Alba Landa and Its Relation to Welsh National History
Abstract
When the Norman conquest of England occurred in 1066, the conditions in England differed greatly from the conditions in Wales. Edward the Confessor, and after him, Harold, who reigned in England at that time, had Norman blood in them and to a certain extent had made the people familiar with Norman customs and institutions. Consequently, the Norman conquest of England was accomplished in a comparatively few years and carried through very successfully. On the other hand, Wales at this same period was under the leadership of a man whose great ambition was to restore Wales to the status of a netion, to bring about a national unity. That man was Gruffydd ap 1 Llywelyn. As a result, the Norman conquest of Wales was bitterly opposed from the very onset. This opposition continued on through the centuries and the subjugation of Cymru, or Wales, and its ab- sorption into the English system was carried on very slowly and at great cost.
Subject Area
European history|History
Recommended Citation
Bishop, Dorothy C, "Alba Landa and Its Relation to Welsh National History" (1938). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI28960337.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI28960337
