SMC103Y1 Lecture Notes - Rheged, Hywel Dda
13 Dec 2013
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Wales in earlier middle ages, developed series of kingdoms rules by hereditary (?) dynasties: unable to develop as a nation as they never untied under a single monarch. *dynamic place by mid 9th century, more or less, acknowledged that the king of england would be overlord of. Wales: beginning of 9th century, untied under a single monarchy and administration records of every kind of document indicated an administration of literacy. **helped to create unity of england as a kingdom. English pressure on east wales met that the western boundaries shrank the major kingdoms of wales were fertile zones: dyfed, powys [latin pagus roman division of land] therefore, considerable roman influence, gwynedd. Biggest able, before they were eclipses, to absorb into writing 2 kingdoms that disappeared.
