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12. Wales - Subjugation & Resistance
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The History of Wales is largely forgotten when we tell the story of Britain.
The best most people get is “Finally Edward I conquered Wales and built lots of castles which survive to this day”, but it is a fascinating story that deserves to be told in its own right.
It is complicated - we are not talking about one country called Wales but a patch-work of small kingdoms (Gwynedd, Powys, Deheubarth being the most powerful) and often one of them tends to dominate for a short period. The royal family’s were often interrelated and everyone had similar names, which (unless you…
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