A Popular History of the Ancient Britons or the Welsh People
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Excerpt from A Popular History of the Ancient Britons or the Welsh People: From the Earliest Times to the End of the Nineteenth Century The purpose of this book is to present to ordinary readers a clear and continuous narrative of events and of persons in the history of the British, or Welsh, people. The author has not written for the instruction of learned and historic critics, but for plain people generally. For this purpose he has avoided encumbering the pages with learned footnotes which might be interesting to critics but unprofitable to general readers. The authorities which have been consulted in the composition of the work are mentioned or quoted from in the course of the narrative. It is well known that Welsh people generally are very imperfectly acquainted with the history of their own country and race, and what knowledge they have is often mixed with mythical elements which are inconsistent with modern historical criticism. To remove this ignorance has been the aim of the author, but to what extent he has succeeded must be determined by others. He has been guided not by the spirit of prejudice or flattery to national pride, but by the love of truth. The old Welsh sentiment has been kept in mind, "Y Gwir yn erbin y Byd" -" The truth against the world." This saying was the motto of ancient poets, and is placed at the head of documents issued by "The Royal Eisteddfod of Wales." Nearly all the histories of Wales hitherto published have terminated at the conquest by King Edward I. at the close of the thirteenth century. It has been assumed that the history of Wales after the conquest has been comprehended in the history of England. This has been largely the case, especially the political history. There have been, however, many important facts in the life of the Welsh people which have not been recorded by English historians, or only superficially treated. The peculiarities of Welsh nature and life have been largely overlooked or unfairly represented by many English authors. These facts justify a special history of Wales, or the Welsh people, apart from the history of England. Several praiseworthy attempts have been made to supply this want, but there may be room for another work that may record some matters imperfectly described or omitted by others. During the nineteenth century the ancient literature of Wales has been placed before English readers in editions prepared by the Government and in translations made by competent scholars. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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