Owain Glendower Quotes
Adultery for a queen was considered treason. Adultery per se was not punished with death in 16th century England, but the concept was that a Queen who committed adultery was risking the royal bloodline and therefore the Crown and the Nation.
King Henry had fallen in love with a commoner so he gave her a title. Then he married her and made her his queen. When he tired of her, he accused her of adultery for a queen was treason as it compromised the succession to the throne. Henry had the queen executed, and married another.
Where societies have elderly people in households, it tells us much about the values of the society and the culture. In some societies, people do not live to be elderly, and in others, those that do are not very much respected.
Owain ap Gruffydd, lord of Glyndyfrdwy (c. 1359 – c. 1415), or simply Owain Glyndŵr or Glyn Dŵr (pronounced [ˈoʊain ɡlɨ̞nˈduːr], anglicised to Owen Glendower), was a Welsh leader who instigated a fierce and long-running yet ultimately unsuccessful war of independence with the aim of ending English rule in Wales during the Late Middle Ages. He was the last native Welshman to hold the title Prince of Wales (Welsh: Tywysog Cymru).
