In this essay I describe the various evolutions of the ancient and medieval ethnonym at the origin of the modern denomination "British", which were determined by a complex series of transmigrations of identities, and, in certain cases, by actual transmigrations of peoples. In such evolutions, moreover, there may be detected elements which are useful to understand the genesis of the term "British" itself, in order to provide a linguistic (and historical) vantage point to the investigations of Anglicists, modernists, sociologists and so forth.
Between Ethnogenesis and Politico-cultural Identity. The Evolution of the Ethnonym *Priteni, Old Welsh Prydyn/Prydein, Old Irish Cruthin, Latin Britanni (English British)
Andrea Nuti
2017-01-01
Abstract
In this essay I describe the various evolutions of the ancient and medieval ethnonym at the origin of the modern denomination "British", which were determined by a complex series of transmigrations of identities, and, in certain cases, by actual transmigrations of peoples. In such evolutions, moreover, there may be detected elements which are useful to understand the genesis of the term "British" itself, in order to provide a linguistic (and historical) vantage point to the investigations of Anglicists, modernists, sociologists and so forth.File in questo prodotto:
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