Abstract

Review of David Stephenson, Political Power in Medieval Gwynedd: Governance and the Welsh Princes , (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2 nd edn. 2014), considering the text in light of its new edition, assessing the need for such a work and the benefits of an updated reprint. The review also considers the limitations of the new edition, and the impact on potential audiences.

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  • Political Power in Medieval Gwynedd: Governance and the Welsh Princes

  • The fifth in the Studies in Welsh History series published by University of Wales Press, this expanded edition comes at a time of growing interest in the study of Medieval Wales and the Welsh March with several significant works appearing within the last five years

  • Cambridge’s Texts and Studies in Medieval Welsh Law has contributed to the sustained interest, with publications such as Paul Russell’s Welsh Law in Medieval Anglesey (2001, reprinted 2011) adding to the historiography of the geopolitical bloc focused on here by Stephenson

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Political Power in Medieval Gwynedd: Governance and the Welsh Princes. By David Stephenson. Political Power in Medieval Gwynedd: Governance and the Welsh Review: Political Power in Medieval Gwynedd: Governance and the Welsh Princes

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