The Normans in South Wales, 1070-1171

by Lynn H. Nelson

Book Overview

A frontier has been called "an area inviting entrance." For the Norman invaders of England the Welsh peninsula was such an area. Fertile forested lowlands invited agricultural occupation; a fierce but primitive and disunited native population was scarcely a formidable deterrent.

In The Normans in South Wales, Lynn H. Nelson provides a comprehensive history of the century during which the Normans accomplished this occupation. Skillfully...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292741472
• ISBN13: 9780292741478
• Release Date: January 1966
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"