Wales glossary
Wales glossary
Wednesday, 8 May 2024, 1:14 PM
Site: Open Learning
Course: Welsh history and its sources (CYMRU_1)
Glossary: Wales glossary
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BondmenThe lower orders in Welsh society consisting of those whose position was roughly equivalent to that of the villein. Their freedom was restricted and they provided labour services. |
Bond tenancySee Bond hamlets. |
Bosworth FieldSee Battle of Bosworth. |
BourgeoisieThe middle class or entrepeneurial, owning, capitalist class created by the Industrial Revolution. |
Brecknock BeaconsBrecon Beacons – the range of hills around Brecon. |
British and Foreign Bible SocietyFounded in 1804 initially to provide inexpensive Bibles in Welsh. |
Bruce, RobertThe sixth (1210–95). Claimant to the Scottish throne, assented to the marriage of Princess Margaret of Scotland to Edward, Prince of Wales, and the Union of England with Scotland, 1290. |
BrutusThe legendary founder of the Britons in Britain. |
BulkeleyThe major landowning family in Anglesey with origins going back beyond the Tudor period. |
BurgageProperty within a borough held by a burgess by payment of rent to the lord. |