Rhys Brydydd (fl. mid-15th century) was a
Welsh language
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poet from
Tir Iarll
Tir Iarll (meaning "Earl's Land" in English; ), is the traditional name of an area of Glamorgan, Wales, which has long had a particular resonance in Welsh culture.
In medieval times Tir Iarll was a cwmwd covering the present-day parishes of Ll ...
,
Glamorgan
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, Government = Glamorgan County Council (1889–1974)
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, Code = GLA
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* West Glamorgan
* Mid Glamorgan
* South Glamorgan
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, south
Wales
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Only four of his compositions survive, all of them
cywydd
The cywydd (; plural ) is one of the most important metrical forms in traditional Welsh poetry (cerdd dafod).
There are a variety of forms of the cywydd, but the word on its own is generally used to refer to the ("long-lined couplet") as it is b ...
au.
He was either the brother or father of
Gwilym Tew
Gwilym Tew ( fl. 1460 – 1480) was a Welsh-language poet and manuscript copyist from Tir Iarll, Glamorgan.
It is probable that his father was the poet Rhys Brydydd and that another poet of the same family, Rhisiart ap Rhys
Rhisiart ap Rhys (fl. ...
and the father of the poet
Rhisiart ap Rhys
Rhisiart ap Rhys (fl. c. 1495 – c. 1510) was a Welsh-language poet from the cwmwd of Tir Iarll, Glamorgan.
He was the son of Rhys Brydydd and nephew, in all probability, to the poet Gwilym Tew
Gwilym Tew ( fl. 1460 – 1480) was a Welsh-la ...
.
Bibliography
*Eurys I. Rowlands (ed.), ''Gwaith Rhys Brydydd a Rhisiart ap Rhys'' (Cardiff, 1976)
Welsh-language poets
15th-century Welsh poets
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