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Tag: Medieval History
The Translation of the Bible into Welsh
The translation of the Bible into Cymraeg (the Welsh language) saved and preserved it for generations.
The Christian Origins of “Merthyr Tydfil”
Did you know that the Welsh town of Merthyr Tydfil has Christian origins and gets its name from a (possibly historical) legendary figure named Tydfil? Tydfil, according to legend, lived in the 5th century AD and was a daughter (the twenty-third, to be exact) of King Brychan Brycheiniog of the early Welsh kingdom of Brycheiniog.…
Hywel ap Cadel/Hywel Dda (?-950 AD)
Hywel ap Cadel, perhaps more commonly known as Hywel Dda (Hywel “the Good”), was originally the Welsh King of Deheubarth before coming to rule over most of Cymru, including Gwynedd, in his lifetime. Hywel Dda was a skilled politician who succeeded in usurping the Kingdom of Gwynedd from Idwal Foel and his children, Iago and…
Who was Nest of Deheubarth? (Part I)
Nest of Deheubarth is oftentimes a misunderstood figure of Welsh history.
Cunedda ap Edern & the Kingdom of Gwynedd
Cunedda ap Edern is believed to have founded the Kingdom of Gwynedd in the 5th Century AD. What do we know about him?