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Explorations in Local and Regional Histo Ser.: Princely Ambition : Ideology, Castle-Building and Landscape in Gwynedd, 1194-1283 by Craig Owen Jones (2022, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherUniversity of Hertfordshire Press

ISBN-101912260271

ISBN-139781912260270

eBay Product ID (ePID)2321472027

Product Key Features

Number of Pages256 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NamePrincely Ambition : Ideology, Castle-Building and Landscape in Gwynedd, 1194-1283

SubjectEurope / Great Britain / Norman Conquest to Late Medieval (1066-1485), Europe / Great Britain / Wales

Publication Year2022

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaHistory

AuthorCraig Owen Jones

SeriesExplorations in Local and Regional Histo Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight13.6 Oz

Item Length9.5 in

Item Width6.8 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2023-448449

Dewey Edition23

Series Volume Number10

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal942.9

SynopsisWhile the Edwardian castles of Conwy, Beaumaris, Harlech, and Caernarfon are rightly hailed as outstanding examples of castle architecture, the castles of the native Welsh princes are far more enigmatic. Where some dominate their surroundings as completely as any castle of Edward I, others are concealed in the depths of forests, or tucked away in the corners of valleys, their relationship with the landscape of which they are a part far more difficult to discern than their English counterparts. This ground-breaking book seeks to analyse the castle-building activities of the native princes of Wales in the thirteenth century. Employing a probing analysis of the topographical settings and defensive dispositions of almost a dozen native Welsh masonry castles, Craig Owen Jones interrogates the long-held theory that the native princes' approach to castle-building in medieval Wales was characterised by ignorance of basic architectural principles, disregard for the castle's relationship to the landscape, and whimsy, in order to arrive at a new understanding of the castles' significance in Welsh society.

LC Classification NumberDA737.J66 2022