This is the third volume of the authoritative history of the county of Gwent, geared towards an understanding of the county’s past for the twenty-first century reader. Volume III is a highly illustrated collection dealing with the early modern period of Welsh history, from the creation of Monmouthshire by the Act of Union in 1536 to the beginnings of industrialization in the later eighteenth century.
Richard Griffiths is professor emeritus at the University of Wales and King’s College London. He is the author of a number of books on British political history, English and French literature, and religion.
Madeleine Gray is professor emerita of ecclesiastical history at the University of South Wales.