Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . stoms, and his policy of conciliation was so successful thatthere was but a single rising in the country for a whole later presented his son to the Welsh as their prince, and fromthat time down to the present the title of Prince of Wales The title ofhas usually been conferred upon the heir to the English throne, waies The conquest of Scotland proved a far more difficult matterthan that of Wales. I30 Medieval and Modem Times Lowlands andHighlands
Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . stoms, and his policy of conciliation was so successful thatthere was but a single rising in the country for a whole later presented his son to the Welsh as their prince, and fromthat time down to the present the title of Prince of Wales The title ofhas usually been conferred upon the heir to the English throne, waies The conquest of Scotland proved a far more difficult matterthan that of Wales. I30 Medieval and Modem Times Lowlands andHighlandsof Scotland At the time when the Angles and Saxons conqueredBritain, some of them wandered north as far as the Firth ofForth and occupied the so-called Lowlands of Scotland. Themountainous region to the north, known as the Highlands, con-tinued to be held by wild tribes related to the Welsh and Irishand talking a language similar to theirs, namely Gaelic. Therewas constant warfare bstween the older inhabitants themselvesand between them and the newcomers from Germany, but bothHighlands and Lowlands were finally united under a line of. Fig. 39. Conway Castle Edward built this fine castle in 1284 on the north coast of Wales, to keep the Welsh in check. Its walls are 12 to 15 feet in thickness. There were buildings inside, including a great banqueting hall 130 feet long Scottish kings, who moved their residence down to Edinburgh,which, with its fortress, became their chief town. It was natural that the language of the Scotch Lowlandsshould be English, but in the mountains the Highlanders to thisday continue to talk the ancient Gaelic of their inter- It was not until the time of Edward I that the long series ofScotch^ffairs troubles between England and Scotland began. The death ofthe last representative old line of Scotch kings in 1290 was fol-lowed by the appearance of a number of claimants to the crown. England in the Middle Ages 131 In order to avoid civil war
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