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Powys
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Powys [L
pagenses, (land of the) country-dwellers]. Ancient and medieval kingdom of eastern
Wales and now a county, re-formed in 1974, adjacent to the border with England. Believed to have developed from the territories of the ancient Carnovii, Powys reached its apogee during the reign of King Madog ap Maredudd (AD 1138–60), when its borders extended as far north as Pulford, near Chester, and east to the upper Severn. Esteemed for the welcome it extended to minstrels, Powys was called the ‘Garden of Wales’ in the poetry of
Llywarch Hen (9th-10th centuries). Evidence of the Powys dialect is found in the language of the second branch of the
Mabinogi. Powys also provided the background for
Breuddwyd Rhonabwy [The Dream of Rhonabwy], although the kingdom had disappeared by the time the text was composed. Powys is also the name of a castle near the town of Welshpool. The modern county of Powys was forged in 1974 from the former counties of Montgomery, Radnor, and Brecknock; it includes a great deal of territory never a part of medieval Powys and is the most thinly populated of all modern counties. The heroic elements of regional stories prompted Alwyn and Brinley Rees (1961) to see a link between Powys and
Ulster.
Bibliography
See Wendy Davies , Wales in the Early Middle Ages (Leicester, 1982).
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Irresistible long-winded bore: John Cowper Powys ...
Magazine article from: The Atlantic; 8/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...longtime companion of the writer John Cowper Powys. She was a tiny, ancient woman whose...her bones. I asked her how she had met Powys. She said, "It was in Joplin, Missouri, in 1921, and Mr. Powys was lecturing on Dostoevski. The lecture...
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An Irresistible Long-winded Bore.(John Cowper Powys)
Magazine article from: The Atlantic; 8/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; John Cowper Powys wrote about "the three incomprehensibles...longtime companion of the writer John Cowper Powys. She was a tiny, ancient woman whose...her bones. I asked her how she had met Powys. She said, "It was in Joplin, Missouri...
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Narrative progression and receptivity: John Cowper Powys's A Glastonbury Romance.
Magazine article from: Narrative; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...10). Many authors whom John Cowper Powys particularly admired, such as James Joyce...to the influence of his contemporaries, Powys composed several digressive, improbable...at interpretation. The neglect shown to Powys's work by most scholars and teachers...
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Hot shopping tips for Powys shoppers.
M2 Presswire; 2/28/2005; 700+ words
; ...UK Government: Hot shopping tips for Powys shoppers(C)1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:28022005 Shoppers in Powys are being targeted by the OFT with hot...will be joined by representatives from Powys Trading Standards and Consumer Direct Wales...
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North Powys free of foot-and-mouth; OUTBREAK: South Wales Valleys, Monmouthshire and South Powys risk-status downgraded.(News)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 10/23/2001; 700+ words
; Byline: SHEILA COLEMAN NORTH Powys has emerged from the nightmare of foot...disease. From midnight last night North Powys, the worst hit area in Wales, became...foot-and-mouth free", with South Powys, Monmouthshire and the South Wales Valleys...
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Obituary: Ursula Powys-Lybbe
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 2/26/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...1947, the English photographer Ursula Powys-Lybbe set off for the Australian outback...but rugged ex-army Dodge command car, Powys-Lybbe enjoyed an idyll of freedom. With...when the portrait sessions were over, Powys-Lybbe made an Australian documentary...
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Powys cuts could herald job losses across Wales.(News)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 3/9/2006; 700+ words
; ...and worried parents have been lobbying Powys councillors against cuts in the county...schools, children and young people in Powys. 'We have been told that the schools' delegated budget in Powys for 2006-2007 will be cut by 2.5...
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Powys tops the low-pay league.(News)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 12/14/2004; 700+ words
; ...weekly earnings of full-time workers in Powys is the lowest region of all at pounds 369...led to low levels of pay in Wales. In Powys 20% of the population is employed in agriculture...fact that a huge number of people from Powys and Gwynedd are employed in tourism and...
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Letter: Powys back into the dark ages.(Letters)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 10/1/2008; 583 words
; ...the switch-off of many street lights in Powys. The authority has most certainly put...an indictment indeed. I have lived in Powys (and previously in the Breconshire area...money" and it does indeed look as though Powys County Council needs to do what it says...
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Powys patients' lottery.(News)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 7/24/2003; 526 words
; PATIENTS in Powys are treated differently depending on which...inspectors found. The CHI report into Powys Local Health Boards will also today reveal...on equipment. The routine inspection in Powys was fast-tracked following concerns about...
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Powys
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology
Powys [L pagenses , (land of the) country...the territories of the ancient Carnovii, Powys reached its apogee during the reign of King...for the welcome it extended to minstrels, Powys was called the ‘Garden of Wales...
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Powys, kingdom of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
Powys, kingdom of. A Welsh kingdom that survived...the Cornovii ; but the first reference to Powys dates from the 9th cent. Its kings claimed...overrun by Mercians from the mid-7th cent. Powys withstood encroachments from England and...
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John Cowper Powys
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
John Cowper Powys , 1872-1963, British author and lecturer...and A Glastonbury Romance (1932), Powys also wrote poetry and lectured on literature...Collins (1966) and G. Cavaliero (1973). Powys was one of an extraordinary family of writers...
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Powys, John Cowper
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
Powys, John Cowper (1872–1963), brother of Llewelyn and Theodore Powys , was brought up in the Dorset–Somerset...young. Most of the later novels, written after Powys had settled in Wales, share an extravagance of...
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Powys, T. F.
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
Powys, T. F. ( Theodore Francis Powys ) (1875–1953), brother of John Cowper and Llewelyn Powys . East Chaldon, Dorset, provided the background to most of his novels and stories. His works include Soliloquies of a Hermit (1916...
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