Medieval Wales c.1050-1332

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Publisher : University of Wales Press
ISBN 13 : 1786833875
Total Pages : 242 pages
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Book Synopsis Medieval Wales c.1050-1332 by : David Stephenson

Download or read book Medieval Wales c.1050-1332 written by David Stephenson and published by University of Wales Press. This book was released on 2019-03-15 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After outlining conventional accounts of Wales in the High Middle Ages, this book moves to more radical approaches to its subject. Rather than discussing the emergence of the March of Wales from the usual perspective of the ‘intrusive’ marcher lords, for instance, it is considered from a Welsh standpoint explaining the lure of the March to Welsh princes and its contribution to the fall of the native principality of Wales. Analysis of the achievements of the princes of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries focuses on the paradoxical process by which increasingly sophisticated political structures and a changing political culture supported an autonomous native principality, but also facilitated eventual assimilation of much of Wales into an English ‘empire’. The Edwardian conquest is examined and it is argued that, alongside the resultant hardship and oppression suffered by many, the rising class of Welsh administrators and community leaders who were essential to the governance of Wales enjoyed an age of opportunity. This is a book that introduces the reader to the celebrated and the less well-known men and women who shaped medieval Wales.

The Economy of Medieval Wales, 1067-1536

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Publisher : University of Wales Press
ISBN 13 : 1786834863
Total Pages : 154 pages
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Book Synopsis The Economy of Medieval Wales, 1067-1536 by : Matthew Frank Stevens

Download or read book The Economy of Medieval Wales, 1067-1536 written by Matthew Frank Stevens and published by University of Wales Press. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book surveys the economy of Wales from the first Norman intrusions of 1067 to the Act of Union of England and Wales in 1536. Key themes include the evolution of the agrarian economy; the foundation and growth of towns; the adoption of a money economy; English colonisation and economic exploitation; the collapse of Welsh social structures and rise of economic individualism; the disastrous effect of the Glyndŵr rebellion; and, ultimately, the alignment of the Welsh economy to the English economy. Comprising four chapters, a narrative history is presented of the economic history of Wales, 1067–1536, and the final chapter tests the applicability in a Welsh context of the main theoretical frameworks that have been developed to explain long-term economic and social change in medieval Britain and Europe.

The Growth of Law in Medieval Wales, C.1100-c.1500

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Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 1783277262
Total Pages : 269 pages
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Book Synopsis The Growth of Law in Medieval Wales, C.1100-c.1500 by : Sara Elin Roberts

Download or read book The Growth of Law in Medieval Wales, C.1100-c.1500 written by Sara Elin Roberts and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2022-08-23 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A ground-breaking study of the lawbooks which were created in the changing social and political climate of post-conquest Wales.

Patronage and Power in the Medieval Welsh March

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Publisher : University of Wales Press
ISBN 13 : 1786838206
Total Pages : 154 pages
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Book Synopsis Patronage and Power in the Medieval Welsh March by : David Stephenson

Download or read book Patronage and Power in the Medieval Welsh March written by David Stephenson and published by University of Wales Press. This book was released on 2021-11-15 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first full-length study of a Welsh family of the thirteenth to fifteenth centuries who were not drawn from the princely class. Though they were of obscure and modest origins, the patronage of great lords of the March – such as the Mortimers of Wigmore or the de Bohun earls of Hereford – helped them to become prominent in Wales and the March, and increasingly in England. They helped to bring down anyone opposed by their patrons – like Llywelyn, prince of Wales in the thirteenth century, or Edward II in the 1320s. In the process, they sometimes faced great danger but they contrived to prosper, and unusually for Welshmen one branch became Marcher lords themselves. Another was prominent in Welsh and English government, becoming diplomats and courtiers of English kings, and over some five generations many achieved knighthood. Their fascinating careers perhaps hint at a more open society than is sometimes envisaged.

