List Of Writers
REES, EDWARD ARFON
E.A. Rees is a native of Tywyn, Gwynedd. He studied at the universities of York and Birmingham, and has taught at the universities of Keele and Birmingham. He is a specialist on Russian history and has published widely in this field. Edward is currently Professor of East European History at the European University Institute in Florence. He has an active interest in Welsh history and is the author of a study on lawlessness in Wales in the decades following the Glyndwr rebellion, Welsh Outlaws and Bandits.
Selected Publications:
The Soviet Communist Party in Disarray: The XXVIII Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Studies in Russian & East European History & Society) (Palgrave Macmillan, 1992)
Stalinism and Soviet Rail Transport (St. Martin’s Press, 1995)
Welsh Outlaws and Bandits: Political Rebellion and Lawlessness in Wales, 1400-1603 (Caterwen, 2001)
Centre-local Relations in the Stalinist States 1928-1941 (Studies in Russian & East European History & Society) (Palgrave Macmillan, 2002)
Political Thought from Machiavelli to Stalin: Revolutionary Machiavellism (Palgrave Macmillan, 2004)
A Life of Guto’r Glyn (Y Lolfa, 2008)
Contributed to:
Soviet History, 1917-53 (co-editor) (Palgrave Macmillan, 1995)
The Nature of Stalin’s Dictatorship: The Politburo, 1924-1953 (editor) (Palgrave Macmillan, 2004)
Leader Culture in Communist Dictatorships: Stalin and the Eastern Bloc (co-editor) (Palgrave Macmillan, 2004)
A Life of Guto’r Glyn (Y Lolfa, 2008)
The Welsh bard Guto’r Glyn flourished between c 1430 and c 1490 and is one of the outstanding poets of the golden age of Welsh poetry. Born in the Dee valley, he was buried at the monastery of Valle Crucis near Llangollen. Based on a close reading of his poems and those of his fellow bards, this book provides the first full biography. It describes Guto’s career as poet and soldier and follows him into the courts of his patrons, lay and ecclesiastical, in North and South Wales. The work explores the social and cultural world of fifteenth century Wales and analyses Guto’s reflections on the major political events of his day.
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