None could go against the King of England: Crouchback and the History of Medieval Wales is a Welsh Voices* presentation, sponsored by the Welsh Society of Western New England.
*Welsh Voices is a series of monthly free virtual seminars on Zoom, presented by experts on Welsh and Welsh North American culture and history. It is a project of The Great Plains Welsh Heritage Centre in Wymore, Nebraska. For more details and links, visit greatplainswelsh.org/events
None could go against the King of England: Crouchback and the History of Medieval Wales - Presented by author Sarah Woodbury.
After the assassination of Llywelyn ap Gruffydd in 1282, King Edward I of England set about eliminating the Welsh language, culture, and history to the best of his ability, even to the point of expunging any mention of the Welsh royal court from public documents and placing himself in the lineage of the great Welsh hero, Arthur. He took the crown, the piece of the true cross, and even the title, Prince of Wales, which from then on would be bestowed on the eldest son of the King of England.
This talk places the ambush and murder of Llywelyn ap Gruffydd within the context of Welsh history, traces its origins and consequences, and then asks, “How do those who survive the end of their world keep on living?”
About the presenter, Sarah Woodbury. With over two million books sold to date, Sarah Woodbury is the author of more than fifty novels, all set in medieval Wales. Although an anthropologist by training, and then a full-time homeschooling mom for twenty years, she began writing fiction when the stories in her head overflowed and demanded that she let them out. While her ancestry is Welsh, she only visited Wales for the first time at university. She has been in love with the country, language, and people ever since. She even convinced her husband to give all four of their children Welsh names. She now splits her time between Oregon and Wales.
Sarah is a member of the Historical Fiction Author Cooperative (HFAC), the Historical Novel Society (HNS), and Novelists, Inc. (NINC).___
Note: Sarah mentioned that, if people cared to read one of her books before the talk, Crouchback, the first book in the Welsh Guard Mysteries, is available in ebook for free at all retailers worldwide. You can also find it in audio and paper. Link to the book here: https://www.sarahwoodbury.com/books/crouchback/
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