The forgotten years that forged Wales
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Welsh History in the Late 15th Century
The idea of a Welsh leader is deeply embedded in Welsh culture from the medieval period. There is this sense in Wales that they have been defeated by the English and so on, but that there will be a deliverer who will come to liberate them. Henry Tudor comes to settle uponHenry Tudor because of his Angolsey blood. The Bardic poets of Wales are really enthusiastic about Henry Tudor as a potential leader.
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