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Medieval Powys : kingdom, principality and lordships, 1132-1293 /
"Powys, extending over north-east and central Wales, was one of three great medieval Welsh polities, along with Gwynedd to the north and Deheubarth (south-west), occupying nearly a quarter of the country. However, it has been somewhat neglected by historians, who have tended to dismiss it as a...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY, USA :
The Boydell Press,
[2016]
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| Colección: | Studies in Celtic history ;
35. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontcover
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: The problem of medieval Powys: historiography and sources
- Part I: Powysian polities in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries: a political narrative
- 1. The re-emergence of Powys
- 2. The age of eminence: Madog ap Maredudd
- 3. Crisis and renewal: 1160 and its aftermath
- 4. The ascendancy and fall of Gwenwynwyn
- 5. Eclipse: the supremacy of Gwynedd
- 6. Survival: the case of Gruffudd, lord of Bromfield
- 7. Survival: the case of Gruffudd ap Gwenwynwyn
- 8. The persistence of Powysian lordship: Owain ap Gruffudd ap Gwenwynwyn and the descendants of Madog ap Maredudd
- Part II: Characteristics of the Powysian polities: structures, fault-lines and political culture
- 9. Powysian polities I: aspects of governance
- 10. Powysian polities II: secular dynamics
- fragmentation and integration
- 11. Powysian polities III: the ecclesiastical dimension
- 12. Some Powysian perspectives: fears and aspirations
- Appendices
- Appendix I. The Combermere charters: a new analysis and some implications
- Appendix II. Two alleged charters of Elise ap Madog
- Appendix III. 'Powys Fadog' and 'Powys Wenwynwyn'
- Appendix IV. The date of composition of Breuddwyd Rhonabwy
- Select bibliography
- Index.