Power and Identity in the Middle Ages: Essays in Memory of Rees Davies

Pryce, Huw (Ed.); Watts, John (Ed.)

ISBN 10: 0199285462 / ISBN 13: 9780199285464

Published by Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2007

About this Item

Very good hard cover with unclipped dust jacket, from the collection of Susan Reynolds, a medieval historian, academic and tutor at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. Owner has penned FEP. Light shelfwear and tanning to DJ, several small nicks and scores to rear. Top leading edge corner bumped. Internally, very well bound, text and illustrations clear and bright. Pencil marks and marginalia remain extant, due to the academic recognition of Susan Reynolds. CN.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Power and Identity in the Middle Ages: Essays in Memory of Rees Davies
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199285462
• ISBN 13: 9780199285464
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: Used
• Seller catalogs:
  • History - Medieval/The Middle Ages

About this title

Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Huw Pryce is a Professor of Welsh History, University of Wales, Bangor. John Watts is a Fellow and Tutor in History, Corpus Christi College, Oxford.