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__A Short History of Wales__ is a classic Welsh history text by Owen M. Edwards. Wales is a row of hills, rising between the Irish Sea on the west and the English plains on the east. If you come from the west along the sea, or if you cross the Severn or the Dee from the east, you will see that Wales is a country all by itself. It rises grandly and proudly. If you are a stranger, you will think of it as "Wales"--a strange country; if you are Welsh, you will think of it as "Cymru"--a land of brothers. The history of Wales begins with the arrival of human beings in the region thousands of years ago. In __A Short History of Wales__ Owen Edwards takes the reader on a concise tour of this fascinating nation’s past, from the time Neanderthals lived in what was known as Cymru, at least 230,000 years ago, to the events and forces that shaped the modern state of Wales. Includes image gallery. The Romans allowed the Welsh families and tribes to remain as before, and to be ruled by their own kings and chiefs. But they kept the defence of the country--the manning of the great wall in the north of Roman Britain, the garrisoning of the legion towns, and the holding of the western sea--in their own hand. **Owen Edwards** has written about photography for 30 years, for the __American Photographer__, __New York Times Magazine__, __New York__ magazine, __The Village Voice__, __Saturday Review__, __Vogue__, __Smithsonian__ magazine, and many other publications. Cover Title Page Table of Contents A Short History of Wales Chapter I: Wales Chapter II: The Wandering Nations Chapter III: Rome Chapter IV: The Name of Christ Chapter V: The Welsh Kings Chapter VI: The Laws of Howel Chapter VII: The Normans Chapter VIII: Griffith Ap Conan and Griffith Ap Rees Chapter IX: Owen Gwynedd and the Lord Rees Chapter X: Llywelyn the Great Chapter XI: The Last Llywelyn Chapter XII: Conquered Wales Chapter XIII: Castle and Long-bow Chapter XIV: The Rise of the Peasant Chapter XV: Owen Glendower Chapter XVI: The Wars of the Roses Chapter XVII: Tudor Order Chapter XVIII: The Reformation Chapter XIX: The Civil War Chapter XX: The Great Revolution Chapter XXI: Howel Harris Chapter XXII: The Reform Acts Chapter XXIII: Education Chapter XXIV: Local Government Chapter XXV: The Wales of Today An outline of Welsh history Footnotes Image Gallery Further Reading: A Short History of Russia