Edrychwn yn y bennod hon ar lendyddiaeth Gymraeg ar ddwy ochr y rhwyg ideolegol ar ôl i’r rhyfeloedd rhwng y Senedd a’r Brenin ddod i ben. Cewch glywed Rolant Fychan yn cyfaddef na lwyddodd gyda’i ‘gleddyf coch’ i ladd bygythiadau radicalaidd i’r drefn yn ystod y rhyfeloedd, ac yntau’n ceisio gwneud fel awdur yr hyn y methodd ei wneud fel milwr. Ceir cipolwg hefyd ar ddrama Gymraeg sy’n dathlu adferiad yr hen drefn a ddaeth gydag adferiad y frenhiniaeth yn 1660, a’r bobl bellach yn rhydd o’r cyfreithiau Piwritanaidd a oedd wedi gwahardd y fath berfformiadau ac yn cael mwynhau canu a dawnsio eto. Ystyriwn hefyd waith llenyddol y genhedlaeth nesaf o Biwritaniaid, gan gynnwys cyfieithiad Cymraeg o lyfr Saesneg hynod ddylanwadol.

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The Pen is Mightier than the Sword: Writing and Ideology after the Wars

In this episode we look at Welsh literature on both sides of the ideological divide after the wars between Parliament and King came to an end. You’ll hear Rowland Vaughan admitting that he didn’t succeed in killing radical threats to order with his ‘red sword’ during the wars, as he attempted to do as an author that which he failed to do as a soldier. There’s also a look at a Welsh play which celebrates the return of the old order which came with the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660, people now free of the puritanical laws which had banned such performances and able to enjoy singing and dancing again. We also consider literary work by the next generation of Puritans, including a Welsh translations of an extremely influential English book.

Cyflwynwyd gan: Yr Athro Jerry Hunter a'r Athro Richard Wyn Jones

Cynhyrchwyd gan: Richard Martin

Cerddoriaeth: 'Might Have Done' gan The Molenes

Darllen Pellach/Further Reading:

- Jerry Hunter, ‘The Red Sword, the Sickle and the Author’s Revenge: Welsh Literature and Conflict in the Seventeenth Century, Proceedings of the Harvard Celtic Colloquium 36 (2018)