Wales
It reached from sea to sea. Wat's Dyke was
the first permanent boundary between the Welsh and English people.
In England the period from 800-1000 AD is often called the late Anglo-Saxon period. Anglo-
Saxon kingdoms liked nationalism. Numerous attempts were made throughout this period to
create, if not a nation of Wales, then at least larger and more powerful kingdoms within Wales.
One of the early leaders of these tentative movements toward nationalism was Rhodri ap
Merfyn, later to be known as Rhodri Mawr (Rhodri the Great). In 877 the two "Greats",
Rhodri and Alfred clashed, and the Welsh leader and his son were killed. England kings
fearful of the power of Rhodri's sons, submitted to the overlordship of Wessex, who were
English leaders. Eventually even two other son's of Rhodri the Great were forced to
acknowledge Alfred Wessex as their overlord. This step was to have far-reaching
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