Stealing Heaven by Madeline Hunter

Author:Madeline Hunter
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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AUTHOR’S NOTE

England conquered Wales during the Middle Ages. The Normans, under William the Conqueror, took the eastern and southern regions in the twelfth century. William set up barons in these border areas, or “marches”, and gave them power that exceeded that of most other barons. This bred ambitions and a sense of autonomy among the Lords Marchers that would haunt the English crown for centuries. For good or ill, these barons played pivotal roles in the rebellions and politics of the medieval period.

In the late thirteenth century, Edward I completed the conquest of Wales. For the next century there were no large-scale rebellions, although minor insurrections periodically occurred. That the Welsh were hardly pacified was proven in 1400. That year marked the beginning of the great rebellion of Owain Glyn Dwr, which would be the final revolt of the Welsh against English rule.

As Rhys predicts in this novel, Welsh streamed across England to join Owain’s revolt, abandoning their positions in English manors, courts and universities to do so.

For simplicity, I have used the English terms Wales and the Welsh throughout the novel. Nesta would not have referred to her land or her people that way, however. She would have called her homeland Cymru.

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