Authority and Subjugation in Writing of Medieval Wales

by Ruth Kennedy

Book Overview

The conquest of Wales by the medieval English throne produced a fiercely contested territory, both militarily and culturally. Wales was left fissured by frontiers of language, jurisdiction and loyalty - a reluctant meeting place of literary traditions and political cultures. But the profound consequences of this first colonial adventure on the development of medieval English culture have been disregarded. In setting English figurations of Wales against...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349371378
• ISBN13: 9781349371372
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"