Prif amcan yr e-lyfr hwn gan yr Athro Paul O'Leary yw archwilio'r modd y cafodd Cymru ei dehongli gan sylwebyddion a theithwyr Ffrangeg eu hiaith yn y bedwaredd ganrif ar bymtheg. Gwneir hyn trwy gyflwyno ffynonellau yn yr iaith wreiddiol gyda chyfieithiadau i'r Gymraeg o destunau nad ydynt, hyd yn hyn, wedi'u defnyddio gan haneswyr. Maent yn dangos yr amrywiaeth o drafodaethau am Gymru a gafwyd yn Ffrainc, yn bennaf yn yr hanner canrif rhwng tua 1830 a'r 1870au pan drawsnewidiwyd Cymru gan dwf yn y boblogaeth (yng ngwlad a thref) a diwydiannu prysur. Mae'r ffynonellau yn ymwneud â thair thema oedd yn ganolog i fywyd yr oes: y duedd ymhlith rhai carfannau o bobl i wrthryfela yn erbyn awdurdod mewn cyfnod o newidiadau cymdeithasol ac economaidd sylfaenol; yr ysfa i wybod am wreiddiau ac effeithiau twf diwydiant a masnach; a safle iaith ddiwladwriaeth a'i diwylliant mewn cyfnod pan oedd gwledydd Ewrop yn ymdrechu i greu cymunedau cenedlaethol uniaith ac unffurf.
Ffrainc a Cymru 1830–1880: Dehongliadau Ffrengig o Genedl Ddiwladwriaeth – Paul O'Leary
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