Uneasy Lies the Crown, A Novel of Owain Glyndwr by N. Gemini Sasson

In 1380, he married Margaret Hanmer, the daughter of Sir David Hanmer, a justice of the King’s Bench. He also possessed a gift for languages, speaking Welsh, English, French and Latin. The earl also recognized Owain’s gift for learning and later Owain was sent to study law in London at the Inns of Court. At the age of thirteen, Owain became a ward of the Earl of Arundel and soon after began his military training. For over a century, Wales remained obeisant.īorn in 1359 to Gruffydd Fychan and Helen Goch (the great-great-granddaughter of Llewelyn the Last), Owain Glynd?r could claim descent from both the princes of Powys and Gwynedd. Edward’s scheme worked splendidly, as it not only imposed peace upon Wales, but it also introduced a level of newfound prosperity for the Welsh towns that grew up around these castles. George, who designed and oversaw the building of several castles, including: Aberystwyth, Rhuddlan, Flint, Conwy, Harlech, Caernarfon and Beaumaris. When Edward I came to the throne of England in 1272, he made absolutely certain that his power base in Wales was secure by employing the genius of the master architect from Savoy, James of St. English kings used this lack of unity to their utmost advantage. Although the Welsh as a society were autonomous from England for many centuries, the proximity of the two countries and the ancient Welsh customs of fostering out sons and dividing inheritances among male heirs destabilized the region by perpetuating territorial feuds. It was a society as much rooted in warfare as it was in bardic tradition. The history of Wales predates Roman settlements to a Celtic people who called themselves the Cymry. Owain Glyndwr and the Welsh War of Independence Gemini Sasson has written a book about Owain Glyndwr and the Welsh War of Independence.

I have a guest post today on a subject near and dear to my heart … medieval Wales! N.

Uneasy Lies the Crown, A Novel of Owain Glyndwr by N. Gemini Sasson