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The Impact of the Edwardian Castles in Wales (Paperback)
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The Impact of the Edwardian Castles in Wales publishes the
proceedings of a conference held in 2007 a year that marked the
seventh centenary of the death of King Edward I which set out to
review recent scholarship on castles that he built in north Wales
after two wars, in 1277 and 1282-83 and a Welsh uprising in
1294-95, and to rethink the effect that their building had upon
Wales in the past, present and future. Building upon the seminal
work of Arnold Taylor, whose study of the buildings and documentary
evidence has been pivotal to Edwardian castle studies for more than
fifty years, the volume includes papers which call into question
the role of Master James of St George as the architect of the kings
new castles; the role of Richard the Engineer, the nature of royal
accommodation in the thirteenth century and a detailed look at how
households worked, especially in the kitchen and accounting
departments. New approaches to castle studies are encouraging a
more holistic understanding of the Edwardian castles and their
context and to this end papers consider their impact on Welsh
society and its princes in the thirteenth century, notably Llywelyn
ab Iorwerth ( Fawr , the Great) and his grandson, Llywelyn ap
Gruffudd, prince of Wales. Their symbolism and meaning through the
words of Welsh poets and the mythology behind Caernarfon Castle are
also examined, so too is the role of Welshmen in Edward Is armies.
The wider context is considered with papers on the Edwardian towns
in Wales, the baronial castles in north Wales and Edward I in
Scotland and Gascony. The castles still have powerful resonance and
the Minister for Heritage in the Welsh Assembly Government
considers their role and presentation in Wales today and in the
future. Robert Liddiard concludes that the volume 'not only takes
our knowledge of the Edwardian castles forward, but also informs
the study of castles in the British Isles'.
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