Princely Ambition
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Author |
: Craig Owen Jones |
Publisher |
: Univ of Hertfordshire Press |
Total Pages |
: 258 |
Release |
: 2022-03-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781912260515 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1912260514 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (15 Downloads) |
Synopsis Princely Ambition by : Craig Owen Jones
While the Edwardian castles of Conwy, Beaumaris, Harlech and Caernarfon are rightly hailed as outstanding examples of castle architecture, the castles of the native Welsh princes are far more enigmatic. Where some dominate their surroundings as completely as any castle of Edward I, others are concealed in the depths of forests, or tucked away in the corners of valleys, their relationship with the landscape of which they are a part far more difficult to discern than their English counterparts. This ground-breaking book seeks to analyse the castle-building activities of the native princes of Wales in the thirteenth century. Whereas early castles were built to delimit territory and as an expression of Llywelyn I ab Iorwerth's will to power following his violent assumption of the throne of Gwynedd in the 1190s, by the time of his grandson Llywelyn II ap Gruffudd's later reign in the 1260s and 1270s, the castles' prestige value had been superseded in importance by an understanding of the need to make the polity he created - the Principality of Wales - defensible. Employing a probing analysis of the topographical settings and defensive dispositions of almost a dozen native Welsh masonry castles, Craig Owen Jones interrogates the long-held theory that the native princes' approach to castle-building in medieval Wales was characterised by ignorance of basic architectural principles, disregard for the castle's relationship to the landscape, and whimsy, in order to arrive at a new understanding of the castles' significance in Welsh society. Previous interpretations argue that the native Welsh castles were created as part of a single defensive policy, but close inspection of the documentary and architectural evidence reveals that this policy varied considerably from prince to prince, and even within a prince's reign. Taking advantage of recent ground-breaking archaeological investigations at several important castle sites, Jones offers a timely corrective to perceptions of these castles as poorly sited and weakly defended: theories of construction and siting appropriate to Anglo-Norman castles are not applicable to the native Welsh example without some major revisions.Princely Ambition also advances a timeline that synthesises various strands of evidence to arrive at a chronology of native Welsh castle-building. This exciting new account fills a crucial gap in scholarship on Wales' built heritage prior to the Edwardian conquest and establishes a nuanced understanding of important military sites in the context of native Welsh politics.
Author |
: Michelle T. Clarke |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 205 |
Release |
: 2018-03-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781107125506 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1107125502 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (06 Downloads) |
Synopsis Machiavelli's Florentine Republic by : Michelle T. Clarke
Machiavelli believes republicans must be prepared to defend strict limits on elite power even when elites are 'good'.
Author |
: William Shakespeare |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 416 |
Release |
: 1803 |
ISBN-10 |
: EHC:148100002554U |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (4U Downloads) |
Synopsis The Plays by : William Shakespeare
Author |
: Aysha Pollnitz |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 463 |
Release |
: 2015-05-19 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781107039520 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1107039525 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (20 Downloads) |
Synopsis Princely Education in Early Modern Britain by : Aysha Pollnitz
This book shows how liberal education taught Tudor and Stuart monarchs to wield pens like swords and transformed political culture in early modern Britain.
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: |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 632 |
Release |
: 1909 |
ISBN-10 |
: NYPL:33433096168186 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (86 Downloads) |
Synopsis Pan American Magazine by :
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: |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 908 |
Release |
: 1909 |
ISBN-10 |
: STANFORD:36105013067629 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (29 Downloads) |
Synopsis The American Review of Reviews by :
Author |
: George Franklin Cram |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 440 |
Release |
: 1901 |
ISBN-10 |
: COLUMBIA:1002174952 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (52 Downloads) |
Synopsis Minette by : George Franklin Cram
Author |
: Albert Shaw |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 788 |
Release |
: 1909 |
ISBN-10 |
: OSU:32435051145662 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (62 Downloads) |
Synopsis American Monthly Review of Reviews by : Albert Shaw
Author |
: Bernard J. Dobski |
Publisher |
: Lexington Books |
Total Pages |
: 344 |
Release |
: 2011-11-21 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780739165430 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0739165437 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (30 Downloads) |
Synopsis Souls with Longing by : Bernard J. Dobski
The works of William Shakespeare vividly represent for our admiration and study a pageant of souls with longing in whose wake we ceaselessly follow. Through some of his most memorable characters, Shakespeare illuminates the nature and character—as well as consequences—of our distinctively human passions and ambition, in particular our desire for and pursuit of both honor and love. The contributors to this collaborative volume (scholars in English Literature, Political Philosophy, and the Humanities) argue that Shakespeare has much to teach us about our longing for honor and love in particular, and thus about who we are, what we desire, and why. Through sustained reflection on the Shakespearean portraits of honor and love, which are the focus of the chapters in Souls With Longing, we become more keenly aware of our own humanity and come to know ourselves more profoundly. As the abiding popularity of his works aptly demonstrates, Shakespeare’s unforgettable portraits of souls with longing—his representations of honor and love—continue to exert undeniable sway over our political, moral, and romantic imaginations.
Author |
: Albert Shaw |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 1234 |
Release |
: 1909 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015027769655 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (55 Downloads) |
Synopsis The American Review of Reviews by : Albert Shaw