Was Jeffrey of Monmouth a welsh nationalist? If Jeffrey intended his history of the British realm to be subversive then yes if he intended it simply to be a salute to the bank on rule of the Saxons then no. The welsh almost uniquely among the Saxons we’re never comfortable with the Norman conquest and the odd language they spoke at court and the customs they imported from France. The story Of King Arthur can therefore be understood as a Clarion call for the remembrance and revival of the Saxon era with its customs politics and social organization. The political situation wheels today is unique in that whales is not a self-governing Dominion it is a constituent part of the United Kingdom that can legislate for it self only in specific areas the Welsh Parliament only exists because Westminster allows it to exist same thing applies with The Scottish Parliament Wales and Scotland our nations within a larger nation it lacks ability to fully and completely govern themselves they enjoyed autonomy in so much as the central node allows them to enjoy it.
When we examine the spread of Jeffrey of months seminal work the amount of readership that it was able to collect along with the number of copies distributed was remarkable for its time. It had a rich and influence in its own time across Europe that could only be eclipsed by the holy Bible. And it would not be seen again until the printing press centuries later.
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