Rulers and Rulership in the Arc of Medieval Europe, 1000-1200

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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000921670
Total Pages : 234 pages
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Book Synopsis Rulers and Rulership in the Arc of Medieval Europe, 1000-1200 by : Christian Raffensperger

Download or read book Rulers and Rulership in the Arc of Medieval Europe, 1000-1200 written by Christian Raffensperger and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-08-24 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rulers and Rulership in the Arc of Medieval Europe challenges the dominant paradigm of what rulership is and who rulers are by decentering the narrative and providing a broad swath of examples from throughout medieval Europe. Within that territory, the prevalent idea of monarchy and kingship is overturned in favor of a broad definition of rulership. This book will demonstrate to the reader that the way in which medieval Europe has been constructed in both the popular and scholarly imaginations is incorrect. Instead of a king we have multiple rulers, male and female, ruling concurrently. Instead of an independent church or a church striving for supremacy under the Gregorian Reform, we have a pope and ecclesiastical leaders making deals with secular rulers and an in-depth interconnection between the two. Finally, instead of a strong centralizing polity growing into statehood we see weak rulers working hand in glove with weak subordinates to make the polity as a whole function. Medievalists, Byzantinists, and Slavists typically operate in isolation from one another. They do not read each other’s books, or engage with each other’s work. This book requires engagement from all of them to point out that the medieval Europe that they work in is one and the same and demands collaboration to best understand it.

The Medieval Welsh 'Englynion Y Beddau'

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Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 184384706X
Total Pages : 395 pages
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Book Synopsis The Medieval Welsh 'Englynion Y Beddau' by : Patrick Sims-Williams

Download or read book The Medieval Welsh 'Englynion Y Beddau' written by Patrick Sims-Williams and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2023-09-19 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edition and translation of this important genre of Old Welsh poetry.The "Stanzas of the Graves" or "Graves of the Warriors of the Island of Britain", attributed to the legendary poet Taliesin, describe ancient heroes' burial places. Like the "Triads of the Island of Britain", they are an indispensable key to the narrative literature of medieval Wales. The heroes come from the whole of Britain, including Mercia and present-day Scotland, as well as many from Wales and a few from Ireland. Many characters known from the Mabinogion appear, often with additional information, as do some from romance and early Welsh saga, such as Arthur, Bedwyr, Gawain, Owain son of Urien, Merlin, and Vortigern. The seventh-century grave of Penda of Mercia, beneath the river Winwæd in Yorkshire, is the latest grave to be included. The poems testify to the interest aroused by megaliths, tumuli, and other apparently man-made monuments, some of which can be identified with known prehistoric remains.This volume offers a full edition and translation of the poems, mapped with reference to all the manuscripts, starting with the Black Book of Carmarthen, the oldest extant book of Welsh poetry. There is also a detailed commentary on their linguistic, literary, historical, and archaeological aspects. translation of the poems, mapped with reference to all the manuscripts, starting with the Black Book of Carmarthen, the oldest extant book of Welsh poetry. There is also a detailed commentary on their linguistic, literary, historical, and archaeological aspects. translation of the poems, mapped with reference to all the manuscripts, starting with the Black Book of Carmarthen, the oldest extant book of Welsh poetry. There is also a detailed commentary on their linguistic, literary, historical, and archaeological aspects. translation of the poems, mapped with reference to all the manuscripts, starting with the Black Book of Carmarthen, the oldest extant book of Welsh poetry. There is also a detailed commentary on their linguistic, literary, historical, and archaeological aspects.

Authorship, Worldview, and Identity in Medieval Europe

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Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000548341
Total Pages : 429 pages
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Book Synopsis Authorship, Worldview, and Identity in Medieval Europe by : Christian Raffensperger

Download or read book Authorship, Worldview, and Identity in Medieval Europe written by Christian Raffensperger and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-03-03 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What did medieval authors know about their world? Were they parochial and focused on just their monastery, town, or kingdom? Or were they aware of the broader medieval Europe that modern historians write about? This collection brings the focus back to medieval authors to see how they described their world. While we see that each author certainly had their own biases, the vast majority of them did not view the world as constrained to their small piece of it. Instead, they talked about the wider world, and often they had informants or textual sources that informed them about the world, even if they did not visit it themselves. This volume shows that they also used similar ideas to create space and identity – whether talking about the desert, the holy land, or food practices in their texts. By examining medieval authors and their own perceptions of their world, this collection offers a framework for discussions of medieval Europe in the twenty-first century.

