Re:Battle of Alesia
by senderista on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @03:09PM
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Isn't Breton culture really rooted in ancient Cornish culture, not the historical continental Celtic culture?
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Very roughly, Britons were the main population in southern Great Britain (roughly England, Wales and Scotland to the Firth of Forth), but were "squeezed" during the Anglo-Saxon settlement into more isolated pockets — Cumbria, Wales, Cornwall — and some crossed over to Brittany. How much of of the "squeeze" was population replacement as opposed to languistic and cultural change is up for debate.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic_nations
> The six territories widely considered Celtic nations are Brittany (Breizh), Cornwall (Kernow), Wales (Cymru), Scotland (Alba), Ireland (Éire) and the Isle of Man (Mannin or Ellan Vannin).