On this day in 1217, Pembroke-born Isabel Marshal married Gilbert de Clare on her 17th birthday. Her father had captured Gilbert in battle earlier that year.
How did marriage alliances shape medieval women’s lives?
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@famouswelshminds.bsky.socialOn this day in 1217, Pembroke-born Isabel Marshal married Gilbert de Clare on her 17th birthday. Her father had captured Gilbert in battle earlier that year.
How did marriage alliances shape medieval women’s lives?
@famouswelshminds.bsky.socialOn this day in 1840, the Taff Vale Railway formally opened its first route from Cardiff to Navigation House, now Abercynon, connecting the Taff Valley’s iron and coal industries to Cardiff’s docks.
Have you ever travelled on a steam train?
@famouswelshminds.bsky.socialOn this day in 1282, Edward I granted Bromfield and part of Yale to John de Warenne during his war against Llywelyn ap Gruffudd. The grant helped establish a Marcher lordship; Warenne’s family later built Holt Castle.
Have you ever visited Holt Castle?
@famouswelshminds.bsky.socialOn this day in 1940, Welsh poet Niclas y Glais spent his 61st birthday in Brixton prison, receiving over 1,000 cards and telegrams. He wrote 150 sonnets during his imprisonment, some on toilet paper.
How should wartime societies protect political freedom?
@famouswelshminds.bsky.socialOn this day in 1957, Paul Robeson sang from New York to over 2,000 people at Porthcawl’s Miners’ Eisteddfod by telephone. His passport had been cancelled by US authorities amid anti-communist persecution.
How can music unite people across borders?
@famouswelshminds.bsky.socialOn this day in 1956, Plaid Cymru held a “Save Tryweryn” rally in Bala against Liverpool Corporation’s plan to flood Capel Celyn, a Welsh-speaking community. The campaign could not prevent the flooding.
What does “Cofiwch Dryweryn” mean to you?
