The March of Wales 1067-1300

Max Lieberman

Description

By 1300, a region often referred to as the March of Wales had been created between England and the Principality of Wales. This March consisted of some forty castle-centred lordships extending along the Anglo-Welsh border and also across southern Wales. It took shape over more than two centuries, between the Norman conquest of England (1066) and the English conquest of Wales (1283), and is mentioned in Magna Carta (1215). It was a highly distinctive part of the political geography of Britain for much of the Middle Ages, yet the medieval March has long vanished, and today expressions like 'the marches' are used rather vaguely to refer to the Welsh Borders.What was the medieval March of Wales? How and why was it created? The March of Wales, 1067-1300: A Borderland of Medieval Britain provides comprehensible and concise answers to such questions. With the aid of maps, a list of key dates and source material such as the writings of Gerald of Wales (c.1146-1223), this book also places the March in the context of current academic debates on the frontiers, peoples and countries of the medieval British Isles.

Sujets

• Medieval
• Histoire
• History
• Wales
• Europe

Informations

• Publié par: University of Wales Press
• Date de parution: 15 juin 2018
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781786833754
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 5 Mo

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The marçh of Wales, 1067–1300

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The marçh of Wales, 1067–1300 A Borderland of medieval Britain

MAX LIEBERMAN

UNIVERSITY OF WALES PRESS CARDIFF 2008

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Prefaçe

This book is based on a series of six lectures I gave at the University of Oxford in 2005. In preparing those lectures and revising them for publi- cation, I have incurred a number of debts of gratitude and I am very pleased to have the opportunity to acknowledge them. I am deeply grateful to the late Professor Sir Rees Davies, who super- vised my doctoral thesis, who suggested that I might write an introductory book on the March of Wales, and who generously gave me advice while I was planning my lectures. I would like to thank Professor Thomas Charles-Edwards for intro- ducing me to the medieval history of the British Isles, and for discussing my work with me on several occasions since then. I also offer my thanks to Professor Huw Pryce, who commented on a draft proposal for this book; to Dr John Reuben Davies, Professor John Gillingham, Dr Chris Lewis and Dr David Stephenson, who kindly sent me offprints and drafts of their work; to Vyv and Sylvia Lewis, who commented on the draft proposal for this book and helped with the proofreading; to the reader appointed by the University of Wales Press, for corrections and highly constructive comments and suggestions; and to Sarah Lewis, Elin Lewis and Siân Chapman at the University of Wales Press. I am indebted to Dr Steven Gunn for proposing to the Faculty of History, Oxford, that I be given the status of Visiting Research Scholar for 2004–5; and to the Faculty for granting his request. Many thanks also, for being such excellent company, to my housemates of 2004–5, Dr Andrew Evans, Dr Carolina Moura-Alves, Dr Tracey Sowerby and Dr Tiffany Stern. Dr Moura-Alves came along to some of the lectures, and I am very grateful to her, and to the students who, fortu- nately, also attended, for questions and suggestions. Meanwhile, it has been a pleasure to write this book in the congenial surroundings of Wolfson College, Cambridge, and I thank the President and Fellows for electing me to be a Junior Research Fellow.

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Collins Maps & Atlases kindly gave permission to publish the maps, which I created using Bartholomew mapping data. Finally, I gratefully acknowledge the financial support I have received from the Swiss National Science Foundation. This book is dedicated to my parents and my brothers. I hope it explains why I find the March of Wales so interesting.

max Lieeran Wolfson College, Caridge

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Contents

Preface List of Maps Abbreviations Introduction The Making of the March, 1066–1283 The Social and Economic March, 1067–1300 The Frontier of Peoples, 1067–1300 Kingdoms, Countries and Marches: the Context of the British Isles Conclusion: the European Perspective List of Key Dates Bibliography Maps Index

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