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Author Holden, Brock W

Title Lords of the central marches : English aristocracy and frontier society, 1087-1265 / Brock W. Holden
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 280 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Oxford historical monographs
Oxford historical monographs.
Contents The shaping of the frontier, 1086-1166 -- Lords and honours -- The knightly class -- The role of royal government -- The region in the reigns of Richard I and John, 1189-1216 -- The region in the reign of Henry III, 1216-1246 -- Conclusion
Summary In the Middle Ages, the March between England and Wales was a contested, militarised frontier zone, a 'land of war'. This text examines how the English aristocracy of this borderland organised themselves and their followers in order to survive against the increasing power of their Welsh opponents
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-274) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Nobility -- Welsh Borders (England and Wales) -- History -- To 1500
HISTORY.
Nobility
Politics and government
SUBJECT Welsh Borders (England and Wales) -- History
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1066-1485. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056872
Welsh Borders (England and Wales) -- Politics and government
Subject Great Britain
Great Britain -- Welsh Borders
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780191563430
0191563439