Wales and its History

There are a number of people who seem to hate so-called ''nationalists' so much they can't handle the idea of Welsh people having any kind of national heroes or historical achievements, so they tell blatant lies to deny these things; they even claim there were no Welsh people before Wales was annexed in the 16th century. They have nothing to back them up, all the sources of the time prove them to be completely wrong on everything, nothing they say is true in any way whatsoever, here are the favrotes regarding Owain Glyndwr, but another one is the 8000 who fought for England against Llyweyyn, they act like the south Welsh army had a choice and fought Llywelyn because they didnt like him or seen him as a foreigner, but this is the middle ages, South Wales was mostly in English hands, ruled by marcher lords, people in these lord ships were required to fight when called upon, , its the sam with the Welsh army that fought wallace in Scotland, many sources say they didnt want...

As more people are talking of an Owain Glyndwr movie, the same anti-Welsh people are coming out of the woodwork with their usual lies, so I thought I would address some of these LIES. LIE 1,  He fought for the English, his rebellion was about him and not a national revolt. THE TRUTH Yes he fought for the English, but that's how things were back then, we have sources telling us of Scottish kings fighting against the Welsh and French, people think those in the Middle Ages had some sort of choice to fight in these wars, Owain had no choice , he was required to fight. Its the same with the south Welsh who fight Llywelyn, people act like they opposed him so much they all volunteered to fight against him, the facts are that the areas in south Wales were under English control, so again these people were required to fight under these English lords LIE 2 It was a North Wales rebellion THE TRUTH After Gwynedd, it was Gwent and Morganwg where most of his army come from, by the time ...

Treatment of the Welsh at the start of Glyndwrs wars, where all of Wales had enough. This treatment of the Welsh only added numbers to Glyndwrs armies. A mistake often made by England over the years.  In 1400 Henry IV, on his way back from invading Scotland, heard of an uprising in Wales, he soon  turned his army towards Wales. Henry led his army around North Wales. He was harassed constantly by bad weather and the attacks of Welsh guerrillas. When he arrived on Anglesey, he harried the island, killing anyone they come across, burning villages and monasteries, including the Llanfaes Friary.  Rhys ap Tudur led an ambush of the king's forces at Rhos Fawr. After they were engaged, the Englishmen fled back to the safety of Beaumaris Castle. In 1401 Henry IV   marched across Wales again but this time it was through south Wales to Strata Florida Abbey. Here his troops camped in the abbey, robbing its relics, mocking and killing monks and stabling their horses at the h...