Britons
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Britons
- Here are entered works on the Celtic people living in Great Britain from the Iron Age through the Early Middle Ages. Works on citizens of the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands, or the British overseas territories not currently residing within those jurisdictions are entered under [British.]
URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85016982
- info:lc/authorities/sh85016982
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85016982#concept
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Variants
- Brythons
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Sources
- found: Wikipedia, Aug. 24, 2009 (The Britons (sometimes Brythons or British) were the Celtic people living in Great Britian from the Iron Age through the Early Middle Ages. They spoke the Insular Celtic language known as British or Brythonic. They lived throughout Britain south of about the Firth or Forth; after the 5th century Britons also migrated to continental Europe, where they established the settlements of Britanny in France and the obscure Britonia in what is now Galicia, Spain; Briton can refer to: Britons (historical), ancient Celtic people from the island of Great Britain; British people, citizens of the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands, or of one of the British oversears territories)
General Notes
- Here are entered works on the Celtic people living in Great Britain from the Iron Age through the Early Middle Ages. Works on citizens of the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands, or the British overseas territories not currently residing within those jurisdictions are entered under [British.]
Example Notes
- Note under [British]
Change Notes
- 1986-02-11: new
- 2012-02-09: revised
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