Transcribed from the 1922 T. Fisher Unwin Ltd. edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org A SHORT HISTORY OF WALES BY OWEN EDWARDS * * * * * T. FISHER UNWIN LTD. LONDON: ADELPHI TERRACE * * * * * _First Published_ 1906 _Second Impression_ 1909 _Third Impression_ 1913 _Fourth Impression_ 1920 _Fifth Impression_ 1922 * * * * * [_All rights reserved_] CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE I. WALES: WHAT IT IS MADE OF, AND WHAT IT IS LIKE 1 II. THE WANDERING NATIONS. THE IBERIANS AND CELTS 5 III. ROME. ROMAN CONQUEST, SETTLEMENT, AND 10 INFLUENCE IV. THE NAME OF CHRIST. THE OLD RELIGION AND THE 15 NEW V. THE WELSH KINGS. WEARERS OF THE “CROWN OF 20 ARTHUR” VI. THE LAWS OF HOWEL 25 VII. THE NORMANS IN WALES 30 VIII. GRIFFITH AP CONAN AND GRIFFITH AP REES 35 IX. OWEN GWYNEDD AND THE LORD REES 40 X. LLYWELYN THE GREAT 45 XI. THE LAST LLYWELYN 50 XII. CONQUERED WALES. HOW IT WAS GOVERNED 55 XIII. THE CASTLE AND THE LONG-BOW 60 XIV. THE RISE OF THE PEASANT 65 XV. OWEN GLENDOWER AND HIS IDEALS 70 XVI. THE WARS OF THE ROSES IN WALES 75 XVII. THE RULE OF THE TUDORS 80 XVIII. THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION 85 XIX. THE CIVIL WAR IN WALES 90 XX. THE GREAT REVOLUTION 96 XXI. HOWEL HARRIS AND THE AWAKENING 102 XXII. THE REFORM ACTS 107 XXIII. THE FORMATION OF THE EDUCATION SYSTEM 112 XXIV. THE GROWTH OF SELF-GOVERNMENT 117 XXV. THE WALES OF TO-DAY 123 SUMMARY I. THE ISOLATION OF WALES 129 II. THE WALES OF THE PRINCES 130 III. THE WALES OF THE PEOPLE 133 TABLES