Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgements x
5. Abbreviations xii
6. Introduction: The problem of medieval Powys: historiography and sources 1
7. PART I: POWYSIAN POLITIES IN THE TWELFTH AND THIRTEENTH CENTURIES: A POLITICAL NARRATIVE
8. 1. The re-emergence of Powys 23
9. 2. The age of eminence: Madog ap Maredudd 39
10. 3. Crisis and renewal: 1160 and its aftermath 58
11. 4. The ascendancy and fall of Gwenwynwyn 75
12. 5. Eclipse: the supremacy of Gwynedd 97
13. 6. Survival: the case of Gruffudd, lord of Bromfield 115
14. 7. Survival: the case of Gruffudd ap Gwenwynwyn 133
15. 8. The persistence of Powysian lordship: Owain ap Gruffudd ap Gwenwynwyn and the descendants of Madog ap Maredudd 159
16. PART II: CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POWYSIAN POLITIES: STRUCTURES, FAULT-LINES AND POLITICAL CULTURE
17. 9. Powysian polities I: aspects of governance 181
18. 10. Powysian polities II: secular dynamics; fragmentation and integration 215
19. 11. Powysian polities III: the ecclesiastical dimension 248
20. 12. Some Powysian perspectives: fears and aspirations 274
21. Appendices
22. Appendix I. The Combermere charters: a new analysis and some implications 293
23. Appendix II. Two alleged charters of Elise ap Madog 300
24. Appendix III. ‘Powys Fadog’ and ‘Powys Wenwynwyn’ 302
25. Appendix IV. The date of composition of Breuddwyd Rhonabwy 306
26. Select bibliography 311
27. Index 327