Rethinking the History of Wales: Medieval Wales C.1050-1332 - Centuries of Ambiguity — Centuries of Ambiguity

Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description

Cyfrol sy'n archwilio cyflawniadau rheolwyr Cymru megis Llywelyn Fawr a Llywelyn ein Llyw Olaf yn ystod Oes y Tywysogion, ond sydd hefyd yn archwilio ffactorau megis y rhwygiadau rhwng arweinwyr a llwythau Cymreig eraill, gan arwain yn y pen draw at fethiant teyrnasiadau'r ddau Lywelyn a goresgyniad Cymru gan Edward I.

Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description

This book examines the achievements of Welsh rulers – such as Llywelyn the Great and Llywelyn the Last in the so-called Age of the Princes – but also probes the factors, including the hostility of other Welsh leaders and communities, which led to the ultimate failure of the Llywelyns and the conquest of their principality by Edward I.

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Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography

David Stephenson is an Honorary Research Fellow in the School of History and Archaeology, Bangor University. His many contributions to Welsh history include Political Power in Medieval Gwynedd and Medieval Powys 1132–1293 .

Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review

• The book examines the latest research on Wales in these centuries. • Readers will have an introduction to the work of such scholars as Emma Cavell on the role of aristocratic women, that of Matthew F. Stevens on ethnic assimilation in medieval Welsh towns, and my own work on the strength of regional feeling and autonomy, especially in east and southern Wales, as well as work on the Welsh chronicles. • The book includes at several points detailed studies of many of the lesser-known figures responsible for the changing nature of Welsh politics in this period. Readers will be introduced to men and women not normally studied in ‘survey’ volumes; this will add interest for readers because of the personal elements in the book’s analysis. Readers will also be helped to realize that historical change is not always determined by the ‘big names’ but by less well publicised people. • The book challenges the simplistic view that Welsh princes of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries were always heroic figures who had the whole-hearted support of almost all Welsh people. • The book challenges the view that the Edwardian conquest brought hardship and nothing else to the people of Wales. • The terminal dates for the book are not conventional ones; 1064-1283 might be more usual. Readers will be led to reflect that all terminal dates are somewhat artificial; we can often develop fresh insights and understand historical change more effectively if we adjust the terminal dates of a book. • The book contains more emphasis than is usual on regional politics and regional differences. • Readers will be challenged to appreciate that it is not always helpful, or meaningful, to think in ‘national’ terms; regional characteristics and loyalties are often more important.