History of early Wales

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Sources-

Wales history of a nation- David Ross

A history of Wales- John Davies

Anglosaxon Chronicles

The kings and queens of Wales- Timothy Venning

The Welsh kings- Kari Maund

Historia Brittonum- Nennius

On the Ruin of Britain-Gildas

Britain AD- Francis Pryor

The Anglo-Saxons, Geoffrey Hindley

A short history of Wales- A.H Dodd

Celtic Saints of Wales- Elizabeth Rees

the book of Celtic Saints- Courtney Davis.

Life of David- Rhygyfarch

The Vikings, Else Roesdahl

The northmen's fury, Philip Parker

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[alecwilliams]

As an American of Welsh descent, I am very glad to see a renewed interest in the history of Wales, land of my distant ancestors. I once remarked to a Welshman in Shrewsbury (just across the border) that there certainly a renewed interest in all things Celtic. He answered that this was after all, Merlin's prophecy. He wasn't kidding. Let's hope that if there is a New Age on the horizon for Wales and the Celtic peoples, that is is gloriously peaceful and happy.

[christycullen]

I'm from carmarthen aka morindunum it even has only one of 7 known amphitheatre in the UK. This was a great video and its nice to see people interested in Welsh history.

[petermcinnes]

Thoroughly enjoyed this. Just one point. I know the video is about "Wales" but I felt that, when discussing the post-roman period, you could perhaps have spoken of Yr Hen Ogledd (the Old North) to show that at one point "Welsh" language and culture(s) extended from Cornwall to Fife and southern Argyll.

[worer]

Wales by far has the best flag in the world. And im scottish lol

[MarcusAgrippa]

Holy Crap!
Almost 2 hours of bliss...
Thank you for the video!

[nevadatan]

I cant thank you enough for this comforting doc. It My nan was Welsh. I inadvertently lived in Wales when I was stepping out alone in life.

I learned what cwtch was, and how local Welsh life was scenic and welcoming like family,

I knew the locals moreso than I knew my nan. I would love to return someday.

[Embracehistoria]

So in this video, I have fixed a few things, some of the maps are fixed, however, some I could not, in one instance I forgot to include the Kingdom of Ceredigion and Gwynedd spills out over it, the issues with the Viking in Wales video going dark in part is fixed, and in one part at the start when it came to talking about the origins of the word Welsh I said it was from the Anglo-Saxons, this is where two of my sources contradicted each other, anyway enjoy.

Page 69 of John Davies A history of Wales, paragraph two.
Page 10 of The Welsh kings by Kari Maund paragraph three.

[Hillbilly]

What an epic. You're legend. Cheers from Tennessee

[CommonSwindler]

This was a fascinating series. I confess I was quite foggy about Welsh early history, but this was illuminating and enjoyable as ever. What series can we expect next?

[vangroover]

I remember when Wales Song first became a thing. I was mesmerised by the tremerous warbling sounds and the high pitched melodies. Save The

[joeperrin]

Love this documentary, I'm from Dinas Powys and it's been mentioned in so many books and documentary so the castle and earth works must be culturally significant yet the council has let them fall to pieces and are dangerous places to visit now. I loved the CGI animations to! Full on Skyrim/Oblivion vibes! Really enjoyed this, thank you for making it.

[MCKevin]

So dési is pronounced like day-shee. The lived near Waterford in southeastern Ireland. They live on as the nickname for Waterford GAA. It’s cool that thousands of years later the name is still used by people in that region of Ireland. I remember learning about them in an Irish history class I took in college.

[stephenburgess]

In reference to the bloody rain mentioned at 1:01:01. I found one source that said it’s a phenomenon following a volcanic eruption where ash gets washed in the atmosphere and rains back down even very far from the volcano. I found another source that said there was a layer of volcanic ash in ice core samples from Greenland that are dated to 684.

[markberman]

I got a tiny, beautiful, pewter Welsh Dragon when I was there decades ago, it's still on my dresser.

[Rasperdan]

If you look way back there is evidance of the Welsh/Cymru being the original peoples of the UK island.

[Patriot_Gaming]

this is a wonderful video, and I'm glad that Welsh history is getting more recognition.

[SuzDn]

I was never taught any of my own history at school which is pretty shocking but representative of England's attitude to us over the centuries. Thank you so much for this excellent video to help fill in these huge gapx and your production values are superb.

Cymru am byth - R'yn ni yma o hyd!

[burbanky]

cymru y byth from south wales:) great video, be amazing to have an whole series till almost today, unbiased and well researched <3

[victoriabrewer]

Thank you for this documentary, very helpful in learning about my ancestry.

[ObjectiveEthics]

Enjoyed the artwork and the commentary. Well done 👏 ✔