Wales glossary
Wales glossary
Saturday, 18 May 2024, 12:44 AM
Site: Open Learning
Course: Welsh history and its sources (CYMRU_1)
Glossary: Wales glossary
E
EncroachmentThe process by which land was taken over bit by bit by neighbouring landowners. |
EnglishriesAreas in Wales which had been settled by the English, as opposed to ‘Welshries’. |
EnlightenmentEighteenth-century philosophical movement stressing the importance of reason as against received authority and tradition, especially in religious masters. The century is often called the ‘Age of Reason’. |
EntrepôtA centre, usually a port, for the collection, storage, shipment and distribution of goods. |
EscheatLands which reverted to the lord of the manor by, for example, right of wardship (administration of the land of minors). |
Established ChurchThe Anglican Church (The Church of England). See Disestablishment. |
Evans, Caradoc(1878–1945). Cardiganshire novelist. |
Evans, ChristmasOne of the most famous of Welsh preachers. Died 1838. Baptist. Native of Cardiganshire. Ministered in north and south Wales. Known for his vivid, imaginative sermons. |
Evans, E. Herber(1836–96) Draper’s assistant who became one of the great Welsh pulpit orators and principal of the Bala-Bangor College. |
Evans, Gwynfor(1912–2005). Lawyer, politician and writer who became the first Plaid Cymru MP after winning a by-election in Carmarthen in 1966. |