The Kingdom of Gwynedd (410 - 878)

Map used (with permission): https://geoperspective.org/product/geological-relief-map-of-england-and-whales-vintage-home-decor-poster/ From Geo Perspective: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG9RP4AIh3vJFvpFHrwlP_Q The Kingdom of Gwynedd was a powerful and influential state in Britain during the Middle Ages. Although much smaller and weaker than its rapidly arriving neighbours, the Anglo-Saxons, the Welsh of Gwynedd were more than capable of defending their homeland, and carving out their place in the history of Wales with a rich history marked with conflict, defiance and song. Wales, and Welsh history, is often overlooked in the history of Britain, its existence merely a footnote in the much larger and more influential writings from England, Scotland and Ireland. Sometimes it's nice to explore the footnotes of history, buried underneath pages and volumes of books, and hours of content made about the bigger countries, lies unspoken and unwatched stories, from places that have every right to be heard. So today, I'm bringing that to you. From the country that gave you the longbow, radar, and the NHS, to the world that gave us the internet, better-tasting food, and weather that included more than two days of sun per year. I hope you enjoy. Part 2: https://youtu.be/ImjnZHHeZlY Reference List: Bartrum, P.C. (1993). A Welsh classical dictionary : people in history and legend up to about A.D. 1000. [online] Aberystwyth National Library of Wales, pp.494, 172, 262, 94, 500, 643, 428, 84, 91, 81, 90, 435, 638, 115, 188–189, 425–426, 540–541, 637–638, 16, 539, 82. Available at: https://www.library.wales/discover/digital-gallery/printed-material/a-welsh-classical-dictionary. Davies, J. (2007). A History of Wales. London: Penguin, pp.43–158. Davies, W. (1982). Wales in the early Middle Ages. Leicester: Leicester University Press ; Atlantic Highlands, Nj, pp.5–14. Todd, M. (2007). A companion to Roman Britain. Malden, Ma: Blackwell Pub, pp.60–72. --------------------- Air Hockey Saloon by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/vendaface/ Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/ --------------------- “Flag Map of Wales” https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_map_of_Wales.svg licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en “Locator Map of the United Kingdom” https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Locator_map_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en “Evolution of the Union Flag” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Union_Jack_evolution Data source: Google Trends (https://www.google.com/trends) “History of the Kings” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Kings_(Peniarth_23C) all licensed under CC0 1.0 https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en “Hywel Dda” https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/Laws_of_Hywel_Dda_%28f.1.v%29_King_Hywel_cropped.jpg licensed under CC0 1.0 “Arms of Llywelyn” https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arms_of_Llywelyn.svg licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 “Vortigern and Rowena” https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Vortigern_and_Rowena.png licensed under CC0 1.0 “Manuscript of Historia Regum Brittanae” https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/Vortigern-Dragons.jpg licensed under CC0 1.0 “David Schwimmer 2011” https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/David_Schwimmer_2011.jpg licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en “Y Ddraig Goch” https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/Welsh_Dragon_%28Y_Ddraig_Goch%29.svg licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 “Flag of Wales” https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg “Flag of Cornwall” https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/Flag_of_Cornwall.svg and “Flag of the Republic of Ireland” https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/Flag_of_Brittany.svg all licensed under CC0 1.0 “Flag of Brittany” https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/Flag_of_Brittany.svg licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 “Skull and Crossbones” https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Skull_and_Crossbones.svg licensed under CC0 1.0 “Coat of Arms of Powys” https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/Coat_of_arms_of_Powys.svg licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 “Coat of Arms of Deheubarth” https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/Coat_of_arms_of_Deheubarth.svg licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 #wales