The Welsh Wars of Edward I; A Contribution to Mediaeval Military History, Based on Original Documents
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Braveheart made Edward the Longshanks known around the world. He was one of the most ruthless kings ever to sit on the throne of England. He was vicious, almost careless in the lives he spent in his various wars, but he was also a brilliant legal mind that forged the foundations of the legal system England and US has today. Most of all he was determined to do what his grandfather, King John failed to do, win back all the lands lost of France and all powers to the barons when John signed the Magna Carta. As well, he was determined to end the abuses tolerated by his weak father concerning the Marcher Barons of Wales.
Edward fought long wars with the Scotland, his own nobles, Ireland, France and the Welsh. And though, I am sure many believe Scotland was him prime focus, it was really secondary to his controlling Wales. When Edward came to the throne in 1272, he was a warrior-prince tested, and he carried that into being a warrior-king.
The borders of Wales - the Marches - were always a trouble, so Norman barons had been set to garrisoning it, control it. Instead, of bringing peace to England, so far from England, they began to challenge the crown's authority, carrying on their private wars and fermenting rebellion to the very authority they were set to protect.
When Edward determined to once and for all break the spine of Wales, he was facing fighting his own barons as much as the determined Welsh. The great castles that Edward ringed Wales with, to strangle it into control, still stand today as a reminder of the vast power this King wielded.
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