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Zusatztext This is historical scholarship at its best. Klappentext Collecting sixteen thought-provoking new essays by leading medievalists, this volume celebrates the work of the late Rees Davies. Reflecting Davies' interest in identities, political culture and the workings of power in medieval Britain, the essays range across ten centuries, looking at a variety of key topics. Issues explored range from the historical representations of peoples and the changing patterns of power and authority, to the notions of 'core' and 'periphery' and the relationship between local conditions and international movements. The political impact of words and ideas, and the parallels between developments in Wales and those elsewhere in Britain, Ireland and Europe are also discussed. Appreciations of Rees Davies, a bibliography of his works, and Davies' own farewell speech to the History Faculty at the University of Oxford complete this outstanding tribute to a much-missed scholar. Zusammenfassung Presents a collection of essays examining power struggles and political identities in medieval Britain. Celebrating the work of the late Rees Davies - a towering figure in the historiography of this period - this book focuses on his interests, opening up different perspectives on the political, social, and cultural history of the middle ages. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Appreciations Secular Power and Authority in the Middle Ages Heartland and Border: the Mental and Physical Geography of Medieval Europe Welsh Rulers and European Change, c.1100-1282 Bede and the Unchosen Race The Early Middle Ages and Spanish Identity Normanizing the English Invaders of Ireland Lordship and Society in Twelfth-Century Clydesdale Lordship and Liberties in Ireland and Wales, c.1170-c.1360 'Distinction and Diversity': the Common Lawyers and the Law of Wales Lordship in the British Isles, c.1320-c.1360: the Ebb-Tide of the English Empire? The Charterhouse of Cadzand and the Serendipities of Empire On the Hospitality of the Welsh: a Comparative View Cheshire and Wales Crossing the Frontiers of the English Realm in the Fifteenth Century Identity and Morality: Power and Politics during the Wars of the Roses Public or Plebs: the Changing Meaning of 'the Commons', 1381-1549 A Farewell Speech A Bibliography of the Published Writings of Rees Davies ...
