From: guto rhys
Message: 13544
Date: 2002-04-28
I am searching for an academic article on Celts in the Iberian peninsula. I am unable to find reliable information which would clarify the ethno-linguistic situation. Galicians refer to themselves as Celts based on a well-affirmed Celtic presence in the wider region during the centuries prior and after the Roman conquest, and also on supposed Brythonic settlement in the post-Roman period. Apparently there is some toponymic evidence of the presence of Britons (I prefer the term Brython as it is less misleading and avoids ambiguity with the present-day use of �Britons� generally refering to residents of the UK) and some documentary references. I would be grateful if someone could point me in the right direction and also if someone could explain the history of the use of the term Celt to refer to the inhabitants of Galicia in recent centuries.
Guto Rhys