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Kingdom of Gwent. Gwent ( Old Welsh: Guent) was a medieval Welsh kingdom, lying between the Rivers Wye and Usk. It existed from the end of Roman rule in Britain in about the 5th century until the Norman invasion of Wales in the 11th century.
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- Celtic Christianity
And 80 years ago, more than 200 men and women, many of whom from Gwent, volunteered their services to the International Brigade and travelled to Spain to join the Republican Government during the ...
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Spain saw the outbreak of a civil war in 1936 between the left-wing Republicans (who had come to power in 1931) and the right-wing Nationalists, who were headed by General Franco. Joseph Stalin’s Soviet Russia provided aid and troops - referred to as "volunteers" to avoid the ire of the League of Nations - to the left-wing Republicans.
May 25, 2021 · June 2021. Pages 305-322. Abstract This article studies the long duration of the death penalty in Spain until its abolition in the Constitution of 1978. After analysing the plurality of theoretical approaches and possibilit...
- Pedro Oliver Olmo
- 2021
Jan 12, 2023 · January 12, 2023. It began on the night of 17 July 1936 – with a coordinated revolt in Spanish-held Morocco by right-wing Spanish military officers that spread quickly to garrison towns throughout mainland Spain, splitting the country in two.
- Military History
Spain: Slavery abolished outside of the colonies. 1838 United Kingdom: Most slaves in the colonies become free after a period of forced apprenticeship following the Slavery Abolition Act 1833. Society for the Mitigation and Gradual Abolition of Slavery Throughout the British Dominions (now London Anti-Slavery Society) winds up. 1839 United Kingdom
In 1996, it was abolished and became five seperate counties and boroughs. These are Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, City of Newport and Torfaen .
