Dedication

pp v-vi

Contents

pp vii-viii

List of Illustrations

pp ix-ix

Acknowledgements

pp x-xi

Abbreviations

pp xii-xiii

Map

pp xiv-xvii

Miscellaneous Frontmatter

pp xviii-xxii

Introduction: The problem of medieval Powys: historiography and sources

pp 1-20

Part I - Powysian Polities in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries: A Political Narrative

pp 21-22

1 - The re-emergence of Powys

pp 23-38

2 - The age of eminence: Madog ap Maredudd

pp 39-57

3 - Crisis and renewal: 1160 and its aftermath

pp 58-74

4 - The ascendancy and fall of Gwenwynwyn

pp 75-96

5 - Eclipse: the supremacy of Gwynedd

pp 97-114

6 - Survival: the case of Gruffudd, lord of Bromfield

pp 115-132

7 - Survival: the case of Gruffudd ap Gwenwynwyn

pp 133-158

8 - The persistence of Powysian lordship: Owain ap Gruffudd ap Gwenwynwyn and the descendants of Madog ap Maredudd

pp 159-178

Part II - Characteristics of the Powysian Polities: Structures, Fault-Lines and Political Culture

pp 179-180

9 - Powysian polities I: aspects of governance

pp 181-214

10 - Powysian polities II: secular dynamics; fragmentation and integration

pp 215-247

11 - Powysian polities III: the ecclesiastical dimension

pp 248-273

12 - Some Powysian perspectives: fears and aspirations

pp 274-292

Appendices

Appendix I - The Combermere charters: a new analysis and some implications

pp 293-299

Appendix II - Two alleged charters of Elise ap Madog

pp 300-301

Appendix III - ‘Powys Fadog’ and ‘Powys Wenwynwyn’

pp 302-305

Appendix IV - The date of composition of Breuddwyd Rhonabwy

pp 306-310

Select bibliography

pp 311-326

Index

pp 327-339