Wales can be described as England’s oldest colonial conquest, but centuries of political subjection have not destroyed the Welsh identity. In addition, the book emphasizes the long-established Welsh tradition of using history as a weapon in current political and religious the consequences have not been as lethal as in Ireland, Welsh historians have often generated and transmitted powerful myths about past persecutions and triumphs; and a major concern of the book is to understand this process of myth-making.

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