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Wales Pacified

The Welsh settled down peaceably on their lands and generally adopted the English customs. Except a few great lords, their gentry were still the

Here is the best of the history blogs for last month. Every month the History Carnival provides these links.Comment: there is no formal

Bringing the best history on the web. -- From Crash Course, their US History Series, #8. The Constitution, the Articles, and Federalism, published on

From our Humor Department:There are times when everything you do turns to gold. Don't worry. It will pass.- A lesson from history.

Seldom has a shameful and violent death been better merited than by a double-dyed traitor like David, false by turns to his country and his king; nor

Darius then, having come to this river and having encamped there, was pleased with the river and set up a pillar there also, with an inscription as

A curious superstition precipitated an outbreak . . . the so-called prophecies of Merlin, which were designed to reconcile the Welsh to the Norman

This series has four easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Welsh Pride; English Dominance.IntroductionThe region of Wales in the

by Jack Le MoineFrom the latest happenings in things historical. This week in history the big story was the announcement of the results of