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Edward I's Conquest of Wales

Categorie	Geschiedenis Europa
Boeknummer	#235626
Titel	Edward I's Conquest of Wales
Auteur	Davies, Sean
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	Barnsley, Pen & Sword
Jaar van uitgave	2017
ISBN10	1473861667
ISBN13	9781473861664
Taal	Engels
Samenvatting	Edward I s conquest of Wales was a key formative event in the history of Britain, but it has not been the subject of a scholarly book for over 100 years. Research has advanced since then, changing our perception of the medieval military mind and shining fresh light on the key characters involved in the conquest. That is why Sean Davies s absorbing new study is so timely and important. He takes a balanced approach, giving both the Welsh and English perspectives on the war and on the brutal, mistrustful and ruthless personal motives that drove events. His account is set in the context of Welsh warfare and society from the end of Rome to the time of Edward s opening campaign in the late thirteenth century. The narrative describes in vivid detail the military history of the conflict, the seque... (Lees verder)nce of campaigns, Welsh resistance, Edward s castle building and English colonization and the cost of the struggle to the Welsh and the English and the uneasy peace that followed.
Pagina's	220
Conditie	Nieuw
Prijs	€ 15,00

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