welsh

According to The First of the Tudors Henry VII during his youth while still in England, was extremely taken with his native roots in Wales, could speak rudimentary welsh and throughout his entire life, he was extremely pro-welsh. Indeed, Wales as a whole developed on a whole different level...

O're Hills and Valleys Reign An abridged History of the Kingdom of Cumbry Chapter One Britain in the late 6th Century was in the midst of a struggle for the cultural heart of the island. On the one hand were the post-roman native Britons, on the other were the many germanic tribes that have...

As the Roman empire descended into its death throws the Romans in Britain were suddenly left abandoned. Roman forces leaving the island in the middle of the fourth century. In the century afterwards Britain would follow a path similar to many other parts of the former empire. Barbarian invasion...

At several points, the Viking invasions of Britain came close to subjugating all of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, eventually succeeding in the late 10th century. However, the earlier the Danes conquer England, the less entrenched the idea of an unified England in the first place. If the Danes win...

In the 5th and 6th centuries, post-Roman Britons settled Brittany and Galicia. What if they had instead settled eastern England as mercenaries for the Saxons, perhaps re-Celtifying part of the east? Notably, the area of Londinium itself had been abandoned despite the building of Lundenwic...

Does anyone know when the Welsh longbow was first created and put in the field? Because I had an idea about having Harold get a contingent of Welsh archers in time for Hastings. I know he fought in Wales, but whether the Welsh would help their old enemies I do not know. Longbows would outrange...