Post by Zillah on Mar 27, 2016 15:55:49 GMT -6
The Normans are simply the latest in a long tradition of outside forces and cultural influences to shape the population, an elite nobility overseeing diverse and polyglot inhabitants. The races that comprise the British populace form distinct linguistic, cultural and physical groups, the interaction of which colors the politics of the Isles.
The Picts (Cruithni)
In most parts of the British Isles, Celtic traditions spreading outward from Central Europe subsumed the native inhabitants. In Caledonia — modern Scotland — the Celtic ideals never took root, however, and its inhabitants remained distinct from the Celtic population that came to dominate most of the British Isles. Commonly known as Picts, these people called themselves the Cruithni and were best known for painting their bodies with dye (their name means “people with images on their bodies”). The Cruithni absorbed the earlier peoples of Caledonia — notably the “broch builders” — and successfully resisted efforts to incorporate them into the Roman Empire, leading to the construction of the Hadrianic and Antonine walls. For a time they co-existed with the Irish interlopers, but were eventually absorbed themselves circa AD 850 by the efforts of the Scottish king, Kenneth MacAlpin, who became the first ruler of all Scotland and who set about annihilating Pictish culture and language. The Picts were the Kinfolk of the White Howler tribe of the Garou, who fell to the corrupting influence of the Wyrm long before their Kinfolk fell to the Scots.
The Picts (Cruithni)
In most parts of the British Isles, Celtic traditions spreading outward from Central Europe subsumed the native inhabitants. In Caledonia — modern Scotland — the Celtic ideals never took root, however, and its inhabitants remained distinct from the Celtic population that came to dominate most of the British Isles. Commonly known as Picts, these people called themselves the Cruithni and were best known for painting their bodies with dye (their name means “people with images on their bodies”). The Cruithni absorbed the earlier peoples of Caledonia — notably the “broch builders” — and successfully resisted efforts to incorporate them into the Roman Empire, leading to the construction of the Hadrianic and Antonine walls. For a time they co-existed with the Irish interlopers, but were eventually absorbed themselves circa AD 850 by the efforts of the Scottish king, Kenneth MacAlpin, who became the first ruler of all Scotland and who set about annihilating Pictish culture and language. The Picts were the Kinfolk of the White Howler tribe of the Garou, who fell to the corrupting influence of the Wyrm long before their Kinfolk fell to the Scots.