Many of the people in Brittany derive from the British aristocrats and city dwellers (celts) who fled England shortly after the Saxon invasion in about 450 CE. Brittany is to England what Bali was to the Hindu priest and artisan classes of central Java following the Muslim invasion of Java–a redoubt or last stand.
[…] population-genetics model why the spread of lactose tolerance had to be by natural selection. Crops & cousin marriage in France. By “boiling off” the less-Amish, the Amish become ever more and more Amish. Via Emil […]
That’s great. Do you know where there might be a similar map for fertility? Just asking.
Like China.
It’s always interesting to me how Occitania continues to show as a distinct region (and Brittany as well).
The Discovery of France, Graham Robb: do add to your reading list. Treeemendous.
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Many of the people in Brittany derive from the British aristocrats and city dwellers (celts) who fled England shortly after the Saxon invasion in about 450 CE. Brittany is to England what Bali was to the Hindu priest and artisan classes of central Java following the Muslim invasion of Java–a redoubt or last stand.
Hence the expression “Great Britain” = “Grand Bretagne” = “Britannia Major”, to distinguish it from “Brittany” = “Bretagne” = “Britannia Minor”.
Apols. Grande Bretagne.
[…] population-genetics model why the spread of lactose tolerance had to be by natural selection. Crops & cousin marriage in France. By “boiling off” the less-Amish, the Amish become ever more and more Amish. Via Emil […]