Author: David Stephenson
Publisher: University of Wales Press
ISBN: 1786838192
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
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.
Patronage and Power in the Medieval Welsh March
Author: David Stephenson
Publisher: University of Wales Press
ISBN: 1786838192
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
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.
Publisher: University of Wales Press
ISBN: 1786838192
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
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.
The Welsh Marches
Author: Ben Giles
Publisher: Pocket Mountains S.
ISBN: 9781907025181
Category : Walking
Languages : en
Pages : 95
Book Description
The tranquil borderland of the Marches, offers a varied landscape truncated by rivers meandering to lowland plains. Limestone to the west and north of the old red sandstone of the Hereford Plain has given rise to exceptionally attractive hilly country with delightful, narrow valleys. In these 40 walks Ben Giles explores all the best places to vist in this wonderful area of the country.
Publisher: Pocket Mountains S.
ISBN: 9781907025181
Category : Walking
Languages : en
Pages : 95
Book Description
The tranquil borderland of the Marches, offers a varied landscape truncated by rivers meandering to lowland plains. Limestone to the west and north of the old red sandstone of the Hereford Plain has given rise to exceptionally attractive hilly country with delightful, narrow valleys. In these 40 walks Ben Giles explores all the best places to vist in this wonderful area of the country.
The March of Wales 1067-1300
Author: Max Lieberman
Publisher: University of Wales Press
ISBN: 178683376X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book 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.
Publisher: University of Wales Press
ISBN: 178683376X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book 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.
The Welsh Marches
Author: Roger Siviter
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780859362542
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780859362542
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Wild Guide Wales
Author: Daniel Start
Publisher: Wild Things Publishing
ISBN: 9781910636145
Category : Wales
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Reveals hidden places in Wales, and the Herefordshire and Shropshire Marches. Secret beaches, sea caves and coasteering. Wild swimming and waterfalls. Easy scrambles and gorge walks. Sunset hill forts and unknown peaks. Sacred sites, holy wells and standing stones. Ruined castles and more
Publisher: Wild Things Publishing
ISBN: 9781910636145
Category : Wales
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Reveals hidden places in Wales, and the Herefordshire and Shropshire Marches. Secret beaches, sea caves and coasteering. Wild swimming and waterfalls. Easy scrambles and gorge walks. Sunset hill forts and unknown peaks. Sacred sites, holy wells and standing stones. Ruined castles and more
A Message Delayed
Author: Edward Tudor
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781434306715
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
He was travelling home on a stormy night when they shot him and left him for dead. An innocent man severely wounded on the orders of an avaricious Marcher Lord. They should have made sure he was dead but they didn't realise their mistake until a raiding party came back over Offa's Dyke to exact their revenge. Soon men were dying and the Welsh Marches were not a safe place for the Norman English Lords. The mistakes of one Marcher Lord soon grew into a full scale rebellion in Wales. A Welsh Prince emerged to challenge the English occupation.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781434306715
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
He was travelling home on a stormy night when they shot him and left him for dead. An innocent man severely wounded on the orders of an avaricious Marcher Lord. They should have made sure he was dead but they didn't realise their mistake until a raiding party came back over Offa's Dyke to exact their revenge. Soon men were dying and the Welsh Marches were not a safe place for the Norman English Lords. The mistakes of one Marcher Lord soon grew into a full scale rebellion in Wales. A Welsh Prince emerged to challenge the English occupation.
Forgotten Castles of Wales and the Marches
Author: Paul R. Davis
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781910839522
Category : Castles
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781910839522
Category : Castles
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Marches of Wales
Author: Charles George Harper
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Wales
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Wales
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
The Landscape of the Welsh Marches
Author: Trevor Rowley
Publisher: Michael Joseph
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Publisher: Michael Joseph
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
The Welsh Marches
Author: Roy Millward
Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description