Patronage and power in the medieval Welsh March : one family's story / David Stephenson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stephenson, David, 1930- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Families.

Wales--History--1063-1536.

Wales.

Wales--Politics and government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (102 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cardiff, England : University of Wales Press, [2021]

Summary:

This book traces the remarkable and sometimes hazardous rise of a Welsh family of the Anglo-Welsh borderland, from relatively humble origins to becoming key players in the politics of thirteenth and fourteenth century Wales, as well as prominent advisers, diplomats and administrators for the English kings of the fourteenth century.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

Genealogical Chart

Map

Prologue: Crisis at Cefnllys

Chapter 1: Hywel ap Meurig: Questions of Ancestry

Chapter 2: Diligence, Danger and Distinction: The Career of Hywel ap Meurig

Intermezzo: The Sons of Hywel ap Meurig

Chapter 3: Philip ap Hywel: Administrative Eminence and Political Peril

Chapter 4: The Empire Builders: Master Rees ap Hywel and His Sons

Chapter 5: Continuity and New Directions: The Career of Sir Philip Clanvowe

Chapter 6: The Last of the Line: The Later Clanvowes

Chapter 7: Some Reflections

Appendix: Meurig and William, Sons of Rees ap Meurig

Notes

Bibliography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Stephenson, David Patronage and Power in the Medieval Welsh March

ISBN:

9781786838209