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Without their Welsh connections, the Tudors could never have made good their rags-to-riches ascent to the English throne, argues Peter R. Roberts.

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On August 1st, 1259, the English renewed a truce which recognised Llywelyn ap Gruffydd as Prince of Wales.

Robin Evans assesses the contribution of the Welsh to the troubles of 1642-49.

Peter Furtado visits the new National Waterfront Museum in Swansea, the museum of Welsh industrial and maritime heritage.

O.H. Creighton examines the many and varied reasons behind the siting of Norman castles, and considers their decisive effect on the cultural landscape of Britain.

Robin Evans puts Henry Tudor's victory into Welsh historical perspective.

April 2nd, 1502

Geraint H. Jenkins examines the vicissitudes of modern Welsh history.

Published in History Today, 2002

Robin Evans shows that the neglect of the history of Wales, and of other small nations, impoverishes our historical understanding.

Richard Cavendish visits Plas Newydd, the seat of the Marquess of Anglesey.
Ann Hills discovers a feast of Welsh flowers amid the history of a working-class town

An embryo patron of the English Renaissance and a lost Protestant hero? Roy Strong examines aspirations and might-have-beens in a major new study of Charles I's elder brother.

Without their Welsh connections, the Tudors could never have made good their rags-to-riches ascent to the English throne, argues Peter R. Roberts.

In this article, the complex relationship between England and the Principality is reflected, as D. Huw Owen traces the claimants of this title from 1245 to 1490, when Henry VII's son, Arthur, was proclaimed Prince of Wales.

Richard Mullen looks back on the wedding of Prince Albert Edward to Princess Alexandra of Denmark.

In Wales rugby football grew up in the communities of the industrial south. It was imbued with Welsh culture and aspirations, and provided drama for the Welsh people. This article by David Smith celebrates the centenary of the Welsh Rugby Union.


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