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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Stephenson, David, 1947- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY, USA : The Boydell Press, [2016]
Series:Studies in Celtic history ; 35.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.