Wales: The Roar of the Red Dragon (TRIH ep 267)
1277 · Resource
Hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook interview Martin Johnes about Welsh identity and the history of Wales. The discussion ranges from early claims of Roman ancestry (Magnus Maximus) and medieval Welsh polities through the Norman incursions and the creation of the Marches, to Edward I’s conquest and symbolic castle-building. Johnes examines legal inequality imposed on the Welsh, Owain Glyndŵr’s rebellion, Tudor-era changes including Henry VII’s Welsh connections and the Laws in Wal...
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