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Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192670271
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (926 download)

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A History of Christianity in Wales

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Publisher : University of Wales Press
ISBN 13 : 1786838222
Total Pages : 396 pages
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Book Synopsis A History of Christianity in Wales by : David Ceri Jones

Download or read book A History of Christianity in Wales written by David Ceri Jones and published by University of Wales Press. This book was released on 2022-02-15 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christianity, in its Catholic, Protestant and Nonconformist forms, has played an enormous role in the history of Wales and in the defining and shaping of Welsh identity over the past two thousand years. Biblical place names, an urban and rural landscape littered with churches, chapels, crosses and sacred sites, a bardic and literary tradition deeply imbued with Christian themes in both the Welsh and English languages, and the songs sung by tens of thousands of rugby supporters at the national stadium in Cardiff, all hint at a Christian presence that was once universal. Yet for many in contemporary Wales, the story of the development of Christianity in their country remains little known. While the history of Christianity in Wales has been a subject of perennial interest for Welsh historians, much of their work has been highly specialised and not always accessible to a general audience. Standing on the shoulders of some of Wales’s finest historians, this is the first single-volume history of Welsh Christianity from its origins in Roman Britain to the present day. Drawing on the expertise of four leading historians of the Welsh Christian tradition, this volume is specifically designed for the general reader, and those beginning their exploration of Wales’s Christian past.

Writing Welsh History

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Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198746032
Total Pages : 507 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (987 download)

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Book Synopsis Writing Welsh History by : Huw Pryce

Download or read book Writing Welsh History written by Huw Pryce and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022-05-05 with total page 507 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book to explore how the history of Wales and the Welsh has been written over the past fifteen hundred years, 'Writing Welsh History' analyses and contextualizes historical writing, from Gildas in the sixth century to recent global approaches, to open new perspectives both on the history of Wales and on understandings of Wales and the Welsh.

The King's Jewel

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Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 0751577626
Total Pages : 402 pages
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Book Synopsis The King's Jewel by : Elizabeth Chadwick

Download or read book The King's Jewel written by Elizabeth Chadwick and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2023-04-13 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *Now with an exclusive extract of Elizabeth Chadwick's next novel, The Royal Rebel - only in the paperback!* Wales, 1093. The warm, comfortable family life of young Nesta, daughter of Prince Rhys of Deheubarth, is destroyed when her father is killed and she is taken hostage. Her honour is further tarnished when she is taken as an unwilling concubine by King William's ruthless younger brother Henry, who later ascends the throne under suspicious circumstances. But it is Nesta's marriage that will really change the course of her life. Gerald FitzWalter, an ambitious young knight, is rewarded for his unwavering loyalty to his new King with Nesta's hand. He is delighted, having always admired her from afar, but Nesta's only comfort is her return to her beloved Wales. There, she cannot help but be tempted by the handsome, charismatic and dangerous son of the Welsh prince, Owain. When he offers her the chance to join him in his plan to overthrow Norman rule she must choose between duty and desire . . . From the award-winning and bestselling author comes the heartbreaking tale of a woman trying to survive in a man's world - a world where the men who would protect her are dead and banished. Real readers love The King's Jewel: 'Elizabeth Chadwick has done it again! What an amazing story. Her writing makes you feel like you are standing right next to Nesta and Gerald as they live their lives...Very strongly recommended!' GoodReads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'A refreshing, fascinating read...The story grabbed me from the first few pages and it only got better!' GoodReads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'A veritable gem of a book; rich in history, drama, romance, action and the good kind of heartbreak, Elizabeth Chadwick outdoes herself in this Welsh period piece...Stunning.' GoodReads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Elizabeth Chadwick is an amazing writer [who draws] you right into the history and the story from the beginning...A great read.' GoodReads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Well researched, beautifully written and a fascinating story of two people in challenging times...I am a huge Elizabeth Chadwick fan and this book doesn't disappoint...A must read!' GoodReads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Elizabeth Chadwick is a master of historical fiction. I loved how she brought the story of Nesta, a Welsh princess, to life...I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves historical fiction, especially if they want to find out about fascinating women in history.' GoodReads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'What a jewel of a read...Wonderful. Couldn't put it down!' GoodReads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Elizabeth Chadwick has a way of making you feel like you've magically time travelled back to medieval days. The King's Jewel is no exception. Fully fleshed out characters, a storyline that is based on historical events, and a writing style that keeps you [gripped] until the very last page' GoodReads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Visiting the Past

