Mediæval Wales gathers six popular lectures by the historian A. G. Little, concentrating on Welsh society, politics, and culture in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Little surveys the native princes and their struggles, the impact of the Norman and English advance, the Church, law, and daily life in a land of mountains and shifting frontiers. Written for a general audience, the lectures distil serious scholarship into accessible portraits of a turbulent and formative era in Welsh history.
The book illuminates a period dominated by figures such as the Welsh princes who resisted English domination before the conquest of Edward I. Little draws on chronicles, law codes, and charters to explain how Wales was governed and how its distinctive institutions endured. Readers interested in Celtic history, medieval Britain, or the politics of the marches will find much of value here.