Wales and its History

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...

 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 , has this man ever read a Welsh history book? If he had, he surely himself would know he is talking utter rubbish; the kings and princes of Wales built grand abbeys and castles, held courts, created charters, led armies of 10,000 or more, had relations with other countries and were recognised by popes 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 was extremely negative and anti-Welsh. Their job was to convince the Welsh people that Wales is a glorified county with no history and no achievements, held back by a language that should have died long ago. Anything that gave Wales a separate identity or made Welsh people proud was attacked. Anyway, back to the comment, I did a post a while back showing w...