In terms of Medieval mysteries, the lost kingdom of Rheinwg stands out. Referenced a dozen times throughout the surviving sources that we have, covering composition dates from the 11th to the 13th centuries, appearing in events all the way back in the 6th century to as late as the 16th, and yet, today we know almost nothing.

Hardly anything on the lost kingdom of Rheinwg has survived, and exactly no information on precisely where this missing medieval kingdom was located has survived either. This place left a mark on Welsh history, and the history of Wales, and indeed Britain, proceeded without it. Merely a century after one of it's last mentions, writers and historians were already beginning to forget the location of Rheinwg, and today I aim to reverse that.

In this video, I'm going to be examining all of the information we have on the lost kingdom of Rheinwg, we will seek to uncover its medieval records, examine what more contemporary historians believed, and finally look at what modern historians have theorised.

Sources:
Secondary, current research:
Guy, B. (2019). Rheinwg: The Lost Kingdom of South Wales. Peritia, pp.1-31. https://doi.org/10.1484/J.PERIT.5.120982

Bartrum, P.C. (1993). A Welsh Classical Dictionary : People in History and Legend up to about A.D. 1000. The National Library of Wales, pp.189, 366-367, 630, 633.

Charles-Edwards, T.M. (2013). Wales and the Britons, 350-1064. Oxford: OUP, p. 20.

Secondary, outdated/no longer supported research:
Lloyd, J. E. (1911). A History of Wales, Vol. 1. London: Longmans, Green and Co., pp.281-282.

Phillimore, E. (1890). The Publication of Welsh Historical Records. Y Cymmrodor, XI(1), p.141.

Morris, L. (1778). Celtic Remains. Cambrian Archaeological Association, pp.171–172.

Bartrum, P.C. (1948). Some Studies in Early Welsh History. Y Cymmrodor, pp.296–299.

Primary:
Philimore, E. (1888). The Annales Cambriae and Old Welsh Genealogies. Y Cymmrodor, IX, pp.141–168.

Ingram, J. (1912). The Annals of Wales.

Owen, A. (1841). Ancient Laws and Institutes of Wales: Comprising Laws Supposed to be Enacted by Howel the Good, Volume 2. London: G. E. Eyre and A. Spottiswoode.

Vitae Sanctorum Britanniae et Genealogiae. ed. A. W. Wade-Evans. Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1944.

Llwyd, H. (1573) Commentarioli Descriptionis Britanniae Fragmentum

Camden, W. (1586) Britannia

Maps:
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Music:
'Direct to Video', 'Reappear', 'Divider', 'Angie's Sunday Service' are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/dtv/

Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/

Images from, and of:
'Voiage and Travayle of Sir John Maundeville', Snails, Moles: CC0, via the British Library

Caernarvon Castle, Dinas Bran, Chepstow, Margain Abbey, Brecknock, Goodrich Castle, Snowdon: CC0, via the Yale Centre for British Art

Hywel Dda, The Historie of Cambria, Cynan: CC0, via the National Library of Wales

Offa: CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via the Portable Antiquities Scheme

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