The medieval march of Wales: Welsh or English? Professor Helen Fulton at the University of Bristol, examines the case study of the Medieval March of Wales, a vibrant multicultural border region between Wales and England, to explore spatial identities which challenge modern ‘nation-state’ nationalisms. Social histories are traditionally nationalist, focusing on the cultural production of modern nation-states and typically showcasing the outputs of a single dominant language. This nationalist approach to social history means that very often the experiences of multilingualism, border cultures, and substate nations are routinely elided.
Helen Fulton (2026) studied this question.