TABLE OF CONTENTS Prologue Acknowledgements vii-viii Chapter 1 The Land and its People 3-20 Chapter 2 The Opening of the Norman Conquest 20-41 Chapter 3 Social Classes on the Domesday Frontier 42-61 Chapter 4 The Domesday Frontier 62-78 Chapter 5 The Establishment of the Marcher Lordships 79-111 Chapter 6 The Welsh Reaction 112-130 Chapter 7 The Cambro-Norman Reaction: The Invasions of Ireland 130-150 Chapter 8 The Cambro-Norman Society of South Wales 151-175 Chapter 9 Conclusions 176-184 Map 1 Relief Map of Wales Map 2 The Welsh Frontier in Anglo-Saxon Times Map 3 The Welsh Frontier in the 14th Century