Domination and Conquest: The Experience of Ireland, Scotland and Wales, 1100-1300

by R.R. Davies

Book Overview

This book, a revised and extended version of Professor Davies's 1988 Wiles Lectures, explores the ways in which the kings and aristocracy of England sought to extend their domination over Ireland, Scotland and Wales in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. It analyses the mentalities of domination and subjection - how the English explained and justified their pretensions and how native rulers and societies in Ireland and Wales responded to the challenge...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521029775
• ISBN13: 9780521029773
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"