Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1783160055
ISBN-13
9781783160051
Edition
2 New edition
Publisher
University of Wales Press
Imprint
University of Wales Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 31st, 2013
Print length
237 Pages
Weight
316 grams
Dimensions
13.90 x 21.40 x 1.80 cms
Product Classification:
British & Irish history
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In this volume the author examines the reality and mythology of the martyrdom of Dic Penderyn, hanged for insurrection in 1831. He argues that the events of 1831 were central to the emergence of a working class in south Wales.
Gwyn A. Williams here tells the story of the Merthyr Rising of 1831, an uprising in which thousands of iron workers employed by William Crawshay II took to the streets of Merthyr Tydfil in South Wales to protest the Reform Bill of 1831, which resulted in, among other things, the lowering of their wages. The rebels drove the military out of town but were eventually crushed when troops returned in greater numbers. Drawing on many firsthand accounts, Williams recounts the insurrection, arguing that the events of 1831 in Merthyr were central to the emergence of a working class in South Wales.
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