Patterns of power in early Wales : O'Donnell lectures delivered in the University of Oxford, 1983

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Patterns of power in early Wales : O'Donnell lectures delivered in the University of Oxford, 1983

Wendy Davies

Clarendon Press , Oxford University Press, 1990

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Bibliography: p. [93]-100

Includes index

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This book is an exploration of the nature of power in early medieval Wales. Wendy Davies examines the distribution of power, territorial and social, and traces the ways in which contemporaries defined this fundamental concept. She confronts challenging questions relating to definitions and consequences of military control, alien settlement, landownership, and political domination. Professor Davies analyses the impact and nature of English, Irish, and Viking contacts with the Welsh, and argues their significance for the long-term development of Wales. This is a stimulating and scholarly study by one of the foremost historians of the Celtic world.

Table of Contents

  • List of figures
  • Abbreviations
  • The problem
  • Concepts
  • Practice
  • Vikings
  • The Welsh and the English
  • Patterns of power
  • List of works cited
  • General index

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