Development of the Municipal Element in the Ancient Principality of North Wales Down to the Act of Union of 1536 Lewis Edward Arthur 1880-1942 Publisher: Henry Sothern & Co Publish Year: 1912 Publish Place: London Illustrator: Unknown Category: Miscellaneous, Foreign Travel, Antiquarian Book, History, Reference Book No: 000429 Status: For Sale Book Condition: Very Good Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Jacket Condition: Unknown Binding: Cloth Book Type: Unknown Edition: First Edition Inscription: Unknown £25 Add to Basket Ask a question Refer to a friend Additional information The Mediaeval Boroughs of Snowdonia A Study of the Rise and . Red cloth, fading at spine with gilt text slightly faded, gilt motif to top cover. Internally, red endpapers, (xviii), 320 pp, printed by T and A Constable at the Edinburgh University Press. LEWIS, historian, was responsible for several early pioneer works on Welsh agrarian and social history. The Mediaeval boroughs of Snowdonia (1912) established principles for later work on the growth of municipal institutions in Wales. Some years earlier there had appeared ' The decay of tribalism in North Wales ' (Trans. Cymm., 1902-3), an impressionistic study revealing considerable insight, together with some studies in Welsh commercial history which foreshadow the best known work of Lewis 's later years - Welsh port books. See NLW WBO for a full Bio.
