Even in southern Scotland, most of the Brythonic or Welsh kingdoms came under English or Anglian control. Yet before that happened, those kingdoms produced the first surviving body of literature ...

Even in southern Scotland, most of the Brythonic or Welsh kingdoms came under English or Anglian control. Yet before that happened, those kingdoms produced the first surviving body of literature ...

In the Arthurian legends, King Arthur famously has a special sword named Excalibur. This is one of the constant aspects of ...

Most of the rivers of England have Brythonic names: Avon for example is the Welsh afon (river). Saxon or English kingdoms were created, the strongest of which, by AD 700, were Northumbria ...

In the parts of Gwynedd seized by the king, royal officials proved oppressive. The Welsh lords of Deheubarth found themselves enmeshed by the royal administration at Carmarthen and Cardigan.