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Category: Medieval

Magna Carta

Written by Archbishop Stephen Langton in1216 – Â It was in force for only a few months, when it was violated by the king. the version presented here is the one that preceeded all of the others; nearly all of it’s provisions were soon superceded by other laws, and none of it is effective today.

The Gwarchan of Maelderw

By Aneurin the Bard

Every ode of the Gododin is equivalent to a single song, according to the privilege of poetical composition. Each of the Gwarchans is equal to three hundred and sixty-three songs, because the number of the men who went to Catraeth is commemorated in the Gorchans; and as no man should go to battle without arms, so no bard ought to contend without that poem.