)
and others.
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