Wales and its History

Wales was mostly united under Hywel Dda, but when he died it was split again, Maredudd ap Owain, the same , Gruffudd ap Llywelyn who united all of Wales and others but because of Welsh laws, when they died the kingdoms would be split again . Meanwhile in England and Scotland, much bigger countries with less in common with each other united and stayed that way . In Wales, they shared the language, culture, traditions and laws, the Welsh had more to unite them than Scotland and England, Welsh law said Cymry  – the modern Welsh for all of the Welsh people – apparently only applied to the free classes and not to serfs or slaves. However, none of them counted as a "foreigner" and, even if they moved from one Welsh "kingdom" ( gwlad ) to another, they did not suffer that status but were considered fully native. Those from outside Wales were considered between serfs and slaves, forbidden to offer testimony, and obliged to pledge themselves to a native Welshman (even a serf

Wales has more castles per square mile than anywhere else, More medieval religious buildings, more early medieval stones/crosses/inscriptions, more Iron Age Hillforts, it has some of the oldest literature in Europe and a literary tradition that is the oldest in Europe that's still being used today, It is the Welsh who are the keepers of the ancient British traditions and language. Wales or its history isn't better or worse than any other, but it is ignored more than any other, there are no big tv shows, no movies so people outside of Wales are completely ignorant of Welsh history, what they do know is often wrong. There has never been a film about anything of medieval Wales, but there are hundreds about England and Scotland. The BBC also ignores Welsh history but makes countless shows about everywhere else. To be proud of your history isn't nationalism, to state facts isn't nationalism. Wales has history, lots and lots of it. https://walesanditshistory.blogspot.com/201