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Wales glossary

Wales glossary

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Laissez-faire

Literally 'let be' or 'leave alone'. This policy is particularly associated with governments of the first half of the nineteenth century who endorsed an economic and social policy of interfering as little as possible in economic and social matters.

Laudian High Churchmen

Anglicans following the example of Archbishop Laud (15731645) who emphasised the Catholic inheritance of the Church of England in opposition to the Puritans.

Laws of Hywel Dda

Hywel Dda, died 950, ruler of Ceredigion and Ystrad Tywi. Initiated the codification of Welsh laws in the tenth century, although the first extant manuscript of the laws is from the twelfth century. Welsh law was vital to a sense of Welsh nationality before the conquest.

Leasehold

A form of manorial land tenure.

Leeland, John

Henry VIII’s Royal Antiquary.

Les Ruines


Lewis, Elfed

Nineteenth- and twentieth-century Welsh hymn writer, minister, poet. One of the greatest names in Welsh nonconformity. Born Carmarthenshire.

Lewis, Richard (Dic Penderyn)

(18081831). Born in Aberafon, Glamorgan, and worked as a miner at Merthyr Tydfil. His nickname came from the village of Penderyn, where he lived. Participated in the Merthyr Rising, and was tried and convicted for the murder of a soldier of the Highland Regiment, which was sent to restore order during the Rising. Although believed by many to be innocent, Lewis was hanged in St. Mary Street, Cardiff on August 13, 1831.

Lewis, Saunders

(18931985). Welsh-language academic, poet and writer born in Wallasey, Merseyside. He was a founder of Plaid Genedlaethol Cymru, of which he became first president. Convicted for involvement in the fire at Penyberth ‘bombing school’ in 1936. His radio speech Tynged yr Iaith (‘the fate of the language’) in 1962 inspired the forming of Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg.

Lewis, Sir J. Herbert

Flintshire-born. Close friend of Lloyd George, MP. Educationalist.


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