City Witness is a projection which aims to farther our agreement of the medieval history of the Welsh town of Swansea. Part of this projection has been to travail in addition to reconstruct a map of the medieval town.
Using a combination of historic maps in addition to written in addition to archaeological records the projection has tried to map the town’s medieval layout in addition to urban features. The Medieval Swansea Map overlays the newly created medieval map of the town on pinnacle of the modern (MapQuest) map using Leaflet,js.
If you lot select the 'interaction' in addition to 'label' options inward the map sidebar you lot tin select features on the map to acquire to a greater extent than close the medieval town. The map too includes the selection to persuasion witness routes, stories in addition to sight-lines, recounting the miracle of William Cragh.
Much of what is known close medieval Swansea comes from a Vatican manuscript, 'Vatican MS Lat. 4015'. The manuscript contains witness statements of 'the miracle of the resuscitation of the twice-hanged William Cragh'. The witness statements furnish start mitt accounts of how William Cragh was twice hanged, amongst or hence other man, Trahaearn ap Hywel, in addition to and then subsequently came dorsum to life.
William was hanged first. However when the 'big in addition to heavy' Trahaearn was in addition to then hanged from the same gallows his weight caused the gallows to break. Both men were in addition to then hanged again. After the minute hanging William's trunk was taken to the household of a Thomas Mathews, where a piffling subsequently William came dorsum to life.
