Medieval Wales by A. G. Little

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Medieval Wales is a book by A. G. Little, first published in 1902. This short, authoritative volume — originally delivered as six popular lectures — offers a clear, old-school survey of Welsh life and institutions in the High Middle Ages, concentrating on the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Little examines the political fragmentation of medieval Wales, the role of native princes and marcher lords, and the influence of monasteries and the church, while weaving in discussion of key chroniclers and commentators of the period. The tone is scholarly but accessible, making it a useful introduction for readers seeking a concise historical overview of medieval Wales, Welsh society, and Wales’s relations with Norman and Anglo-Norman power. Though dated in parts, the book has enduring value as a window into early 20th-century scholarship on Welsh history and remains of interest to students of medieval Britain, twelfth- and thirteenth-century politics, local Welsh history, and historical perspectives on Geoffrey of Monmouth and Giraldus Cambrensis.

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