Kingmakers: How Power in England Was Won and Lost on the Welsh Frontier

by Timothy Venning

Book Overview

Decentralisation and outsourcing are not new to British history. In medieval England the practical limitations of the reach of the Crown forced the king and the government to entrust some autonomy and legal powers to its regional aristocratic rulers. The Norman and Plantagenet kings relied upon these nobles for the protection of the dangerous frontiers of the realm. In Wales, as in Ireland, the smaller size and military inferiority of the often divided...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1445659409
• ISBN13: 9781445659404
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"