Chapter I: Front Matter

A
SHORT HISTORY
OF
WALES

BY
OWEN EDWARDS

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T. FISHER UNWIN LTD.
LONDON: ADELPHI TERRACE

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_First Published_ 1906 _Second Impression_ 1909 _Third Impression_ 1913 _Fourth Impression_ 1920 _Fifth Impression_ 1922

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CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
I. WALES: WHAT IT IS MADE OF, AND WHAT IT IS LIKE 1
II. THE WANDERING NATIONS. THE IBERIANS AND CELTS 5
III. ROME. ROMAN CONQUEST, SETTLEMENT, AND 10
INFLUENCE
IV. THE NAME OF CHRIST. THE OLD RELIGION AND THE 15
NEW
V. THE WELSH KINGS. WEARERS OF THE “CROWN OF 20
ARTHUR”
VI. THE LAWS OF HOWEL 25
VII. THE NORMANS IN WALES 30
VIII. GRIFFITH AP CONAN AND GRIFFITH AP REES 35
IX. OWEN GWYNEDD AND THE LORD REES 40
X. LLYWELYN THE GREAT 45
XI. THE LAST LLYWELYN 50
XII. CONQUERED WALES. HOW IT WAS GOVERNED 55
XIII. THE CASTLE AND THE LONG-BOW 60
XIV. THE RISE OF THE PEASANT 65
XV. OWEN GLENDOWER AND HIS IDEALS 70
XVI. THE WARS OF THE ROSES IN WALES 75
XVII. THE RULE OF THE TUDORS 80
XVIII. THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION 85
XIX. THE CIVIL WAR IN WALES 90
XX. THE GREAT REVOLUTION 96
XXI. HOWEL HARRIS AND THE AWAKENING 102
XXII. THE REFORM ACTS 107
XXIII. THE FORMATION OF THE EDUCATION SYSTEM 112
XXIV. THE GROWTH OF SELF-GOVERNMENT 117
XXV. THE WALES OF TO-DAY 123
SUMMARY
I. THE ISOLATION OF WALES 129
II. THE WALES OF THE PRINCES 130
III. THE WALES OF THE PEOPLE 133
TABLES
I. THE HOUSE OF CUNEDDA 135
II. THE HOUSE OF GWYNEDD 136
III. THE HOUSE OF DYNEVOR 136
IV. THE HOUSE OF POWYS 137
V. THE HOUSE OF MORTIMER 138
VI. THE HOUSE OF TUTOR 139