A Short History of England
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190. The Conquest of Wales. Although Edward both by nature and opportunity was inclined to devote his best efforts to the problems of government, most of his time, like that of every other strong king in the middle ages, was necessarily spent in warfare. He was engaged during much of the latter part of his reign in a contest with the king of France to retain Gascony, the sole remainder of the wreck of the old dominions of the English kings in France. His two greatest series of wars, how- ever, ...were with Wales and Scotland.
The people of Wales had never been completely conquered or united with the people of the rest of England. The mountainous nature of their country, their fierce character, and their pride in their Celtic blood had enabled them to preserve their political independence under their native chieftains. The Welsh princes 220 A SHORT HISTORY OF ENGLAND had, it is true, been forced from time to time to acknowledge the supremacy of the English king, but it was only a formality, and the people of Wales continued to live in practically independent barbarism.
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190. The Conquest of Wales. Although Edward both by nature and opportunity was inclined to devote his best efforts to the problems of government, most of his time, like that of every other strong king in the middle ages, was necessarily spent in warfare. He was engaged during much of the latter part of his reign in a contest with the king of France to retain Gascony, the sole remainder of the wreck of the old dominions of the English kings in France. His two greatest series of wars, how- ever, ...were with Wales and Scotland.
The people of Wales had never been completely conquered or united with the people of the rest of England. The mountainous nature of their country, their fierce character, and their pride in their Celtic blood had enabled them to preserve their political independence under their native chieftains. The Welsh princes 220 A SHORT HISTORY OF ENGLAND had, it is true, been forced from time to time to acknowledge the supremacy of the English king, but it was only a formality, and the people of Wales continued to live in practically independent barbarism.
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