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The Dominicans in France were called Jacobins (Latin: Jacobus, corresponds to Jacques in French and James in English) [2] because their first house in Paris was the Saint Jacques Monastery. The terms Jacobin and Jacobinism have been used in a variety of senses. Prior to 1793, the terms were used by contemporaries to describe the politics of ...
An analysis of the geography of Welsh surnames commissioned by the Welsh Government found that 718,000 people in Wales, nearly 35% of the Welsh population, have a family name of Welsh origin, compared with 5.3% in the rest of the United Kingdom, 4.7% in New Zealand, 4.1% in Australia, and 3.8% in the United States. A total of 16.3 million ...
The Jacobins claimed to speak on behalf of the people but were themselves not of 'the people': contemporaries saw the Jacobins as a club of the bourgeoisie. [ 13 ] As far as the central society in Paris was concerned, it was composed almost entirely of professional men (such as the lawyer Robespierre ) and well-to-do bourgeoisie (like the ...
This is the family tree of the kings of the respective Welsh medieval kingdoms of Gwynedd, Deheubarth and Powys, and some of their more prominent relatives and heirs as the direct male line descendants of Cunedda Wledig of Gwynedd (401 – 1283), and Gwrtheyrn of Powys (c. 5th century – 1160), then also the separate Welsh kingdoms and petty kingdoms, and then eventually Powys Fadog until the ...
Page from Peniarth MS 41, a 15th-century manuscript of the Statute of Rhuddlan in Welsh. The Statute of Rhuddlan [n 1] (Welsh: Statud Rhuddlan), also known as the Statutes of Wales (Latin: Statuta Walliae [2] or Valliae) or as the Statute of Wales (Latin: Statutum Walliae [3] or Valliae), was a royal ordinance by Edward I of England, which gave the constitutional basis for the government of ...
The Welsh (Welsh: Cymry) are an ethnic group and nation native to Wales who share a common ancestry, history and culture. [10] Wales is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. The majority of people living in Wales are British citizens. [11] In Wales, the Welsh language (Welsh: Cymraeg) is protected by law. [12]
Owain Glyndwr's gold Welsh dragon flag. Wales during the medieval age was a land of kingdoms and dynasties. Petty kingdoms, such as Ceredigion and Gwent, were established some time after Britain ceased to be part of the Roman empire in the late 5th century.
The Welsh title distain, being derived from "dish thane", [citation needed] indicates that he was originally concerned with the royal dishes at table, but it is known that Ednyfed Fychan, Distain to Llywelyn, was effectively a prime minister who did not regularly wait on the ruler at table. Below is a selection of the most important offices and ...