Transcribed from the 1922 T. Fisher Unwin Ltd. edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org

A
SHORT HISTORY
OF
WALES

BY
OWEN EDWARDS

T. FISHER UNWIN LTD.
LONDON: ADELPHI TERRACE

First Published	1906
Second Impression	1909
Third Impression	1913
Fourth Impression	1920
Fifth Impression	1922

CHAP.		PAGE
I.	Wales: What it is made of, and What itis like	[1]
II.	The Wandering Nations. TheIberians and Celts	[5]
III.	Rome. Roman conquest,Settlement, and Influence	[10]
IV.	The Name of Christ. The OldReligion and the New	[15]
V.	The Welsh Kings. Wearers of the“Crown of Arthur”	[20]
VI.	The Laws of Howel	[25]
VII.	The Normans in Wales	[30]
VIII.	Griffith ap Conan and Griffith apRees	[35]
IX.	Owen Gwynedd and the LordRees	[40]
X.	Llywelyn the Great	[45]
XI.	The Last Llywelyn	[50]
XII.	Conquered Wales. How it wasGoverned	[55]
XIII.	The Castle and the Long-bow	[60]
XIV.	The Rise of the Peasant	[65]
XV.	Owen Glendower and hisIdeals	[70]
XVI.	The Wars of the Roses inWales	[75]
XVII.	The Rule of the Tudors	[80]
XVIII.	The Protestant Reformation	[85]
XIX.	The Civil War in Wales	[90]
XX.	The Great Revolution	[96]
XXI.	Howel Harris and theAwakening	[102]
XXII.	The Reform Acts	[107]
XXIII.	The Formation of the EducationSystem	[112]
XXIV.	The Growth ofSelf-Government	[117]
XXV.	The wales of To-day	[123]
SUMMARY
I.	The Isolation of Wales	[129]
II.	The Wales of the Princes	[130]
III.	The Wales of the People	[133]
TABLES
I.	The House of Cunedda	[135]
II.	The House of Gwynedd	[136]
III.	The House of Dynevor	[136]
IV.	The House of Powys	[137]
V.	The House of Mortimer	[138]
VI.	The House of Tutor	[139]

INTRODUCTION

This little book is meant for those who have never read any Welsh history before. It is not taken for granted that the reader knows either Latin or Welsh.

ASHORT HISTORYOFWALES

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

A
SHORT HISTORY
OF
WALES