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The Welsh language was thus formally recognised as a legitimate language in legal and administrative contexts for the first time in English law. [95] The proportion of the Welsh population able to speak the Welsh language was declining, falling from just under 50% in 1901 to 43.5% in 1911 and reaching a low of 18.9% in 1981.
The only king to unite Wales was Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, who ruled as King of Wales from about 1057 until his death in 1063. [11] [12] Fourteen years later the Norman invasion of Wales began, which briefly controlled much of Wales, but by 1100 Anglo-Norman control was reduced to the lowland Gwent, Glamorgan, Gower, and Pembroke, while the contested border region between the Welsh princes and ...
John Davies. Publisher. Penguin Books. Pages. 736. ISBN. 0713990988. A History of Wales or Hanes Cymru (Welsh language equivalent) is a book on the History of Wales by the Welsh historian, John Davies. The book was first published in Welsh in 1990 before subsequently being published in english and has since been renewed in more recent versions.
Welsh Language Act 1993 (c. 38) (Welsh: Deddf Yr Iaith Gymraeg 1993) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which put the Welsh language on an equal footing with the English language in Wales [300] 1996 Swansea City Council saves Swansea Museum from the threat of closure [301] 1997 18 September
Saunders Lewis, in his BBC address Tynged yr Iaith ("The Fate of the Language"), maintained that the Blue Books were for Welsh history "the most important nineteenth-century historical documents we possess" as their effect was to turn Wales into a more bilingual country, through the requirement to learn English as a second language. [6] [1]: 79 ...
Culture of Wales. The culture of Wales is distinct, with its own language, customs, festivals, music, art, cuisine, mythology, history, and politics. Wales is primarily represented by the symbol of the red Welsh Dragon, but other national emblems include the leek and the daffodil.
Descriptio Cambriae. The Descriptio Cambriae or Descriptio Kambriae (Description of Wales) is a geographical and ethnographic treatise on Wales and its people dating from 1193 or 1194. The Descriptio ’s author, variously known as Gerald of Wales or as Giraldus Cambrensis, was a prominent churchman of Welsh birth and mixed Norman -Welsh ancestry.
The modern history of Wales starts in 1800 and continues until the present day. In the 19th century, South Wales became heavily industrialised with ironworks; this, along with the spread of coal mining to the Cynon and Rhondda valleys from the 1840s, led to an increase in population. The social effects of industrialisation resulted in armed ...