Dafydd ap Gruffudd's attack on Hawarden during Easter 1282 began the second Welsh war. Easter offered a tactical advantage: feasting could lower the guard, and a shared Christian expectation of peace made an attack less likely to be anticipated. Edward I believed he had rewarded Dafydd generously for accepting peace. The renewed attack and its timing both contributed to his anger. The severity of Dafydd's later punishment, hanging, drawing and quartering, is presented as a measure of that anger.
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Dafydd's Easter 1282 attack on Hawarden
Easter feasting offered Dafydd an opportunity for surprise at Hawarden in 1282, while the timing deepened Edward I's anger at the broken peace.