Wales
By the 1100 Normans were
driven out of two big costal areas and almost from all of the middle Wales.
In 1176 the very first Eisteddfod, a Welsh festival of music and literature was held. The
festival is held nowadays, too.
1283 Edward 1 ordered the building of castles in Wales. Between 1276 and 1295 he built or
repaired 17 castles. Today we have over 600 castles in Wales. With that did Edward I may
seem like a saint but he was the one who ordered to capture the last Princess of Wales,
Gwenllian, from her cradle. Her mum died in a labor and dad died in the battle against
English forces. Her uncle carried on the guardian-ship but his family was captured from their
secret hiding place. Princess and two cousins were taken to imprison them and Gwenllian's
uncle was executed. Gwenllian was placed in the Priory at Sempringham, where she was held
behind high walls until her death fifty-four years later. In committing her to a convent,
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