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Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 1803993014
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book Visiting the Past written by Gillian Hovell and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2023-05-25 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Archaeology isn't just for academics and television presenters – it's for everyone. And it is all around us. Get your boots on and explore Britain's national and local archaeology sites for yourself with this revised and updated, easy-to-read, fully illustrated guide. Follow our islands' history in this step-by-step introduction. Discover what life was like from the earliest days of human habitation right through to the world wars. Then get out to visit the best sites and see what features each era left behind for us to find – and find out how to spot archaeology for yourself in the most surprising places. Be warned: you may never look at an empty field, a stone monument or an old building in the same way again!

Empires of the Normans

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Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1529300312
Total Pages : 439 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (293 download)

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Book Synopsis Empires of the Normans by : Levi Roach

Download or read book Empires of the Normans written by Levi Roach and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2022-06-23 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Powerful' The Economist 'Fascinating, panoramic . . . Roach brings an expert eye and page-turning energy' Helen Castor, bestselling author of She Wolves 'Narrated with pace, clarity, authority and style, Roach's book is a bracing tour of the world that the Normans made their own' Thomas Williams, bestselling author of Viking Britain 'A fresh retelling . . . written with enthusiasm and brio' Marc Morris, bestselling author of The Anglo-Saxons How did descendants of Viking marauders come to dominate Europe, the Mediterranean and the Middle East? It is a tale of ambitious adventures and fierce freebooters, of fortunes made and fortunes lost. The Normans made their influence felt across all of western Europe and the Mediterranean, from the British Isles to North Africa, and Lisbon to the Holy Land. In Empires of the Normans we discover how they combined military might and political savvy with deeply held religious beliefs and a profound sense of their own destiny. For a century and a half, they remade Europe in their own image, and yet their heritage was quickly forgotten - until now.

The Cambridge Constitutional History of the United Kingdom: Volume 2, The Changing Constitution

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009277065
Total Pages : 991 pages
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Book Synopsis The Cambridge Constitutional History of the United Kingdom: Volume 2, The Changing Constitution by : Peter Cane

Download or read book The Cambridge Constitutional History of the United Kingdom: Volume 2, The Changing Constitution written by Peter Cane and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-06-30 with total page 991 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Internal Empire

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Publisher : Hurst Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1805260715
Total Pages : 463 pages
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Book Synopsis Internal Empire by : Victor Bulmer-Thomas

Download or read book Internal Empire written by Victor Bulmer-Thomas and published by Hurst Publishers. This book was released on 2023-04-13 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over several centuries, England imposed itself by force and by treaty on the other three nations of the Hiberno-British Isles to form its own English Empire. For much of its life, the United Kingdom has only endured out of shared interest in overseas territorial expansion–a British Empire built on slavery. In his new history, Victor Bulmer-Thomas charts the slow rise and rapid decline of English imperialism at home, from the tenth century to the present. When independence movements in the colonies began challenging the British Empire, a Commonwealth was constructed to hold together both former imperial possessions–including the Irish Free State–and the four nations of the internal empire. The Commonwealth was later supplanted by the European Economic Community, but Europe’s potential as a long-term source of cohesion for the UK was dashed when the English voted to leave the EU in 2016, dragging the whole UK with them. With Empire, Commonwealth and Europe all gone, British unity is more fragile than ever. Facing the prospect of an independent Scotland, a reunited Ireland and an increasingly autonomous Wales, England may yet have to acknowledge its forgotten history as an aggressive imperial force on Britain’s own, often unwilling, soil.

The Letters of Edward I

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Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 1783274158
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (832 download)

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Book Synopsis The Letters of Edward I by : Kathleen B. Neal

Download or read book The Letters of Edward I written by Kathleen B. Neal and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2021 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detailed examination of the letters of Edward I reveals them to be powerful and sophisticated political tools.

A Companion to the English Dominican Province

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004446222
Total Pages : 443 pages
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Book Synopsis A Companion to the English Dominican Province by : Eleanor J. Giraud

Download or read book A Companion to the English Dominican Province written by Eleanor J. Giraud and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-02-22 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of Dominican activities in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales from their arrival in 1221 until their dissolution at the Reformation