How was Wales Formed?

♦In December 1282, a severed head was put on display outside the Tower of London. Less than twenty years later, the king responsible handed the dead man's title to his own son. That title is still in use today. The Welsh had their own language, their own laws, and their own princes. More than once, they came within reach of a country of their own. Each time, something stopped them. This is the story of how Wales was formed, and how it was lost. Of a name that one people chose for themselves and another chose for them. Of a dynasty that came closer than anyone to uniting the land, and a ring of stone built to make sure it never happened again. Of a rebel who raised a parliament, won foreign allies, and then vanished without a trace. And of a twist no one in 1282 could have predicted, which decided Wales's fate in a way its enemies never managed to.

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00:00 A Head at the Tower
01:14 Stone Circles and Celts
02:13 Rome's Frontier
03:33 Kingdoms of the Cymry
04:26 The Princes of Gwynedd
05:30 Edward I Ends Independence
07:30 Glyndŵr's Rising
09:18 A Welsh King of England

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