The Welsh Marches

In Our Time by BBC

Jun 25, 202652:08Society & Culture

At the Hay Festival, Misha Glenny and guests discuss the impact of the Norman invasion on the people and land of Wales and across the modern border with England in what became known as The Welsh Marches, march being a te...

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