It was with great sadness that the Society for the Study of Medieval Languages and Literature learned of the death of our Past President (2015-2018), Prof. Julia Boffey, on Friday 11th September 2026.
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4.45 - 16.15 Session 3 / Sesiwn 3
Jenny Day, 'O ‘Gaerau Ffwg’ i ‘Dir Meigion’: hunaniaethau’r Gororau ym marddoniaeth Gutun Owain' (*‘From ‘Caerau Ffwg’ to ‘Tir Meigion’: Marcher Identities in the Poetry of Gutun Owain’)
Gruffudd Antur, ‘Gutun Owain: ailystyried ei lawysgrifau a thymor ei oes' (*‘Gutun Owain: Reconsidering his manuscripts and lifespan’)
Adam Chapman, ‘Negotiating the bounds of Personal Authority in the 15th century March: Edward IV and William Herbert through the eyes of Hywel Dafi and Guto'r Glyn’
16.15-17:00 SSMLL Annual Meeting / Cyfarfod Blynyddol SSMLL
17:00-18:00 SSMLL Keynote Lecture / Darlith Gyweirnod SSMLL
Professor/ Yr Athro Helen Fulton, ‘Political Poetry in the Wars of the Roses: Constructing Marcher Lordship in Welsh, English, and French’
Sunday 26 April / Dydd Sul 26 Ebrill
9:00-11:00 Session 4 / Sesiwn 4
Scott Lloyd, ‘From Tref to Cantref: Mapping Medieval Welsh Boundaries for the Digital Age’
Elissa Chiariotti, ‘The Rubricators of the Hendregadredd Manuscript (NLW MS 6680B)’
Pietro Giusteri, ‘A Digital Scholarly Edition of the Liber Commonei: Work in Progress'
Makenzie Marshall, ‘The Missing Dark Dragon: An Exploration of the Modified ‘Prophecy of the Eagle’ in Peniarth 27ii’
11:00-11.30 Coffee / Coffi
11.30-13:00 Session 5 / Sesiwn 5
Rhiannon Jones, ‘Courtly Love Codes for a Poet’s Politics: A Re-examination of ‘Rhieingerdd Efa ferch Madog ap Maredudd’ by Cynddelw Brydydd Mawr’
Josh Coulthard, ‘ “Boen ar Gymry beunydd”: The Political Worlds of the Uchelwyr in Fourteenth-Century Wales and Beyond'
Philip Hume, ‘Cherchez la Mère (‘shulde Roger Mortimer [d.1282] of right have been Prince of Wales’?)’](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:daqtalmj6l4m7bei6ikjcli3/bafkreiaodc7oehziouwb7n6fat7tk4gslhoeakvkrdubtppn5qhmgj56wq)
