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Power and Identity in the Middle Ages

Essays in Memory of Rees Davies

John Watts editor Huw Pryce editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Published:12th Jul '07

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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.

[a] rich and varied anthology. * Early Medieval Europe *
a worthy memorial to one of the most gifted historians ever produced * A. D. CARR Merioneth Historical And Record Society *
This is historical scholarship at its best. * TLS *

ISBN: 9780199285464

Dimensions: 240mm x 160mm x 20mm

Weight: 587g

296 pages