As we all know, the Briton peoples of what is now England apparently fled in the wake of the Anglo-Saxon invasions and settled in the Armorican peninsula in northwestern France, forming the modern cultural region of Brittany.
But, less well-known is the Breton settlement of Galicia, in northwestern Spain. Modern Galicians are occasionally proud of their “Celtic heritage”, although Celto-Breton settlement in Galicia was, apparently, in smaller numbers than in Brittany. How can we create a scenario whereas the Bretons are much more attracted to settling in northwestern Spain (Galicia, Asturias, northern Portugal) than in France? Perhaps an early defeat of the Breton high kings (like Nominoe or Erispoe) against East Francia, followed by some sort of flight or deportation?
But, less well-known is the Breton settlement of Galicia, in northwestern Spain. Modern Galicians are occasionally proud of their “Celtic heritage”, although Celto-Breton settlement in Galicia was, apparently, in smaller numbers than in Brittany. How can we create a scenario whereas the Bretons are much more attracted to settling in northwestern Spain (Galicia, Asturias, northern Portugal) than in France? Perhaps an early defeat of the Breton high kings (like Nominoe or Erispoe) against East Francia, followed by some sort of flight or deportation?
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