basque

Honestly, the Basque sounds one of the most "ASBish" things out there. A ethnic group that survived the Celts, the Romans, the Germanic invasions, the Franks, the Muslims, the Reconquista, the Spanish, all major European wars...yet, they managed to preserve their distinct culture and especially...

I've been interested in Navarre's history for a while now (PS, if anyone has any book recommendations about Basque history feel free to tell me) looking for ways for them to survive for a lot longer, or even until modern day if that's possible. One way I've found is making it so Henry I's eldest...

Despite early presence of Basque fishermen on Newfoundland (since 1520s, although there are claims that Basque fishermen crossed Atlantic before Columbus) their visits did not lead to colonization of the island by Basque settlers. But wasn't that impossible? Whatever prevented creation of...

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occitano_cispirenaico @Kurt_Steiner @isabella

IOTL, the kingdoms of Aragon, Navarre, and the County of Barcelona were for a time united under a single monarch between the late 1050's and the death of the heirless Alfonso I ("the Battler") in 1134, after which Alfonso's own absurd will (which would have left the country to three Knightly...

So, basically, assume that not only is the Frankish baggage train massacred and looted at the Battle of Roncevaux Pass in 778 AD, but that the commander of the Franks, King Charles I (never to be known by his epithet ITTL), dies at the hands of the Basques in the ambush. The Song of Roland ends...

What if Gaston de Foix, Duke of Nemours, had not died in the midst of the War of the League of Cambrai in 1512? How does his survival affect France's conduct in the remainder of the war? Could his survival dissuade Ferdinand of Aragon from claiming the Navarrese throne? If not, then would Gaston...

As there has been a lot of love for Basque atm, I thought I may as well up the challenge. With zero time restrictions, make a way for the Basque language to be the dominate language in the regions associated with the Vasconic Substratum Theory...

How could Iberia become Basque speaking? Could Basque somehow become the dominant language(spoken by elite) in Iberia? Could Basque become the majority language of Iberia, with atleast over 50%, meaning majority not plurality? Could Basque somehow become the dominant and/or majorit language of...

So, at first ETA was suspected of being the one who did the bombing (and some fringe (usually right-wing) groups still say that they did it). As we all know Al Qaeda did it and the theory that ETA was behind it (to help the PSOE win the elections the theory says) turned out to be wrong. So...

What if Sancho III (another one of those The Greats) had not divided his realm equally among his three sons? Or what if he only had one son? Would the basque-dominated Kingdom Of Pamplona take Castile's role as major driving force of the iberian reconquista? What are the effects on basque culture?

Lulach's Legacy "Nu scylun hergan hefaenricaes uard metudæs maecti end his modgidanc uerc uuldurfadur swe he uundra gihwaes eci dryctin or astelidæ he aerist scop aelda barnum heben til hrofe haleg scepen. tha middungeard moncynnæs uard eci dryctin æfter tiadæ firum foldu frea allmectig" Now...