Description
Book SynopsisThis popular history of Wales, now in its third edition, tells the story of Wales from Celtic origins to joining the Union, up to Brexit and 2019. It is an account of its social, political and industrial development to the modern age. It is an ideal guide for the student as well as the visitor to Wales, or those looking for a succinct history of the Welsh people; politics; geography and changes within Wales in relation to the UK, and as a devolved nation.
Table of ContentsPre-Celtic Wales; Celtic Wales; Roman Wales; 'Dark Age' Wales; The Early Middle Ages; The Normans in Wales (Henry I and II), the Princes (llywelyn and Llywelyn II), England's Province (Edward I), The Last Prince (Owain Glyndwr), Towards Union (Henry VIII and the Acts of Union), Life in the Sixteenth Century; Elizabethan and Stewart Wales; Wales in the Seventeenth Century; Industrial Wales: 1800 - 1920); A new Idea of Wales 1918-1939); World War II and the Assembly; Brexit. A chronology of Wales; Bibliography; Index.
