The March of Wales, 1067-1300: A Borderland of Medieval Britain

by Lieberman, Max

• ISBN13: 9780708321157
• ISBN10: 0708321151
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-09-15
• Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr

Summary

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.

Author Biography

Max Lieberman is junior research fellow at Wolfson College, University of Cambridge.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
List of Maps	p. xi
Abbreviations	p. xii
Introduction	p. 1
The Making of the March, 1066-1283	p. 15
The Social and Economic March, 1067-1300	p. 37
The Frontier of Peoples, 1067-1300	p. 55
Kingdoms, Countries and Marches: the Context of the British Isles	p. 75
Conclusion: the European Perspective	p. 91
List of Key Dates	p. 105
Bibliography	p. 111
Maps	p. 127
Index	p. 139
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