castles built by the Welsh Kings/Princes
This post was inspired by comments made by Neil Kinnock, who called Welsh kings and princes ''ennobled brigands.'' This comment is so far from the truth , you need to ask the question , has this man ever read a Welsh history book? If he had, he surely himself would know he is talking utter rubbish. The motive for his comment is to discredit the very idea of a Welsh nation during the 1979 devolution referendum campaign, the no to devolution side were extremely negative and anti-Welsh, their job was to convince the Welsh people that Wales is glorified county with not history, no achievements, held back by a language that should have died long ago, anything that give Wales a separate identity, or made Welsh people proud was attacked. Anyway, back to the comment, i did a post a while back showing why he was talking utter tripe, but i decided to go a little bit more in-depth and look at what made these rulers as noble and royal as any other monarchs in Europe. The first thin...