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Wales: Resistance, Conquest and Rebellion c.1240-1415

Change and continuity in Wales 1240 to 1415

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  • A2 Unit 3

Overview

Greatest political change in Wales across this period, greatest continuity across the period and long-term significance of the boroughs.

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Key term

What survived the conquest, what did not, and how did the geography of power in Wales change?

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What was the greatest political change in Wales across this period?

Key term

What was the greatest continuity across the period?

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  1. 1

    What was the greatest political change in Wales across this period?

    Model answer

    The extinction of native princely rule in 1283 and its replacement by English royal and Marcher government.

  2. 2

    What was the greatest continuity across the period?

    Model answer

    Welsh language, poetry and social custom persisted throughout, so cultural identity outlasted political independence.

  3. 3

    How far did Welsh law survive the conquest?

    Model answer

    Welsh criminal law was replaced by English law in the Principality, but much civil custom, including land law, continued in practice for generations.

  4. 4

    Compare the position of the uchelwyr before and after the conquest.

    Model answer

    Before 1282 they served the princes as officials and patrons of poetry; after it they served the Crown and Marcher lords in the same local roles and became the gentry.

  5. 5

    How did the geography of power in Wales change?

    Model answer

    Power moved from Gwynedd and the native courts to the ring of royal castles and boroughs and to the Marcher lordships, and eastwards towards England.

  6. 6

    What connected the risings of 1294, 1316 and 1400?

    Model answer

    All three grew from the same grievances of exclusion, taxation and misgovernment, and each was led by a man of native noble descent.

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