03-09-2005, 03:41 PM
Thecla,Mar 9 2005, 03:02 AM Wrote:So what did the English ever do to the Welsh, other than generally trying to conquer them (not to mention everyone else), and add some esthetic stony ruins to the already rocky terrain?
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1. They weren't ruins when they built them, they were Middle Ages "cribs" for the gangsta Brist doing Edward's, and other king's, bidding.
2. Trying to conquer them? I'd say they succeeded, territorially, though it seems that the Welshmen's spirit remains indomitable.
Occhi
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In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete