History of Religion in Wales timeline
Find out more about the main events in the history of religion in Wales.
Pre-Christian Wales, 25,000 BCE-43 AD
Archaeological evidence shows the existence of a variety of religious beliefs and rituals.
Romans and the coming of Christianity, 43 AD-410 AD
Roman gods and native British gods combined to produce religious hybrids.
Princes and bishops
The Church was a pawn in the struggle between the native princes and the Marcher lords.
The birth of nonconformity
Religious freedom for dissent was accompanied by a steady rise in literacy.
A nonconformist people, 1800-1840
Following the Methodist Revival, a second wave of preachers emerged.
Industrialism and temperance, 1840-1881
Government reports on Wales portrayed a country of ignorance and moral laxity.
Multicultural Wales, present and future
All the major world religions have a presence throughout Wales.
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- Pre-Christian Wales, 25,000 BCE-43 AD
- Romans and the coming of Christianity, 43 AD-410 AD
- The age of the saints
- The Norman threat, 1066-1135
- Princes and bishops
- Reformation and dissolution
- Civil War, 1640-1689
- The birth of nonconformity
- Hymnwriters and preachers, 1735-1800
- A nonconformist people, 1800-1840
- Industrialism and temperance, 1840-1881
- Culture and politics, 1881-1904
- The Revival, 1904-1905
- The growth of secularism, 1905-present
- Multicultural Wales, present and future
