In this essay I will be discussing the views of Wales and its people under the Tudors. I shall be looking at literature and its attitudes towards the people, why the Welsh were viewed as uncivilised, hostile and foreigners and the reasons why it was so important for everyone to speak English. The English in the sixteenth century shared the island of Britain with neighbouring Wales and Scotland, with whom their relations ranged from uneasy …showed first 75 words of 1813 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1813 total…the Welsh were of contempt, and this is shown with the various evidence throughout the essay. Bibliography Bartley, J O Teague Shenkin and Sawney Cork 1954 Harries, F J Shakespeare and the Welsh London 1991 Hinton, Edward M Ireland through Tudor eyes 1935 Hunter, G K Elizabethans and Foreigners, Shakespeare's Survey 17 1964 Shakepeare, William Richard II The Arden Shakespeare 2001 Williams, Glanmor Renewal and Reformation Wales c.1415-1642 Oxford University Press 1993 http://www.wwnorton.com/nael/16century/topic_4/illustrations.htm